Bits & pieces from Sydney

The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the first global treaty to ban nuclear weapons and all activities related to them. It makes nuclear weapons illegal alongside landmines, cluster munitions, chemical and biological weapons. It entered into force on the  22nd of January 2021.

Celebration in Martin Place Sydney

  

The treaty is the result of decades of campaigning by groups such as The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA),  a mainly indigenous group, the work by the late Yami Lester and the Nuclear the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP)

A great article 

The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty: 35 years on 

by Ema Tagicakibau

https://devpolicy.org/the-south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-35-years-on-20210122-2/

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And on “Invasion Day ” , “We have survived Day ” or “Australia Day”, another celebration of Indigenous and South Sea Islander Culture at the Sugar Fest 2021 (a day of Oceanic Culture History & Music) at Pirrama Park Parkland .

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Invasion Day protests across Australia – in pictures  

Amid debates about abolishing the holiday, Australia Day honours and whether protests should go ahead at all, people have rallied in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra to mark the day 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jan/26/invasion-day-protests-across-australia-in-pictures

Amid the false history over 26 January, it pays to consider what Australia was really built on

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/26/amid-the-false-history-over-26-january-it-pays-to-consider-what-australia-was-really-built-on

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