Wage Peace friends have been out disrupting the US propaganda machine because the weapons companies are pushing for war Last week our friends interrupted this public lecture. General Mick Ryan is there at the lectern. He’s an ex-ADF General – now a #USPropagandist – and he’s about to tell people about why we must prepare… [Read more] Boeing, the Pentagon and Australian-based Propaganda Units
War Profiteers
Wage Peace Wins Global Peace Award 2023
Global anti-war organisation World Beyond War announces that Wage Peace has won the 2023 Global War Abolisher of the Year August 28, 2023 World BEYOND War enthusiastically presents the Organizational War Abolisher of 2023 award to Wage Peace Australia. This organization is a leading global inspiration to many peace-related campaigns, including those working to close… [Read more] Wage Peace Wins Global Peace Award 2023
No AUKUS: No Subs! The only beneficiary is the Military Industrial Complex.
DOWNLOAD THIS ICONIC SUB POSTER by RILKA Wage Peace and AUKUS and the Submarines Aukus is an agreement – a “security pact” – between the governments of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States aimed at what, we don’t quite know. Wage Peace has a special perspective on AUKUS. Here are some of our… [Read more] No AUKUS: No Subs! The only beneficiary is the Military Industrial Complex.
Peace In Papua
The civil resistance in West Papua is steadfast, creative, diverse and growing. Wage Peace is working closely with organisers in West Papua towards our shared goal of ending Indonesian state violence in the occupied territory. Papuans are calling for the withdrawal of Indonesian troops and the start of peaceful dialogue. We are calling for a ban on military exports to Indonesia and a suspension of joint military and police training exercises between Australia and Indonesia. [Read more] Peace In Papua
Letter of Concern from Engineers: Weapons Corporation Boeing Should Not be at the University of Queensland
Professor David Hood has written a letter to the University of Queensland regarding the imposition of the weapons trade on university culture. He has specifically referenced the weapons corporation Boeing. We have invited engineers – retired, re-professionned, current, or students – to indicate support for Adj Professor Hood’s letter by adding their voices to this… [Read more] Letter of Concern from Engineers: Weapons Corporation Boeing Should Not be at the University of Queensland
War Criminals need not apply; a summary of DLF22
Disrupt Land Forces is, in so many ways, an experiment. It is an experiment in relational organising, the logistics, in campaign strategy, in messaging, and in ways of being together. We like it like that. In 2022 we ran our first repetition of this experiment, incorporating the results from the previous year. You can read… [Read more] War Criminals need not apply; a summary of DLF22
Making Change
Our theory of change rests on the premise that when people put their bodies in places that disrupt dominant discourse or business practices, demonstrating commitment and moral courage, that discourse or practice is forced to shift. This shift opens possibilities for articulating and creating the world we want to see. [Read more] Making Change
Nights at Thales in Meanjin
Thales, a multi national weapons corporation is terrorising the people of West Papua. Thales is militarising their forests and lands. Thales is transferring weaponised armoured vehicles with turrets featuring automated optics – for automatic killing. This year Wage Peace will hold Thales to account for their weapons sales to Indonesia. [Read more] Nights at Thales in Meanjin
Conversations with the Arms Dealers: Thales and the first of December
The Thales building looms large over Sydney Olympic Park station. An imposing wall of slick dark glass, crowned by a six-foot tall sign bearing their logo. From the outside, you wouldn’t know that Thales is an arms dealer. Thales is not exactly a household name, and they don’t want to be. They move in the… [Read more] Conversations with the Arms Dealers: Thales and the first of December
Marles & Thales
Marles and Thales: a match made in the military industrial complex, 01.02.23. This is what Defence Ministers and Foreign Ministers do. They swan around the world on tax payer funded junkets arranging the transfer of public money to private corporations, aka selling weapons. Gunpowder, manufactured by Thales, in Australia, will fuel the disaster that is… [Read more] Marles & Thales