Shareable assets from Modern Movement Australia — flyers, infographics and graphics to print, post and pass on. For the written analysis behind them, see the Memos.
Every economy in the region runs on the same sea lanes — Taiwan and Japan ship in almost all their fuel, and a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil crosses Malacca. How a blockade closes the lanes for everyone at once, and why the war can’t be won. A4, A3 print and an A5 social cut.
Hormuz proved a blockade can’t be broken by the Navy — least of all by submarines. A call for a Royal Commission into AUKUS and the defence plan, and the path to rebuild the nation. A4, A3 print and an A5 social cut.
Taiwan imports ~97% of its energy and stores only ~11 days of gas — a blockade needn’t invade to bring it down. ~146 days of oil won’t keep the lights on. The answer is to unite, not fight. A4, A3 print and an A5 social cut.
Under “America 1st”, the island nations — Australia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Zealand — are the pawns, and they suffer most: every one runs on imported energy to power and feed itself. The wiser move is peace in the Asia-Pacific. A4, A3 print and an A5 social cut.