Our last episode looked at weapons companies’ influence campaigns on kids in schools, and even in early childhood. This influence also reaches deep into our universities. Education in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – should be a public good. But weapons companies have gone all-out to make sure universities serve their agenda, in …

Weapons don’t just design and build themselves – they need highly-skilled people to do this. But most of us have no intention of joining in mass murder. What’s a weapons company supposed to do? It turns out they have lots of tricks and techniques to get hold of the people they need – and they target them younger than you might think, right in schoo…

Jangan Bunuh Kami Lagi / Stop Killing Us! The previous episode told the story of the canoe that brought Adolf and 42 others to Australia. This not the only journey in solidarity between here and West Papua. This is Izzy Brown’s story, about the Freedom Flotilla, and family connections to the West Papua campaign – including one connection that’s too…

Jangan Bunuh Kami Lagi / Stop Killing Us! In the towns and cities and among the hills and valleys of West Papua, a desperate struggle for independence and the preservation of cultures and ways of life is raging. The compelling stories of West Papua are rarely heard in Australia or around the world. This is Adolf’s story, from childhood in the mount…

From the Frontier Wars to police in communities to the biggest weapons ever made. Militarism started in this continent when the British invaded over two hundred years ago, and it continues to this day. Boe Spearim, Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, and Uncle Ned Hargreaves tell their stories of struggles that are vital for all of us. Produced and presen…

Australia’s military industrial complex is expanding on a massive scale – and this started well before the recent AUKUS military pact with the US and UK. How have governments laid the groundwork for this in the past few years? What can we expect as the global weapons industry, hardwired for corruption, comes hunting for ever-greater profits? Michel…

How a small community built practices of peace in Afghanistan, and in the middle of war showed that different ways of living are possible. Produced and presented by Zelda Grimshaw and the team at Wage Peace Sounds from Spoonbill: https://soundcloud.com/spoonbill Links: Kabul Peace House, by Mark Isaacs: https://markjisaacs.com/product/the-kabul-pea…

The business of weapons companies, and of the military, depends on their ability to control the narrative, and they have many ways to try and achieve this. In these stories from Afghanistan, Mujib Abid and Matthew Hoh describe some of the ways this happens, and some of what it means. Produced and presented by Zelda Grimshaw and the team at Wage Pea…

Australia is developing its very own military industry complex, and weapons companies stand to make billions. These are our stories against the war machine. From peace campaigners in Australia and beyond. Join us for Get Your Armies Off Our Bodies, the first season of PeacePod. Discover more at https://wagepeaceau.org…

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