As part of the AUKUS agreement, the Australian government has committed to the building of an East Coast nuclear-powered submarine base. We must stop this aggressive and dangerous plan. Not in Port Kembla! Not anywhere!
IPAN (Independant and Peaceful Australia Network) is bringing the US filmmaker Abbey Martin and her latest film “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” to Australia in July. WAWAN will cohost a screening and Q&A with Abbey on 28 July at the Fraternity Club in Fairy Meadow at 6pm. “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” deals with the critical current issues of war, the US …
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Anti-war and environmental groups are invited to contribute to a fantastic Sunday afternoon planned for the Servo in Port Kembla. Given the state of the world where money and resources get poured into war and munitions manufacture rather than dealing with the environmental catastrophe we’re living through, we call on you to help turn this …
WAWAN will be having a contingent at this year’s May Day March in Wollongong. We invite all of our members and supporters to join us and mark this important day of the working class, internationalism, and socialism. Meet us on the corner at Lowden Square at 5pm Friday May 1st.
WAWAN members were proud to march alongside 150 protestors who rallied for refugee rights in Wollongong on Palm Sunday. Organised by the Refugee Action Collective Illawarra, this was one of the biggest Palm Sunday rallies for some years. Thanks to the organisers and to everyone who came out to defend refugee rights and say no the wars …
After the United States bombed Venezuela on Friday 3 January and kidnapped its elected president, WAWAN called a snap action opposing this war crime. More than 30 people attended the rally outside local Federal Member for Cunningham Alison Byrnes’ office at 9am on Monday 5 January, where we made speeches and held placards opposing US …
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Members of Wollongong Against War and Nukes will be in Newcastle from the 28th to the 30th November, attending the Rising Tide Protestival and flotilla to block the largest coal port in the world in Newcastle. The fossil fuel industry has deep ties to the military industrial complex, and we want to draw the links …
Visiting Fremantle WA in September gave an insight to their anti AUKUS struggles. We joined about 40 activists protested outside the town hall before a “Community Consultation“ organised by the Australian Submarine Authority. The meeting was a farce, men in military uniforms replete with medals evaded concerns regarding nuclear safety, legal jurisdiction over American servicemen …
Forty local organisations and community groups are launching a joint Port Kembla Declaration opposing the establishment of a nuclear submarine base at Port Kembla, calling for the federal government to rule it out. The Declaration states… “We recognise the unique health and safety risks that come with nuclear-fuelled submarines, and the potential impact of a major or …
Launch of the Port Kembla Declaration Over thirty union, environmental and community groups have signed a public statement showing their concern about the potential siting of a nuclear submarine base in Port Kembla. This statement, known as the Port Kembla Declaration, will be publicly launched with a press conference on Thursday 25th September at 10am. This statement demonstrates …
Vale Hannah Middleton 25/10/1942 – 12/06/2025 With Hannah’s death in June this year, Australia, indeed the world, has lost an exceptional and inspirational peace and justice activist. However, be assured she leaves a legacy as tenacious as she was in life. The backbone of her activism was an unstinting commitment to communism. She joined the …