By Bevan Ramsden Current Australian defence policy involves close integration with the United States military in all areas, making an independent foreign policy impossible and ensuring Australia’s automatic involvement in US-instigated wars such as a war with China, our major trading partner. A policy of neutrality would free Australia from involvement in such disastrous military adventures and enable the pursuit …
by Richard Stone In April, the Australian government selected US arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin to partner the Department of Defence to build the JP Defence Satellite Communications system following the tender process. It has shown the age-old concept of the military-industrial complex is alive and well in Australia, with all that area of state activity entails with security vetting procedures …
By David Noonan First published in in Adelaide Voices p.15-16 Sept 2023 Hiroshima and Nagasaki were cities, civilian populations, blasted, burnt and irradiated by the first Atomic-Bombs. On 6th of August 1945 Hiroshima was the ‘primary target’ for use of the first High Enriched Uranium (HEU) A-Bomb intended to destroy a city. They wanted good pictures of the bomb-blast and …
Civil society statement for the 70th anniversary of the first mainland nuclear test in Australia from ICAN 70 years ago on 15 October 1953 the first nuclear weapon tested on mainland Australia was detonated at Emu Field, south of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands of South Australia, as part of Operation Totem. No consent was sought or given by …
By Brian Boyd, July 2023 This is the third of a three part-series that examines the strategic reasons for the AUKUS pact and the dangers for Australia. REAL NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY While Prime Minister Albanese, Foreign Minister Wong and Defence Minister Marles have gone to great pains to insist that Australia’s ‘national sovereignty’ will govern the operations of the future nuclear …
by Richard Stone Recent coverage about the diplomatic significance of President Biden not attending the ASEAN summit has tended to concentrate upon information of questionable relevance while ignoring the significance of related matters. The growing significance of ASEAN as a regional trade body in the most dynamic sector of the global economy and the strategic nature of some member countries, …
By Brian Boyd, July 2023 This is the second of a three part-series that examines the strategic reasons for the AUKUS pact and the dangers for Australia. SILENCE With the growing global tensions, the Australian government is, so far, remaining silent on what is the actual existential military threat facing our nation. For some years a bevy of pro-US …
By Bevan Ramsden* There is significant community, including trade union, opposition to the Labor Government’s embrace of AUKUS and its proposed spend of $368 billion on acquisition of nuclear -powered submarines. That opposition is spreading to the Labor Party’s own rank and file branches. The ALP leadership is undeterred by this opposition and one must ask why? Does fear of …
Leaflet produced by Spirit of Eureka – Victoria The AUKUS military pact between the US, UK and Australia is dragging Australia into another US led war. The US is expanding its military and intelligence bases across Australia, turning Australia into a major USmilitary base, a launching pad for its war against China. China’s rapid economic rise is challenging US global …
On May Day we celebrate the struggles by workers and working people from around the world. We never give up the fight for workers’ rights, for decent, secure and safe jobs and life, for a clean environment, for peace and justice.Every day workers struggle against capitalist exploitation, poverty and imperialist wars.The world is on the threshold of another global capitalist …
