John Howard’s reflections on the war in Iraq have made news lately, with objections dismissed as anti-democratic. We need an inquiry into why Australia supported a disastrous and illegal invasion, writes Stuart Rees Inside the Intercontinental Hotel on Tuesday 9 April, former prime minister John Howard justified his decision to accompany the US in the [...]
30
Jan
Establishing the facts about the boycott of Israeli academic institutions
By Paul Duffill Published in The Conversation on 15th January 2012. Boycotting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is not Anti-Semitic; it’s a recognition of violations of international law. Flickr/delayed gratification. The last weeks of 2012 saw a great amount of criticism levelled at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University and its [...]
18
Dec
Why boycotting Israel matters
By Antony Loewenstein. First published in ABC’s The Drum on 18 December 2012. An academic boycott of Israeli universities isn’t an attack on freedom of speech. The evidence tells us these institutions are key battlegrounds for breaches of international law towards the Palestinians, argues Antony Loewenstein. New Zealand’s $20 billion national pension fund announced this [...]
07
Dec
Stuart Rees and The Australian
Christian Kerr’s article – Sydney University peace centre rebuffs Israeli civics teacher – makes no reference to the major civic issue, Israel’s continued flouting of the rules of international law. Neither is there any comment about the occupation of Palestine, about settlers stealing Palestinian lands, about the continued siege of Gaza affecting 800,000 children. And [...]
07
Dec
Jake Lynch and The Australian
By Associate Professor Jake Lynch, Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney A reporter for the Australian newspaper, Christian Kerr, asked me for comment about my support, and that of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, for the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, and specifically a boycott of [...]
08
Oct
Sekai Holland in Saturday’s SMH Good Weekend
Our torture was a victory Packed to the rafters … the house of Sekai Holland and husband Jim is home to about 30 children. Photo: Frederic Courbet In Zimbabwe, can murder and terror ever be replaced by healing and reconciliation? Nikki Barrowclough meets Sekai Holland, the woman charged with the herculean task of bringing peace [...]
23
Aug
Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives
Book Review by Peter Manning — University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Freedman, Des, & Thussu, Daya Kishan — Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives — Sage, London, 2012, pp. 336 ISBN: 9781446201589 The word ‘context’ and its variants is used many times in this book. It is no wonder. In the past decade the United States [...]
02
Jul
Peace Journalism In Mexico
By Jake Lynch Jake Lynch recently travelled to Mexico to make a documentary about how the country’s big media outlets report conflict. Watch the film and read about Mexico’s unique media landscape here. Imagine democracy being suborned by a corporate takeover, with a business-friendly political party promoted by a dominant media group, and the [...]
