Online Forum: No nuclear submarines Voices for Nuclear Free Indo-Pacific

Tuesday 28 Sep, 6:30pm (AEST) via Zoom @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83178640189

Speakers:
Maureen Penjueli, Coordinator, Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)
Dr Vanessa Griffin, anti-nuclear activist in the Pacific & rep to ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
Joe Carolan, Socialist Aotearoa & Unite Union Senior organiser
Felix Dance, Socialist Alliance

The Australian’s government’s surprise September 16 announcement that Australia was in a new security alliance with the United States, Britain and Australia — AUKUS — formalises its war drive against China.

The intensification of Australia’s long alliance with these two big imperialist powers cements its role as part of a US push to block China’s economic development, by force if necessary.

At a still unknown cost, Australia is to be given US and British technology to build nuclear-powered submarines in Adelaide. The two nuclear armed and powered countries will exploit a loophole in the international non-proliferation treaty: International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards allow for nuclear material to be used for “non-proscribed military activity”.

Australia is now setting a precedent for other non-nuclear weapons’ states to do the same.

Two recent Green Left on the issue are: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/oppose-morrisons-new-anti-china-alliance

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/nuclear-white-elephants-australias-new-submarine-deal

Forum organised by Green Left and Socialist Alliance.