Tim Wright

Last April, in the Czech capital of Prague, Barack Obama stood in front of a crowd of 20,000 and announced that, unlike any president before him, he would work to develop peace and security for a world without nuclear weapons. There was rapturous applause.

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Tim Wright & Lyn Allison

ONE year ago today, at a US military base in southern Iraq, the Australian flag was ceremonially lowered. After half a decade of fighting, the last of our combat troops were sent home. Like others before them, they received a heroes' welcome. No one mentioned the men, women and children they had killed in the name of peace and freedom.

Dr Helen Caldicott & Tim Wright

THE world’s most militarily powerful nation has a new commander-in-chief. Although decidedly less hawkish than his predecessor, Barack Obama mustn’t be trusted with the control of 10,000 nuclear weapons. It’s mad that any individual has the power to destroy the planet at the press of a button.