Understorey Asia: AUKUS vs Climate Action & Peaceful Pathways

Understorey brings the second part of Adrian Glamorgan’s interview with Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John.

Australia’s youngest senator warns that a belligerent “white saviour” attitude is not the best way to ease international tensions in our region.  Jordon argues we should close all foreign bases, conduct a Truth & Reconciliation Commission into our past, honour international treaties, and then our conversations beyond our shores might have more credibility. Climate change is ticking away while the Australian and US governments have distracted the world with their war talk.   While the two major political parties and the mainstream media remain uncritical of our recent and longer history of war-making, Senator Steele-John is convinced that community grassroots action – and the ballot box – will be enough to turn around the Morrison government’s “post-it note” agreement known as the Australia-United Kingdom-United States arms deal.

Collage: Jordon Steele-John, Tuvalu drowning, and Virginia Class Submarine, collage by A Glamorgan, using photos sourced from Greens, Tuvalu Government and Creative Commons.