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 …
WAWAN members joined a couple hundred people at the South Coast Labour Council’s Vigil for Gaza. A silent procession down Crown St and Burelli St ended with a speech from former mayor Gordon Bradbury, reminding us that we must fight for the rights of all people, especially right now the Palestinians, to live in peace …
This week, the USA has announced a review into AUKUS. Though some have suggested Trump will scrap the agreement, it is likely that the review will demand even more money from Australian taxpayers be used to subsidise the American war machine. Trump’s administration has already demanded Australia increase defence spending in order to contribute to a future US …
From 16 June to 30 August 2025 Wollongong City Library will host an exhibition of images and objects commemorating the history of peace movement activism in Wollongong. An online version of the exhibition is already available and can be viewed now at the library’s Illawarra Stories website. As part of the exhibition, the library’s oral history …
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Happening from 26 July to 10 August, 2025. WAWAN has been offered a two week residency at the Wollongong Art Gallery as part of the current “Greetings from Wollongong” exhibition. The Gallery have kindly given us the use of a beautiful space and we have lots of exciting plans. As part of the program, we …
The results of the recent Federal Election show a strident rejection of Donald Trump and his wannabe copycat Peter Dutton. Unfortunately, returned PM Anthony Albanese hasn’t got the message. On the campaign trail, Albanese went out of his way to praise the US Alliance and talk up how friendly he was with the warmonger-in-chief, so …
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Hundreds of people joined the community picket outside Bisalloy Steels in Unanderra on 8 May. Starting before 6am, the picket lasted until 3pm – disrupting the production of steel during this time. Part of the day’s activities included a mock trial of Bisalloy for its crimes in profiting from war and genocide. On the same …