4PM Saturday December 7th
WAWAN invites you to join us for our end of year event for 2024. Come along and celebrate a year of antiwar actions with other activists.
BYO picnic rugs, food, and drink.
Blog
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Hiroshima Day Forum: Don’t Nuke the Future!
1PM Sunday 11th August Thirroul Community Centre
What is behind the new push for nuclear energy in Australia and how is it connected to the AUKUS nuclear submarines? Join this forum to find out who really benefits from nuclear, and what the alternatives are in the Illawarra.
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David Rovics in concert
NEW VENUE UPDATE: The board of Coledale RSL has cancelled our gig on political grounds. We have moved the gig to the Coledale Community Centre on the same night.
US singer-songwriter David Rovics returns to Australia for a tour with songs from his latest album, Bearing Witness. Supported by the Illawarra Union Singers.
A fundraiser for Wollongong Against War and Nukes.
Coledale Community Centre. July 4, 2024
Doors open 6.30pm. Food and drinks available.
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Direct from Palestine: In Conversation with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
A global movement is rising to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, to end decades of colonisation, and work toward a free Palestine that delivers sustainable peace for all in the region.
The environmental impacts of the occupation and destruction of Palestine are less understood: water sources have been restricted, destroyed and polluted; habitat loss is pushing species like wolves, gazelles, and hyenas to the brink; destruction of crops and farmland drives food insecurity; and climate change is already impacting Palestine and its people.
Join us on April 24 to hear first-hand from one of Palestine’s foremost environmental experts Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, visiting Australia for the first time, in conversation with local Palestinian, First Nations and environmental justice advocates.
Professor Qumsiyeh is the founder and director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability and has spent his career writing and advocating for environmental protection, cultural heritage, climate justice, health, and human rights, particularly in his home of Palestine, amidst ongoing war, violence, and occupation.
RSVP via https://events.humanitix.com/palestine-the-environmental-impacts-of-war-and-occupation-with-prof-mazin-qumisiyeh
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Unions and Community Peace Speak-out in Port Kembla
Sunday 17 March at 10am-12pm
Port Kembla Heritage Park, at the Dalfram Dispute Memorial
Come and hear from ANFA delegates from across Australia, local unions and community members on the national weekend of action against AUKUS. Hosted by ANFA, the South Coast Labour Council and WAWAN, we’re raising up the call to rule out nuclear submarines in Port Kembla, and for a nuclear-free future.
We’re excited to help launch the epic Peace Walk against AUKUS over 1 month from Port Kembla to Canberra, organised by Beyond Uranium Canberra. Get on board the long global tradition of peace walks, find out more here.
Join us for a powerful Sunday morning in the beautiful Port. Further details coming soon.
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Speakout against the war industry!
Protest the Illawarra Defence Industry Conference.
March 1, 12.30pm-1.30pm. Shellharbour Civic Centre.
Business Illawarra is hosting a conference to encourage local businesses to invest in the war industry.
At a time when Palestinians are facing genocide, Illawarra businesses like Bisalloy are supplying the Israeli Defence Force with steel to make armoured-fighting vehicles.
Join us to show your opposition to a war industry in the Illawarra!
Federal Ministers Pat Conroy and Stephen Jones will address the conference to promote the AUKUS military agreement. As part of AUKUS, the Australian government have agreed that the US military can station nuclear submarines at a newly built base in Port Kembla.
We say:
No nuclear subs base in Port Kembla!
Cut all ties with Israel!
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Corflute (Yard Sign) Campaign!
We are launching a campaign to get corflutes (yard signs) up across the fences and front windows of the Illawarra to show our opposition to the nuclear submarine base. Corflutes will be available for local pickup in the Illawarra. Sign up here to get yours today: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/get-your-yard-sign-no-place-for-a-nuclear-base
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WAWAN now has a website
Wollongong Against War and Nukes has a new website for all our resources, links, etc.