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War in Ukraine

Sue Wareham, 'Ending the Ukraine and other wars: putting victims at the centre', Pearls and Irritations, Jul 31, 2022.
Joseph Camilleri, 'The Ukraine conflict calls for sharper vision and bolder action', Pearls and Irritations, Jul 28, 2022.
Jeffrey Sachs, 'Ukraine is the latest neocon disaster', Pearls and Irritations, Jun 29, 2022.
Alison Broinowski, 'Collateral Warfare: The US Proxy War in Ukraine', Arena Magazine, Jun 2022.
Noam Chomsky, 'In Ukraine, Diplomacy Has Been Ruled Out', interview with David Barsamian, Sheerpost, Jun 17, 2022.
John Mearsheimer, 'On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War & What Could End Putin's Assault', interview with Zakka Jacob, CRUX, Apr 14, 2022.
Noam Chomsky, 'A Left Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine', interview with Bill Fletcher, The Real News, Apr 8, 2022
Chas Freeman, 'US fighting Russia 'to the last Ukrainian', Veteran US diplomat's interview with Aaron Maté, The Grayzone, Mar 24, 2022.

Defence and Security

Brian Toohey, 'The Defence Strategic Review – we need to urgently reduce conflicts and global warming', Pearls and Irritations, Sep 9, 2022.
Jeffrey Sachs, 'The west’s false narrative about Russia and China', Pearls and Irritations, Aug 24, 2022.
Hugh White, 'The (Hugh) White Paper: On Australia's best defence strategy with the rising power of China', video interview with David Bradbury, Jul 31, 2022. [Duration: 59 min 47 sec].
Brian Toohey, 'The United States-the Pacific bully', Pearls and Irritations, Jun 24, 2022.
Bernard Keane & Clinton Fernandes, 'What neither the media nor the government is telling us about Australian activities inside China’s exclusive economic zone', Crikey, Jun 21, 2022.
Marianne Hanson & Alan Kuperman, Interview with Phillip Adams on Australia's nuclear submarine program, RN's Late Night Live, Jun 22, 2022 [Duration: 21min 36sec].
Henry Reynolds, 'Peter Dutton urging war with China', Pearls and Irritations, May 19, 2022.
Nick Deane, 'If I were Minister for Defence in the incoming government', Pearls and Irritations, May 19, 2022.
Michael Klare, 'Welcome to the New Cold War', The Nation, Jan 14, 2022.
Richard Tanter, 'Australia’s nuclear submarine deal: very high risk for no reward', Pearls and Irritations, Jan 1, 2022.

Contributions to the Debate

Greg Barns, 'Justice for whistleblower Bernard Collaery is as far away as ever', Michael West Media, May 18, 2022.
Bernard Keane, 'Illegal bugging of Timorese not relevant: court ruling smashes whistleblower Bernard Collaery', Michael West Media, May 18, 2022.
Jake Lynch - Interview on do we need to 'prepare for war' to keep peace? - Radio SkidRow: 'Close to Home' with Colin Hesse - Apr 28, 2022.
Richard Jackson, 'This Anzac Day Let’s Honour the Dead by Ending War', Newsoom, Apr 25, 2022.
Peter Stanley, ‘A strange Anzac day’, Pearls and irritations, Apr 25, 2022.
Douglas Newton, ‘The fantasy that haunts our cult of the fallen’, Pearls and Irritations, Apr 24, 2022.
Hanan Ashrawi, 'What, If Any, Policies Have Changed Since the Trump Administration, and New Hope for Palestine’s Future', Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, posted on Mar 10, 2022.
Peter Slezak, 'Boycott of Sydney Festival is not about artistic censorship', Pearls and Irritations, Jan 28, 2022.
Bruce Haigh, 'The US-funded ‘think tank’ pushing Australia towards war', Pearls and Irritations, Jan 27, 2022.
Bernard Collaery, 'World won’t forget Australia’s duplicitous dealings with East Timor', Pearls and Irritations, Dec 30, 2021.
Kellie Tranter, 'Public inquiry is showing Australia’s unheard call for new foreign policy', Independent Australia, Nov 15, 2021.
Richard Tanter, 'A flawed argument for Australian nuclear deterrence', Pearls and Irritations, Oct 23, 2021.
Clinton Fernandes, 'The Rules-Based Order', Arena Quarterly, Issue 7, Sep 2021.

Campaign to free Julian Assange

Paul Gregoire, 'Senate Probe Reveals that Albanese is Not Taking Action on Assange', Sydney Criminal Lawyers, Aug 16, 2022
Greg Barnes, 'Time to act Anthony Albanese, the Assange persecution cannot be allowed to go on', Michael West Media, Jun 21, 2022.
Amy Fallon, 'Labor urged to act to prevent Julian Assange extradition', The Saturday Paper, May 28 – Jun 3, 2022.
Australian Labor Party - Reply to MPG's email to Anthony Albanese on Julian Assange, May 14, 2022. (Refer to 'Correspondence' below).
Nick Deane, On the campaign to free Julian Assange – interview with Colin Hesse, Radio SkidRow: ‘Close to Home’, Jan 21, 2022. [Duration: 11 mins 35 secs].
Isobel Frodsham, 'Julian Assange’s lawyers begin process for Supreme Court Appeal', The Independent, Dec 23, 2021.
The Guardian, View on the US pursuit of Julian Assange: set him free, Dec 11, 2021.
Jennifer Robinson, On Julian Assange's fight to avoid extradition to the US - interview with Leigh Sales, 7.30 Report, Oct 29, 2021.
Patrick Cockburn, 'The CIA plot to kidnap or kill Julian Assange in London is a story that is being mistakenly ignored', The Independent, Oct 1, 2021.
Ronald Mizen, 'Lawyers, Labor push for Australian intervention in Assange case', Australian Financial Review, Jan 5, 2021.

