The Guardian • US bases
Issue #2098
Pine Gap on red alert
In October 1973, US bases in Australia were put on ‘red alert’ in case of a nuclear war. The USA did not bother informing the...
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Issue #2136
Japan: ‘self-defence’ stretched beyond a joke
Everyone knows that self-defence means defending one’s self, right? Everybody also knows that for a nation, self-defence means defending that nation, right? Everybody except hawkish...
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Issue #2177
Australia’s secret anti-protest force for US Department of War
As public concerns over the AUKUS alliance rise – with expanding US bases in Australia and Donald Trump’s belligerent conduct, FOI documents reveal the government...
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Issue #2024
DINGO
The cause of the Ukraine conflict is the fact that the presence of NATO and US bases, military forces, and nuclear missile systems put Russia’s...
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Issue #2040
GLOBAL BRIEFS
THE PHILIPPINES: The US and the Philippines announced plans for four more US bases to be established in the Philippines. The agreement was reached during...
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Issue #2182
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GERMANY: Thousands of students protested against a recently adopted law that could reinstate compulsory military service. The ‘School strike’ against the draft brought out more...
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Issue #2055
US Military Build-up in Australia
In the upcoming Exercise Talisman Sabre war games, between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and United States military, an expected 30,000 military personnel will participate...
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Issue #2197
PEACE NOTES
US BASES An article in Covert Action, “US Military Bases around the world are facing growing protest from an emboldened antiwar movement” by Jeremy Kuzmarov,...
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Issue #2177
LETTERS
Bases and more Thank you for your front page story in Guardian #2176, ‘Unhinged US – time to close the bases.’ There is so much...
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Issue #2093
PEACE NOTES
Hannah Middleton The US-Australia Force Posture Agreement (FPA), signed in 2014, provides the legal basis for the comprehensive US militarisation of Australia, especially the north,...
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Issue #2141
Tariffs blackmail will backfire
On 2 April, US president Donald Trump imposed sweeping, so-called “reciprocal tariffs” ranging from 10% to 50% on almost all nations based on the US’s...
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Issue #2195
PEACE NOTES
US Navy Establishes NSA Stirling near Perth This announcement should send a chill down the spine of all Australians. It is time to redouble our...
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Issue #2191
PEACE NOTES
Defence was listed as one of the ‘winners’ of the 2026-2027 Budget. In 2025-2026, Australia spent roughly $52.1 billion on the military. The figure varies...
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Issue #2195
Close Pine Gap convergence to be ‘massive’
The Close Pine Gap - Sacred Lands Back Convergence 2026 is taking place in Mparntwe-Alice Springs over 18 to 20 July 2026, and by all reports, it’s...
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Issue #2176
Unhinged US – time to close the bases!
Pine Gap, 20 kilometres southeast of Alice Springs, was established in 1968 in conditions of great secrecy. Local people were told it was a space...
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