Causes of war

MAPW draws attention to health costs on 10th anniversary of Afghanistan War

Written 10/10/2011

On the tenth anniversary of the Afghanistan war, MAPW members across Australia spoke out on the human and health costs of the war.

The Causes and Costs of War: MAPW Address, Easter 2011

Written 05/05/2011

Address to the Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, Easter Sunday, 24 April 2011, the day before Anzac Day. Dr Jenny Grounds, Vice President, Medical Association for Prevention of War, speaks about the human, environmental and financial costs of war, and how war should be commemorated.

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2011_04-24_War-causes&costs_JGrounds.pdf

What has Wikileaks revealed? MAPW report, January 2011.

Written 03/02/2011

This MAPW report gives a brief overview of some of the the thousands of revelations already published by Wikileaks.

What WikiLeaks has revealed-Print.pdf

MAPW joins Canberra launch to query more memorials

Written 02/02/2011

CANBERRA, 2 FEBRUARY 2011. MAPW joined the launch today by six prominent Australians, of The Lake War Memorials Forum website.

The website aims to give an opportunity for Australians to express their views about the proposal to build two large war memorials on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra.

Lake War Memorials Forum website: Canberra

http://www.lakewarmemorialsforum.org

Link Added 02/02/2011

The Lake War Memorials Forum website was launched in February 2011 to give Australians an opportunity to express their views about the proposal to build two large war memorials on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. This website is intended to expose this proposal to the open, democratic scrutiny that its proponents have so far evaded.

MAPW discussion paper: robotics warfare in Afghanistan: December 2010

Written 13/12/2010

Discussion paper on the history of robotic warfare, and in particular on the use of "drones", remotely controlled robotic aircraft, in Afghanistan. Written by Jenny Gerrand for MAPW, and published in December 2010 (with minor updates May 2011), this paper considers the new psychology of war when weapons are operated by office workers thousands of kilometres from their victims.

2011-05-14_Robotics.pdf

Remembering our war dead: The case against more war memorials

Written 15/09/2010

The Medical Association for Prevention of War has questioned the wisdom of the proposal to build two large new war memorials in Canberra.

The proposed towers, each 20 metres high, would stand beside Lake Burley Griffin at the end of Anzac Parade, dominating the lakeside and radically altering the sweeping views between the Australian War Memorial and Parliament House.

Vision 2030: An alternative approach to Australia's security. Buy now!

Written 10/06/2010

Print or read Vision 2030 online by downloading itWe can also mail you a copy.

Vision 2030 : an alternative approach to Australian security. MAPW 2010

Written 09/06/2010

Vision 2030: An Alternative Approach to Australian Security.Foreword by the Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser. MAPW 2010 publication which examines the 2009 defence white paper “Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030”, and calls for debate on Australia’s military expenditure and policies.

Vision 2030 web version.pdf

Vision 2030: MAPW launches alternative approach to Australian security

Written 18/05/2010

“Vision 2030: An Alternative Approach to Australian Security” will be launched at 10am on Monday 24 May at Parliament House Canberra. (see media release)