40 high school students, their teachers and six professional artists gathered in Brisbane on August 16th to discuss, debate and develop their own public voice on nuclear disarmament, and on the Australian Government policy of not signing the UN nuclear Continue reading Successful Brisbane student workshop on “a voice on nuclear disarmament”
Expanding the government’s export plan will be a key focus for new Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo, who will build on his experience as minister for trade, tourism and investment. …. Minister Ciobo said, “Last year I worked closely with Christopher Continue reading New Federal Defence Industry Minister plans larger role for Australia as a gun runner to the world.
Military Parade Cancelled: How Does Peace Movement Build On This Victory?
Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World by David Vine American military bases encircle the globe. More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly Continue reading List of references and links to books on US bases
BEVAN RAMSDEN. The Force Posture Agreement between the U.S. and Australian Governments
August 2018 VOICE In this issue: * Calls for Australia to follow NZ in ratifying nuclear weapons ban treaty * Donald Trump could be ready to order a strike against Iran, Australian Government figures say * IPAN Media Release: Australia Continue reading Voice, August 2018
By Mari Yamaguchi Tokyo: Tens of thousands of protesters in Okinawa vowed to stop the planned relocation of a U.S military base, saying they want it off the southern Japanese island entirely. Opponents of the relocation say the plan to Continue reading Tens of Thousands rally for removal of US Okinawa Base, SMH, 12 August 2018
Stephens, David: Australian War Memorial consults the public on mooted massive extensions: is anything ‘sacred’? Open for Comments ↓ David Stephens* ‘Australian War Memorial consults the public on mooted massive extensions: is anything “sacred”?’, Honest History, 3 August 2018 The Continue reading Is anything ‘sacred’, David Stephens, Honest History, Have your say re the War Memorial expansion proposals, 5 August 2018
July 26 2018 – 12:30AM Newcastle Herald Letters to the Editor: Thursday, July 26, 2018 Your Say IN NEED: Do we want to live in an Australia preoccupied with military spending, or a country which provides safe housing for the Continue reading Sad day when weapons come before welfare, Newcastle Herald, 26 July 2018
IPAN – Plan B for defence – neutrality Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 JULY 2018 IPAN calls for a better Plan B for Australia’s defence IPAN calls for a public discussion on Continue reading IPAN calls for better Plan B for Australia’s defence, 26 July, 2018
Time to be neutral Nicholas Stuart’s article ‘Why are we now talking our way to war?’ (CT 4 July, p. 17) is a question we need real answers to. The military contest and trade war between the US and China Continue reading Time to be neutral, Canberra Times, 23 July 2018
Voice No 18 July 2018
KATHRYN KELLY. Armed Neutrality for Australia? Pearls and Irritations , 16 July 2018 The talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un give some reason for a glimmer of hope for the Korean Peninsula, but given Donald Trump’s predilection for middle Continue reading Armed Neutrality for Australia? Kathryn Kelly, Pearls and Irritations, 16 July 2018
LIZZIE O’SHEA. Witness K and foreign interference hypocrisy (Eureka Street 2/7/2018)
Mondoweiss The ‘One Democratic State Campaign’ program for a multicultural democratic state in Palestine/Israel Jeff Halper May 3, 2018 As the Leonard Cohen song goes, “everybody knows” the two-state solution is dead and gone. Zionism’s 120-year quest to Judaize Palestine Continue reading Palestine-Israel: The One Democratic State Campaign, Jeff Halper, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
