AUKUS

Monaeka Flores and Shinako Oyakawa

Visiting Pacific peace activists Monaeka Flores (from Guahan/Guam) and Shinako Oyakawa (from Okinawa) warn that the United States military expansion in the Pacific has the dystopian objective of 鈥渨inning鈥 a nuclear war at the expense of the people on whose land these military bases are sited, reports Peter Boyle.

We can鈥檛 possibly mobilise the human and material resources needed to confront the climate crisis 鈥 the real threat to our security 鈥 while听gearing up for a new Cold War, let alone a hot war, argues Sam Wainwright.

To challenge its听drive to war and to force the government to invest in its people, students need to organise, argues听Harrison Brennan.

Speakers criticised the AUKUS pact and the proposed nuclear powered submarines at a bigger than usual Hiroshima Day protest. Paul Petit reports.

Marching on Hiroshima Day in Meanjin/Brisbane

鈥淣o subs, no war, no US bases on our shore鈥 rang through the streets听as protesters commemorated the 78th anniversary of the US' nuclear assault on the city of Hiroshima and three days later Nagasaki. Alex Bainbridge reports.

The Anthony Albanese government looks likely to prevent delegates voting on the merits of the AUKUS alliance and to recognise Palestine as a state. Why is it so scared of dissent, asks Stuart Rees.

Anti-war, climate and housing activists are among those who will be protesting outside Labor鈥檚 national conference.听Others will be doing it inside. Alex Bainbridge reports.

The Hiroshima Day rally,听organised by the No AUKUS Coalition Victoria, heard a听variety of speakers condemn the AUKUS nuclear听deal. Jordan AK reports.

Another protest called on Labor to scrap the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal and to sign the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman听report.

Labor ministers听happily agreed to allow the United States to deepen and tighten militarisation of听Australia at the AUSMIN 2023 talks. Bevan Ramsden reports.

The AUSMIN 2023 talks between the US Secretaries of State and Defense and their Australian counterparts听confirmed the increasing and unaccountable militarisation of Australia鈥檚 north.听Binoy Kampmark reports.

The听International Atomic Energy Agency's听in-principle agreement to Australia's AUKUS nuclear听submarines sets听a risky precedent for 'nuclear听sharing'. Pip Hinman reports.