Where is peace? Personal reflections for ‘Making Connections’ University of Sydney Post-graduate summer school 2009 Dan Cass

1980s :growing up under the cloud

Young People for Nuclear Disarmament Vigils / camps : Watsonia Barracks, US Consulate, City Square Stop the City ‘Flash mobs’ versus war toys Gigs, benefits, badges, newsletters, talks, films Palm Sunday street festival

Vigils / camps : Watsonia Barracks, US Consulate, City Square

Stop the City ‘Flash mobs’ versus war toys

Gigs, benefits, badges, newsletters, talks, films

Palm Sunday street festival

"Phyllis Cormack" 15 September 1971 Amchitka test zone Test series later cancelled Quaker history of non-violence Core mission and method of Greenpeace 3 million supporters Peace first but always Green

"Phyllis Cormack" 15 September 1971 Amchitka test zone

Test series later cancelled

Quaker history of non-violence

Core mission and method of Greenpeace

3 million supporters

New Zealand 2003

Germany 2003

Chile 2004

Iraq 2003

Global Peace Initiative : defining the good Triple Threat : Peak Oil + climate change + financial crisis Green New Deal Approaches

Global Peace Initiative : defining the good

Triple Threat : Peak Oil + climate change + financial crisis

Green New Deal

IPCC/Al Gore Nobel Peace Prize “tells us that the fossil fuel industry is waging war on the world's climate and we must make peace with the planet if we are to survive” Relocalisation is the new community organising New Energy Radicals blessed by James Hanson, Al Gore Definitions

IPCC/Al Gore Nobel Peace Prize “tells us that the fossil fuel industry is waging war on the world's climate and we must make peace with the planet if we are to survive”

Relocalisation is the new community organising

New Energy Radicals blessed by James Hanson, Al Gore

Why civil disobedience ? We already have majority support to free world of nuclear weapons according to polls 1997 USA 87% 1998 Russia 61% , India 62% , Japan 78% , Australia 92% , Norway 92% , Belgium 72% , Canada 93% 2004 Turkey 72% 2005 UK 54% [ REF : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/peace/abolish-nuclear-weapons Accessed 8.1.9] United Nations annual vote: most of 191 states support abolition of nuclear weapons

We already have majority support to free world of nuclear weapons according to polls

1997 USA 87%

1998 Russia 61% , India 62% , Japan 78% , Australia 92% , Norway 92% , Belgium 72% , Canada 93%

2004 Turkey 72%

2005 UK 54%

[ REF : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/peace/abolish-nuclear-weapons Accessed 8.1.9]

United Nations annual vote: most of 191 states support abolition of nuclear weapons

Resources for making connections http://relocalize.net/

http://www.zerocarbonbritain.com/

www.visionofhumanity.org

http://whosepower.wordpress.com/

Thank you. Dan Cass Communications manager Greenpeace Australia Pacific [email_address] Work blog | http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/ Personal blog | greenfunkdan.blogspot.com