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George Monbiot, darling of the grass roots climate movement, has this week ruffled some feathers amongst the activists he professes to admire. He made a scathing attack on the leftist organisers of the Kingsnorth climate camp, that in his own words was amongst “the most inspiring events I’ve ever witnessed. I am awed by [...]

In September 2005 mild mannered peace activist Scott Parkin was detained for 5 days by Australian Federal Police and then deported under John Howards anti-terrorist laws. Parkin was not told what he did to make him a ’security risk’ to Australia.
After an inquiry and two years later, ASIO was forced to admit that Parkin [...]

yesterday Byron, Rick and Melinda faced Rocky court over actions taken against the US-Aust joint war games held at Shoalwater Bay in June 2007. Byron ‘did the hokey-pokey’ in the prohibited zone, while Rick and Melinda did a ‘make love not war’ action outside the gates :) all three were fined and Rick had [...]

One of the most appreciated happenings at the 2007 Peace convergence was the presence of the Food Not Bombs collective. After a long, cold, wet day protesting, the food van would turn up with hot soup and salad for everyone! Many participants at the PC asked us about FNB, so we wrote this for you.
What [...]

The 2007 Peace Convergence took place at Yeppoon and surrounding areas June 18-24. Over 500 people and 50 peace and environment groups from all over Australia to highlight the social and environmental effects of the Talisman Sabre Joint US-Australian War Games held at Shoalwater Bay Military Training area on the QLD coast.
Numerous events and actions [...]