Afghanistan war | Indymedia Australia

"None of these men had to die" - Bloodied hands, souls washed in red - Stop the killing in Afghanistan

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 01/09/2012 - 2:27pm

Gerry Georgatos
"None of these men had to die," said Andrew Wilkie. "To the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones to recent wars, Afghanistan and Iraq, I do extend my heartfelt sympthathies, and I grieve for your loss," Gerry Georgatos

The Tasmanian Independent Member of Parliament Andrew Wilkie is right when he said John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Prime Minister Julia Gillard have "blood on their hands" after the deaths of five Australian soldiers recently, however the bloodied mutilated souls of these three leaders of our nation are not limited in their culpability to the deaths of these five young soldiers, however to every death in Afghanistan and Iraq since colliding Australia into a manufactured war zone, now for more than a decade.
Related Swan Island Peace Convergence 2012

Geography:

Promotion:

Keywords:

Afghanistan aid conference signals indefinite foreign occupation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 7:44pm

The article below from the World Socialist Website gives accurate analysis on the recent "aid conference" in Afghanistan. The Australian press covered the conference focussing on Australia's committment of $250 million a year in aid. The media, such as in this article from the Australian also pushed the lie that 2014 will see Australian troops return to Australia and the effective end of the Afghan War.

Geography:

Global/International

Australia

Keywords:

Afghanistan war

4 July - Independence from the USA Day. No more Australian blood for US wars!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/07/2012 - 6:17pm

Peace Bus Media Release: July 4th 2012 A professional SAS killer of too many seasons gets killed in Afghanistan and PM Gillard goes on Tv dressed in widow weeds to claim the nation is mourning for his death.

"More Gillard lies!" is the response of Graeme Dunstan, organiser of the Independence from the USA Day Speak Out at the gates of Robertson Barracks, home of 1st Brigade and also (temporarily) Fox company of the US Marine Corps.

TODAY 12.30 - 2 pm Robertson Barracks
Thorngate Road, Holtze, Darwin

Geography:

Keywords:

Australia commits to indefinite military occupation of Afghanistan.

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 22/05/2012 - 10:03pm

The signing of the Long term partnership between Australia and Afghanistan by Julia Gillard and Hamid Karzai at the NATO summit in Chicago on 20th May is being presented by the government and the press as an “aid commitment” as part of the “end of the Afghanistan war”. This is a lie.

Whilst the majority of Australian troops are returning from Afghanistan in 2013, these are the troops involved in training the Afghan army, the agreement is a commitment for Australian Special Forces to occupy Afghanistan indefinitely alongside the U.S. Our Special Forces, the only Australian troops in a combat role, will continue in the name of “security” to operate as defacto assassination squads for the U.S. Peace activist will be saying no to both the U.S. alliance, escalating militarism and the occupation of Afghanistan when they blockade the Swan Island military base where the SAS train in September at the Swan Island Peace Convergence 2012
Related: Text of the Agreement -- Interview with Defence Minister Stephen Smith -- The SAS dirty war -- WSWS analysis

Geography:

Promotion:

Keywords:

Veterans group condemns hollow remembrance on ANZAC Day

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 25/04/2012 - 1:22pm

"You do not honor the dead through mindless flag waving, rewriting history or promoting new wars," said Hamish Chitts, East Timor veteran and spokesperson for Stand Fast -- a group of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Geography:

Keywords:

ANZAC Day Statement from Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 25/04/2012 - 1:14pm

WAR IS HELL. Galllipoli, 1915. On 25 April, 1915, Australian, British and other imperialist troops landed on a Turkish beach. It was the beginning of a horrendous waste of human life in the Gallipoli campaign, which was itself a minor part of the larger waste of human life during World War I. Both sides in this war were reactionary imperialist alliances, fighting to re-divide the world in the struggle for colonies, resources and markets.

Geography:

Keywords:

Secret Afghan-Australian agreement exposed - plans to keep our troops in Afghanistan long term

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 7:59pm

Defense Minister Stephen Smith recently took a trip to Afghanistan, with a range of reasons cited in the Defense Department media release. What wasn't mentioned there - or anywhere else by the Gillard government - was the finalising of a draft Australian/Afghan Strategic Agreement for post 2014, due to be signed in just five weeks. That was discovered by Melbourne peace activist Simon Moyle in a tweet from TOLOnews, an Afghan news organisation. It appears the Gillard government is keeping this agreement under wraps, hoping no one will notice. After Simon emailed to some journos the story ran in the Age on the 14th of April.

Spread the word: post the Age article to social media, and tell everyone you know that this is happening, we have about a month to cause a ruckus that might bring some transparency, and then accountability.

Geography:

Promotion:

Keywords:

Catholic workers & other activists in court for blockading Gallipoli Barracks/Enoggera in nonviolent resistance to the war on Afghanistan

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 14/03/2012 - 4:44pm

Reprinted from Workers Bush Telegraph website

Geography:

Keywords:

Workers Bush Telegraph

Ten years of war in Afghanistan challenged by Australian peace activists

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 22/10/2011 - 9:26am

Protests in Australia occurred to mark ten years of Australia’s involvement in the brutal U.S. led occupation of Afghanistan which began on October 7th 2001. Despite overwhelming opposition to the war, the response of the Australian peace movement was small. The largest demonstration was in Sydney wherer the Sydney Stop The War Coalition and Stand Fast held a rally and march. See video. In Melbourne, a small protest occurred in the city square and a St Pauls Cathedral. Some direct action did occure when five Christian activists in Brisbane were arrested as part of group of 25 people protesting outside Enoggera army Base. Enoggera Army base is a major staging point for troops departing for the Afghan war.

Geography:

Keywords:

Five arrested at Brisbane military base

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 12:47am

Christel Palmer Five Christian pacifists were arrested as part of group of 25 people protesting outside Enoggera army Base in Brisbane today. Enoggera Army base is a major staging point for troops departing for the Afghan war.

The group gathered to mark ten years of what they called an illegal and immoral war in Afghanistan. After a quiet prayer service and songs the group picked up a large banner reading “In the name of God Stop the Wars”, and proceeded to block the main entrance to the base.

Geography:

Keywords: