For the United Nations Disarmament Week 24-30 October we bring you discussions about the AUKUS military pact between Australia, the US and UK announced on 16 September, the threats posed to the region and the nuclear submarines that are the centrepiece of this deal. 

Thanks to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for sharing these recordings from an open forum 'Lets talk about subs' held on 12 October featuring speakers Dimity Hawkins AM - Co-founder of ICAN, Professor Marianne Hanson - Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland and Co-chair of ICAN, Professor Steven Ratuva - Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa & Reverend James Bhagwan - General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches. 

There are two upcoming meetings that we encourage you to join.

Broad national coalition campaigning against Nuclear Submarines and AUKUS: Sunday 7 November 2-4 pm
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network invites you to a meeting of interested organisations and individuals to discuss the potential formation of a broad national coalition campaigning against Nuclear Submarines and AUKUS.  You can register here to attend.

Raucous Anti-AUKUS Caucus II: Thursday 4 November 7pm
Join Renegade Activists for the next Raucous Anti-AUKUS Caucus action gathering - with Emma Shortis, David Brophy, Jacob Grech, featuring campaign reports and action planning.  Register here.