Earth's Greatest Enemy reaches Melbourne on 27th July 2026
U.S. Journalist, author and film-maker Abby Martin will appear in Melbourne on 27th July 2026 as part of an Australian tour for her documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy.
The tour dates in the media alert are Perth on 21st July, Adelaide on 22nd July, Melbourne on 27th July, Wollongong on 28th July and Sydney on 29th July. The notice was issued on Monday 13th July 2026.
During the Adelaide stop, Martin will give the keynote address at the Independent and Peaceful Australia, or IPAN, National Conference.
IPAN is sponsoring the film and speaking tour. A coalition of peace, justice, climate and environmental campaign groups is hosting the events across Australia.
Martin has worked for several decades as a national TV news reporter and anchor in the United States for a range of media outlets. She has also written three books and made a number of documentaries, including the feature-length Earth’s Greatest Enemy.
Oliver Stone described the film as “one of the most powerful documentaries I’ve seen on the modern American military.”
Annette Brownlie on the tour
According to the media alert, the tour comes amid rising Australian opposition to the U.S. Alliance, the genocide in Gaza, the wars in Iran and Lebanon, and the announcement of a high-profile public inquiry into the floundering AUKUS agreement.
The same briefing says polling in 2026 shows growing public discontent with Australia’s complicity in what it called the United States government’s increasingly violent and erratic global conduct.
IPAN National Chairperson Annette Brownlie said peace and anti-militarism organisers, arms trade activists, and climate and environmental campaigners had often worked in isolation from each other for many years.
Brownlie said the film tour was intended to bring those groups together around opposition to what she called “the bloated and polluting military-industrial complex.”
It also includes IPAN web links for the organisation and the tour.
