Peace Crimes

Pine Gap, National Security and Dissent

Kieran Finnane

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Queensland Univ. Press
04 August 2020

Crime & criminology; Political activism; Pressure groups & lobbying; Warfare & defence; Australian Society

A compelling investigative account into one of Australia's most secret security sites and the people who infiltrated it.

At the closely guarded and secretive military facility, Pine Gap in Australia's Northern Territory, police arrest six nonviolent activists. Their crime- to step through a fence, lamenting and praying for the dead of war.

They call themselves Peace Pilgrims. The Crown calls them a threat to national security and demands gaol time. Their political trials, under harsh Cold War legislation, tell a story of obsessive Australian secrecy about the American military presence on our soil and the state's hardline response to dissent. In Peace Crimes, Alice Springs journalist Kieran Finnane gives a gripping account of what prompts the Pilgrims to risk so much, interweaving local events and their legal aftermath with this century's disturbing themes of international conflict and high-tech war. She asks, what responsibilities do we have as Australians for the covert military operations of Pine Gap and what are we going to do about them?

By: Kieran Finnane
Imprint: Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780702260445
ISBN 10: 0702260444
Publication Date: 04 August 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kieran Finnane is a founding journalist of the Alice Springs News, established in 1994, now publishing online. She also contributes arts writing and journalism to national publications, including Griffith REVIEW, Inside Story, Art Monthly Australasia and Artlink. Her first book, Trouble- On Trial in Central Australia was published in 2016.

Reviews for Peace Crimes: Pine Gap, National Security and Dissent

'Peace Crimes is an engrossing and illuminating portrayal of six activists, a political trial and the secret machinations of the Five Eyes on Australian soil. Compelling to the core, Finnane is an excellent journalist who asks far more of the facts than mere repudiation; rather she asks for pause and reflection. I, for one, will never drive past or fly over these sites without thinking of all the unknowns, ever again.' --Anna Krien, author of Night Games and Act of Grace