Correspondence

ALP - Reply to MPG's email to Anthony Albanese MP on Julian Assange, May 14, 2022.
MPG - Email to Anthony Albanese MP on Julian Assange, May 13, 2022.
MPG - Letter to Anthony Albanese MP on Julian Assange, Feb 10, 2022.

Submissions

Nov 2021 - Submission by MPG on Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement.
Feb 2021 - Submission by MPG on Interim Report on the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process.
Oct 2020 - Submission by MPG to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee inquiry into the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020.
Oct 2020 - Submission by Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee's inquiry into the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020.

Australia’s complicity in the Pinochet coup in Chile

Kristina Kukolja, 'Adriana Rivas mounts new appeal against Chile extradition', interviews with Maria Luisa Ortiz and others, Law Report with Damien Carrick, ABC Radio National, Nov 16, 2021 [28min 34sec].
Paul Daley, 'Declassified documents show Australia assisted CIA in coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende', The Guardian, Sep 11, 2021.
National Security Archive, 'Australian Spies Aided and Abetted CIA in Chile', Sep 10, 2021.
Clinton Fernandes, 'Did Australian spies help install a Chilean dictator?', interview with Phillip Adams, Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, Jun 7, 2021 [19min 53sec].
More information can be accessed here.

Webinars and Podcasts

World BEYOND War, IPAN and the Pacific Peace Network, 'Solidarity Webinar: Cancel Talisman Sabre - No more war games in the Pacific!', Jul 27, 2021. On July 24, 2021, World BEYOND War, IPAN and the Pacific Peace Network co-hosted a webinar that called for the cancellation of the Talisman Sabre military exercises in the Pacific. [Duration 1:58:57].
UTS: Australia-China Relations Institute, 'China Panic: Australia’s Alternative to Paranoia and Pandering - in conversation with David Brophy', Jun 1, 2021. As Australia’s debate on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to intensify, calls are being made for a new approach to PRC policy. What might such an alternative look like? [Duration 1:00:00].

Videos Against the Mainstream

Michael West, 'One-sided war powers', The West Report, Jul 19, 2021.

Andrew Wilkie, 'Free Julian Assange', Andrew Wilkie MP website, Feb12, 2020.

Jennifer Robinson, 'On the Dangers of Extraditing Julian Assange', acTVism Munich, Feb 4, 2020.

Noam Chomsky, 'Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S.', Democracy Now!, Apr 12, 2019. Transcript included.

War in Afghanistan

Kathy Kelly, 'The only way to effectively counter terror is to end war', Waging Nonviolence, Sep 11, 2021.
Greg Lockhart, 'The fall of Kabul: false friends for over sixty four years', Pearls and Irritations, Aug 23, 2021.
Aisha Majid, 'How much did the Afghanistan war cost the US?', New Statesman, Aug 16, 2021.
Sarah Lazare, 'We Can’t Let the Generals Who Lied About the Afghanistan War Define Its Legacy', In These Times, Aug 16, 2021.
Noam Chomsky with Vijay Prashad, 'The reality behind the US ‘withdrawal’ from Afghanistan', AlterNet, May 7, 2021.
More commentaries can be accessed here.

Radio Links

Jake Lynch - Interview on do we need to 'prepare for war' to keep peace? - Radio SkidRow: 'Close to Home' with Colin Hesse - Apr 28, 2022.
Joan Beaumont - 'Conscription in World War I', ABC Big Ideas podcast, Jan. 12, 2021 (Original broadcast on Dec. 13, 2016).
Tilman Ruff - A step closer to banning nuclear weapons. Tilman Ruff discusses the latest developments for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and how it will become international law in early 2021. ABC's Late Night Live with Phillip Adams, Oct 26, 2020.
Greg Barns - Is Canberra changing its tune on Julian Assange? The establishment of The Parliamentary Friends of the Bring Julian Assange Home Group has brought together a very disparate group of politicians lead by Independent Andrew Wilkie and National George Christiansen. Greg Barns is a barrister and adviser to the Australian Assange campaign. ABC's Late Night Live with Phillip Adams, Dec 2, 2019.

Choosing Humanity

ICAN's Choosing Humanity: Why Australia must join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, July 2019. Download the report.

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).

Iraq War

IPAN - Podcast on the 18th Anniversary of the Iraq War, March 2021, (13:06 mins).

Latest Correspondence

Jul 27, 2021 - Response from David Johnston, Vice Chief of Defence Force on Exercise Sea Breeze.
Jan 4, 2020 - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald on the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani.

Marrickville Peace Group

Supporting peace as a means of settling international disputes

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