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November 10, 2016 In 2016 Naomi Klein, Media, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize

Naomi Klein calls on Australian movement leaders: To Change Everything We Need Everyone

On 9 November, 2016 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Naomi Klein appeared in conversation with Lenore Taylor (The Guardian), Murrawah Johnson (Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council), Maria Tiimon Chi-Fang (Pacific Calling Project), Nadine Flood (CPSU) and Shen Narayanasamy (GetUp!) discussing the

September 19, 2016 In News, Peace Blog

Missy Higgins, Senator Patrick Dodson and Professor Gillian Triggs join Naomi Klein at Sydney Town Hall

We invite you to join us for the 2016 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony, and the spectacular Sydney Peace Prize Gala Dinner. On Friday 11 November at 6.30pm Sydney will come together at Sydney Town Hall to celebrate the awarding

September 2, 2016 In 2008 Patrick Dodson, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Behind Pat Dodson’s maiden speech

Senator Pat Dodson was Australia's first Aboriginal Catholic priest and then "the father of reconciliation", but he is apprehensive as he prepares to address the Senate for the first time. Patrick Dodson looks intently into the lens, his brown eyes focused

April 13, 2016 In 2008 Patrick Dodson, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Patrick Dodson makes impassioned plea for ‘a smarter form of justice’

Australia's legal system has become a "feared and despised processing plant" for most Aboriginal people, propelling the most vulnerable and disadvantaged towards a "broken, bleak future", according to Patrick Dodson. Lamenting that the situation has deteriorated since the landmark royal commission

March 5, 2016 In 2008 Patrick Dodson, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Aboriginal elder Pat Dodson: portrait of the senator as a young man

Paddy Dodson might have been just another scared kid on his first night at boarding school

July 22, 2015 In News

Internships available for 2015 Sydney Peace Prize events!

The Sydney Peace Foundation is urgently looking for one or two interns to join our small team for the next four months. This is an opportunity to gain substantial experience with organising and coordinating events, marketing, exposure to public relations, social

January 22, 2015 In 2010 Vandana Shiva, Media, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates

2010 Laureate Vandana Shiva on Sowing Seeds of Peace in the Face of Violence

By Dr Vandana Shiva, recipient of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize We live in times whose signature is violence – from the killing of 134 innocent children in Peshawar to the massacres of 2000 by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the 17 in Paris just in the

September 29, 2014 In Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, News, Peace Blog

Let’s Talk about Love, Let’s Talk about Sex, but – How about Peace?

We are on the brink of military action in Iraq and close to signing off on Syria as well, led by Field Marshall Abbott, all aquiver with the thought of the political possibilities. We have just had the UN International Day

July 25, 2014 In 2015 George Gittoes, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize

Exploring “The Art of Peace” and the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize

What do The Beatles, Bono, Bob Geldof, Billy Bragg, Billie Holiday, Ben Harper, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, and Barenboim all have in common—in addition to being musicians and starting with “B”? They have each contributed to peace with justice, and

July 10, 2014 In Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, News, Peace Blog

Sri Lanka Today: Affidavit by Jake Lynch

"The situation in Sri Lanka today poses grave risks to human rights and human security. [

June 23, 2014 In 2015 George Gittoes, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize

2015 – The Art of Peace: Call for Nominations

“The Art of Peace”: It’s time for an artist to win the Sydney Peace Prize Sun Tzu’s ancient Chinese military treatise “The Art of War”has been a manual for war makers for centuries. With the centenary of the First World War upon us,

June 19, 2014 In Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, News, Peace Blog

Global Peace Index 2014

Yesterday the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released their annual ranking of 162 countries' in terms of their peacefulness—the Global Peace Index (GPI). The GPI is in its eighth year running, and for the seventh year running they have

April 28, 2014 In 2010 Vandana Shiva, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Vandana Shiva: protecting seeds, farmers and food from corporate monopolies

The important and inspiring work of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Vandana Shiva continues in her fight to save seeds, farmers and food from corporate monopolies. Activist Vandanda Shiva calls for ‘satyagraha’ against federal Bill C-18 Renowned environmental and agricultural activist Vandana

