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MPG is staffed by volunteers. Donations are most welcome - they will assist with admin, website, event & publication costs and in promoting a culture of peace with justice.

Upcoming Events

Sep

4

Mon

5:30 pm How U.S. Military Bases Overseas... @ SSPS Boardroom 148, R C Mills Building, University of Sydney

How U.S. Military Bases Overseas... @ SSPS Boardroom 148, R C Mills Building, University of Sydney

Sep 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Guest Lecturer: David Vine (Associate Professor of Anthropology at American University in Washington, DC.) will discuss Australia’s critical role in the unprecedented global network of U.S. military bases, now totalling an estimated 800 outside the … Continue reading How U.S. Military Bases Overseas Harm America and the World →

Sep

8

Fri

6:30 pm IPAN Forum in Melbourne – 8th Se... @ Jasper Hotel Conference Centre

IPAN Forum in Melbourne – 8th Se... @ Jasper Hotel Conference Centre

Sep 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

IPAN, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, is a growing network of community organisations, trade unions, church groups and concerned people, coordinating national campaigns around our aims. These workshops will help to plan the focus of … Continue reading IPAN Forum in Melbourne – 8th September 2017 →

Sep

9

Sat

8:30 am IPAN National Conference in Melb... @ MUA - Victorian Branch Building

IPAN National Conference in Melb... @ MUA - Victorian Branch Building

Sep 9 @ 8:30 am – Sep 10 @ 4:00 pm

IPAN, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, is a growing network of community organisations, trade unions, church groups and concerned people, coordinating national campaigns around our aims. These workshops will help to plan the focus of … Continue reading IPAN National Conference in Melbourne – 9th to 10th September 2017 →

10:30 am MPG Monthly Meeting @ Marrickville Library

MPG Monthly Meeting @ Marrickville Library

Sep 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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Foreign Policy White Paper

MPG has made a submission to the Foreign Policy White Paper. The Foreign Policy White Paper Taskforce accepted submissions up until 28 February 2017. Read MPG's submission here.

Contributions to the Debate

Richard Broinowski. ‘Sabre rattling off the Queensland coast’, John Menadue's blog: Peals and Irritations, Aug 3, 2017.
Mack Williams, 'Talisman Sabre just confuses strategic thinking for Australia', John Menadue's blog: Peals and Irritations, Jul 27, 2017.
Joseph Camilleri, ‘As an historic nuclear weapons treaty is reached, G20 leaders miss the mark on North Korea’, The Conversation, Jul 10, 2017
Patrick Cockburn, 'Preventing Terror', Znet, May 30, 2017.

Videos Against the Mainstream

Edward Snowden, 'History of Intelligence Agencies', acTVism, Jan 18, 2017.
Phyllis Bennis, 'Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem, A Dangerous Provocation', The Real News, Jan 12, 2017.
Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy, 'On Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution', Democracy Now!, Dec 30, 2016.
Naomi Klein, 2016 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony, Sydney Town Hall, Nov 11, 2016.

Latest Correspondence

Aug 16, 2017 - Letter to Israeli Ambassador protesting the confiscation of solar panels providing electricity to two villages, Jubbet al-Dhib and Abu Nuwar, near Bethlehem.
Aug 14, 2017 - Letter to Prime Minister Turnbull on North Korea.
Feb 06, 2017 - Reply from Faz Varjavandi (Office of Defence Minister) to letter on war powers.
Jan 15, 2017 - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald on Paul Keating's condemnation of Rex Tillerson (Trump's secretary of state nominee) on South China Sea dispute.
Dec 15, 2016 - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald questioning Adm. Harry B. Harris' view that expanded military co-operation with US military is in Australia's security interests.
Jul 12, 2016 - Letter to Prime Minister Turnbull calling for war powers reform.
Jun 10, 2016 - Letter to Angus Kirkwood (Department of Defence) on the US-China conflict in the South China Sea.

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 campaigns. (To print, select 2-sided/booklet in printer properties).

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Questioning the Value of the Australia/US Alliance

MPG has published a pamphlet entitled Questioning the Value of the Australia/US Alliance. It contains an introduction by Malcolm Fraser and an updated version of the group’s submission to the 2015 Defence White Paper. The price per pamphlet is $2.00. To order copies, follow the instructions here.