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There are no current petitions being circulated by MPG.

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Brochure on MPG

A brochure on MPG can be downloaded here. It contains our Mission Statement and information about who we are, our history and how you can participate in our activities and campaigns. (To print, select 2-sided/booklet in printer properties).

Olfat Mahmoud – Australian Tour – July to Sept 2018

From July to early September this year, Olfat Mahmoud, founder and director of the Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organisation (PHWO), will talk about the Palestinian Right of Return and her book Tears for Tarshiha. Olfat's schedule includes Melbourne, Sydney, Bowral, Brisbane and Perth. Sydney events: 1 Aug (APHEDA fundraiser - 6.00pm); 14 Aug (public address - 1.00pm); 14 Aug (book launch - 6.30pm) & 5 Sept (Annual Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA fundraiser - 6.30pm). View the tour's schedule here.

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Contributions to the Debate

Kathryn Kelly, 'Armed Neutrality for Australia?', Pearls and Irritations – John Menadue’s blog, Jun 13, 2018.
Patrick Cockburn, 'Attacking Hodeidah is a Deliberate Act of Cruelty by the Trump Administration', Counterpunch, Jun 18, 2018.
Julian Burnside, 'The legality of off-shore detention', Pearls and Irritations – John Menadue’s blog, Jun 13, 2018.
Saul Eslake, ‘The quest for ‘security’. Is it rational? Has it made us safer? And at what cost?’, John Menadue’s blog: Peals and Irritations, Feb 23, 2018.

Submissions

May 2018 - Submission by MPG to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Mar 2018 - Submission by MPG to Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s Inquiry into the benefits and risks of a Bipartisan Australian Defence Agreement.
Nov 2017 - Submission by Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) to Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s Inquiry into the benefits and risks of a Bipartisan Australian Defence Agreement.
Feb 2017 - Submission by MPG on the Foreign Policy White Paper.

Radio Links

Muhsin Siddiquey - Interview on Saudi-backed offensive on the Houthi held hub of Hodeidah. This port city is the main supply route bringing food into Yemen where millions of people are already on the cusp of starvation. ABC RN Breakfast, June 15, 2018.

Videos Against the Mainstream

Ludivine Bantigny - 'France in Revolt: 1968 vs 2018'. Tariq Ali interviews Ludivine Bantigny on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 student revolt which culminated in one of the largest general strikes in history, May 3, 2018.

Noam Chomsky - 'On the rise of Donald Trump and the Doomsday Clock'. Video and transcript of interview on The World, ABC News, Feb 7, 2018.

Gideon Levy - 'The Israelis and the Occupation', Sydney Ideas, University of Sydney, Nov 29, 2017. (Gideon Levy's talk begins at 8 mins 14 secs into video).

Alfred McCoy - 'The Rise and Decline of US Global Power'. Talk at Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, Oct 25, 2017.
David Vine – 'American Bases Around The World'. David Vine is the author of Base Nation, on US military bases around the world.
Peter Kuznick - 'Three False Myths Americans Believe'. Peter Kuznick debunks the WWII myths that have underscored US foreign policy since 1945. He co-authored The Untold History of the United States with Oliver Stone.

Latest Correspondence

Apr 20, 2018 - Letter to Senator Marise Payne, Minister for Defence, on the dangers of stationing US Marines in Darwin.
Dec 15, 2017 - Response from Office of Senator Marise Payne, Minister for Defence, justifying the stationing of US Marines in Darwin. Refer to letter below dated Nov 6, 2017.
Nov 30, 2017 - Letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for diplomacy not war on Korean Peninsula.
Nov 21, 2017 - Letter to Justice Reeves, NT Supreme Court, pleading clemency for Pine Gap Peace Pilgrims.
Nov 6, 2017 - Letter to Senator Marise Payne, Minister for Defence, opposing the stationing of US Marines in Darwin.
Oct 21, 2017 - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald on Foreign Minister's response to letter from North Korea.
Aug 16, 2017 - Letter to Israeli Ambassador protesting the confiscation by Israeli authorities of solar panels providing electricity to two villages, Jubbet al-Dhib and Abu Nuwar, near Bethlehem.
Aug 14, 2017 - Letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on North Korea.