January 16, 2014 In Articles by Founder Em. Prof. Stuart Rees, News, Peace Blog

Middle East peace: combative Sydney academic speaks up for Palestine

An Australian professor is at the heart of a Middle East peace conference that has gone largely unreported in the west, writes Nikki Barrowclough. One evening in Doha, in December: Sydney University’s Professor Stuart Rees is standing in the middle of

December 10, 2013 In Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News

Memories of Mandela – A Life Well Lived

The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and Sydney Peace Foundation remember and honour the life and contribution of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, who died peacefully at his home on 5 December 2013. We join South Africans everywhere

November 14, 2013 In 2013 Cynthia Maung, Media, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize

Dr Cynthia Maung’s 2013 Sydney Peace Prize: Photos, Media Coverage & Making a Difference

Burma's most famous medical doctor, Dr Cynthia Maung, travelled to Australia to receive the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize and tell her story in the first week of November. Thousands of Australians listened to Dr Cynthia Maung speak about the important

September 26, 2013 In News

Announcing Jane Singleton AM, Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation

MEDIA RELEASE 26 September 2013 Announcing Jane Singleton AM, Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation Inaugural presenter and senior reporter for ABC TV’s 7.30 Report, Jane Singleton AM, will take over from Stuart Rees as the Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation. Jane has

July 15, 2013 In Events, News, Peace Blog

Within the Eye of the Storm: A Story of Hope in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

On Monday 19 August 2013, The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS), Jews against the Occupation (JAO) and the Global Social Justice Network (GloSo) held a seminar to show the new and inspiring documentary, Within the Eye of the

July 3, 2013 In 2013 Cynthia Maung, Articles by Founder Em. Prof. Stuart Rees, Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, Media, News, Peace Blog

What we can learn from refugees this election?

Refugees who are thankful for small mercies have a lot they can teach to those in a lucky country who might regard them as a threat to their well being, writes Professor Stuart Rees. In spite of the Rudd resurrection, the

December 3, 2012 In 2011 Noam Chomsky, Events, News

“Peace with Justice – Noam Chomsky in Australia” ed. Clinton Fernandes

In November 2011, the cognitive scientist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky arrived in Australia to receive the Sydney Peace Prize. He delivered lectures and answered questions about economics, history, international relations, linguistics, philosophy, justice and much more: What is

October 30, 2012 In 2012 Sekai Holland, Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize

“Sekai Holland’s Australian story”, by Dr Meredith Burgmann for the ABC’s The Drum

Sekai Holland has played a pivotal role in Zimbabwe's long struggle with racism and instability, but few people realise what an impact she had on race relations in Australia, writes Meredith Burgmann. By now most Australians know that Senator Sekai Holland

October 8, 2012 In 2012 Sekai Holland, Media, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize

2012 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient Sekai Holland in SMH Good Weekend: Our Torture was a Victory

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 to her homeland. Late one afternoon, Sekai Holland is in the back seat

September 17, 2012 In 2012 Sekai Holland, Events, News, Peace Blog

Tickets on Sale! Peace Prize Events 2012

Tickets are now on sale for the Sydney Peace Prize 2012 events This year, the Sydney Peace Prize will be awarded to Senator Sekai Holland, Co Minister for Reconciliation Healing and Integration in the Cabinet of President Robert Mugabe and Prime

August 17, 2012 In Articles by Founder Em. Prof. Stuart Rees, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog

Brave and Principled Ecuador

The Sydney Peace Foundation thanks the government of Ecuador for giving asylum to Julian Assange. Professor Stuart Rees, chair of the Foundation says, ' Ecuador understands the nature of justice, but it seems that in failing to give assurances about Assange's

July 16, 2012 In News, Peace Blog

Nominations for 2013 Sydney Peace Prize

The Sydney Peace Prize Jury has put out a final call for nominations for the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize. The Sydney Peace Foundation accepts nominations in writing or email. Nominations should be accompanied by a short statement explaining the merit of