Friday 5 August 2011 by: Noam Chomsky, Truthout | Op-Ed “It is a common theme” that the United States, which “only a few years ago was hailed to stride the world as a colossus with unparalleled power and unmatched appeal is
By Professor Stuart Rees, Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation Current political debate and radio talkback exchanges - about asylum seekers, about the carbon tax or the influence of the Greens - is characterised by abuse. Similar habits have been adopted
As the US obsesses over how to avoid a default on its loans, deep divisions within the ethos of the American society are becoming apparent. There are those who are intent on maintaining military spending at a record high and
By Professor Stuart Rees, Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation On August 2nd in the theatrette of the NSW parliament, the Australian support group Sydney Solidarity for Bradley Manning will take a major step in their campaign for justice for this
Tickets for the 2011 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture will go on sale AUGUST 1, through TICKETEK. The lecture will be held Wednesday 2 November in the Sydney Town Hall. Tickets for the Sydney Peace Prize Gala Dinner are now on
How sad that a country concerned with understanding and freedom should be sending commandos to stop the current Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. Not only are the boats being hindered from leaving Greek ports, but the skipper of the American boat Audacity of
Watch the interview with Johan Galtung and US Congressman Dennis Kucinich as they discuss the proposal for a Department for Peace. Watch PART II here Watch PART II here To he who has a hammer, all problems looks like a nail
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