AUKUS

John Tamihere from Te P膩ti M膩ori (Maori Party) talks about the AUKUS military pact.

Balikatan 2023

Rasti Delizo, an international affairs analyst, longtime socialist activist in the Philippines and former vice president of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP, Solidarity of Filipino Workers) discusses听rising militarism in the Asia-Indo-Pacific region.

The South Coast Labour Council organised the听first big union protest听against Labor's AUKUS nuclear听submarines in Port Kembla. Jim McIlroy 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

罢丑别听Defence Strategic Review听doesn鈥檛 contain any surprises, argues Sam Wainwright. It abandons any pretence that military expenditure has anything to do with defence, conceding that it鈥檚 all about helping the United States project its military power into Asia.

鈥淢oney for health and education, not for war and devastation!鈥 rang out as arms lobbyist and former Coalition听minister Christopher Pyne arrived at the Defence Strategic Review Summit. Jim McIlroy reports.

May Day marches were organised in Boorloo/Perth, Gadi/Sydney,听Meanjin/Brisbane,听 Muloobinba/Newcastle,听Kombumerri/Gold Coast,听Walyalup/Fremantle and Tarndanya/Adelaide. Susan Price, Jim McIlroy,Alex Salmon and Renfrey Clarke听report.

Retired Lt Col Lance Collins, a former second in charge听of the Australian Army Intelligence Division, said Australia's military integration into the US war machine had grown in recent years.听John Quelch reports.

Shirley Winton argues that we听must build a long-term, sustainable people鈥檚 mass movement for peace, justice and a safe environment that does not serve US imperialism or any other hegemon.

The tradition of ANZAC has done nothing to make Australian cautious, reflective and wise in sending troops to war, argues Binoy Kampmark.

The US has been perusing its听China containment听strategy for some years. But Australia is also preparing for war and is looking to make worrying changes to听the Defence Act. Bevan Ramsden听reports.

Protester holds sign reading 'Stop the war machine: Save our planet!'

Labor鈥檚 commitment to听tax cuts for the rich and the $368 billion submarine deal means that even more funding will be cut from already stretched health, aged care, education and welfare services. Darren Saffin reports.

David Bradbury cr Steve O'Brien

Steve O鈥橞rien caught up with David Bradbury, independent filmmaker and twice Academy Award-nominated director and producer, at the 2023 Climate Camp in Newcastle. Bradbury鈥檚 latest film, The Road To War, is currently being screened around Australia.