Stuart Rees, Director of The Sydney Peace Foundation, writes for the ABC's The Drum Unleashed. It is disappointing that Mr. Lapkin, billed as a research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs, churns out articles in The Drum and the Daily
Dr Vandana Shiva was the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient. She an international voice for sustainable development and social justice. She's a physicist, scholar, social activist, and feminist. She is director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource
SPEECH AT 2011 SYDNEY PEACE PRIZE SYDNEY TOWN HALL SYDNEY Wednesday, 1 June 2011 HER EXCELLENCY PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR AC CVO,ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH PROFESSOR STUART REES, Director, Sydney Peace Prize Foundation MS BETH JACKSON, Foundation Chair MR JOE SKRZYNSKI, Chair, SBS Television PROFESSOR
A far better explanation for the award to Professor Chomsky is given by Stephen Matchett, "Ideologue on a peace pedestal". June 03, 2011 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/ideologue-on-a-peace-pedestal/story-e6frg6z6-1226068205671
Matthew Miller From: The Australian June 03, 2011 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/chomsky-peace-award-blasted/story-fn59niix-1226068256064 The Sydney Peace Foundation was established fourteen years ago, not eight. Windschuttle as usual gets his facts wrong. a) Chomsky is a consistent supporter of non-violence b) Chomsky compared the publicity surrounding Pol Pot with silence
'In a time of violence and abuses of human rights, a brilliant, inspiring choice' On Wednesday June 1, at the Sydney Town Hall, the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, announced distinguished American linguist, social scientist and
Professor Stuart Rees was interviewed by radio personality Derry Hynch on Melbourne's 3AW Drive programme, Wednesday May 25, 2011. Click here to read Hynch's editorialising which sparked the fiery exchange between Rees and Hynch. Click here to listen to the podcast- Rees
Ted Lapkin (SMH May 24th) uses his bully boy style to demonize David Hicks and to ridicule the thousands who support him, including the brave human rights activist Donna Mulhearn who chaired Hicks appearance at the Sydney Writers Festival. Lapkin seems
Sydney Morning Herald Opinion, May 25, 2011 Mary Kostakidis Sitting in the last row of the dress circle, I had a bird's eye view of the Sydney Writers' Festival event where David Hicks spoke publicly about his experiences for the first time.
The Sydney Peace Foundation’s (SPF) position on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is that ‘Justice for the Palestinians means Security for Israel’. That’s also our response to President Obama’s address on the Middle East and we’re echoing the crystal clear observations made