On Friday 26 February the Australian Financial Review (AFR) ran a prominent page 4 article headed "Union split puts focus on ALP spend". The article was about the forthcoming United Workers Union (UWU) election for its governing body, the Delegates Convention. According to the AFR there are Convention delegate positions up for election for a four-year term.

Opinions from inside the corridors of power in Washington and elsewhere often provide useful insights to accompany other more reliable assessments.

The changing balance of forces across the Indo-Pacific region is now generally accepted; comments from a well-placed source, therefore, have revealed the extent of the development and its implications for the US and traditional allies, including Australia.

Women from many countries are currently sending in reports for the ICOR United Front webinar on March 8, 2026.  As our close neighbour, Indonesia has recently been convulsed in struggles with women playing a major role.  We publish this report from Priscilla, an Indonesian woman, with a pledge to support our close neighbours in their struggles – eds.

Just before the 2025 school holidays a Public Education Workers Alliance (PEWA) meeting in western Sydney, heard a jaw dropping appraisal, Have I improved enough yet? Teaching and the labour process, about what students, teachers and NSW state schools face day to day, and why.

February 21 to 23 is designated as the Global Days of Action to #CloseBases. On February 23, 1903, the United States took over Guantánamo from Cuba. It has never been returned. People across Latin America have used this date to organize events opposing bases, militarism, and the Monroe Doctrine. World Beyond War expanded it into a global day of action.

HungryPanda delivery riders who organised a strike for better wages and conditions on Chinese Lunar New Year allege that Chinese police have intimidated and targeted family members of organisers in China, and even threatened to arrest organisers on their return to China.

We are part of a group of comrades who have been studying AI, trying to understand it and its likely effects on the working class. We have been reading various books about AI, discussing them, and writing reviews for Vanguard. We have also read many articles about AI in the daily press and on-line. It is easy to get sucked in by all the hype surrounding AI coming from both ...

Capitalism in Australia cannot provide decent aged care for elderly citizens. When the new Aged Care Act came in to force in November 2025, elderly Australians were assured that the Act would provide a system that worked for the elderly when they needed either home care or residential care.

Determined and united action by members of the Health Workers Union has forced the Victorian government to make significant concessions to the union campaign for better wages and conditions.

The announcement today (February 15) of a $30 billion federal government release of funds to South Australia for AUKUS expansion comes just five weeks before the 21 March SA State election.

In the leadup to Sydney’s rally against Israeli war criminal Isaac Herzog, it was clear to this writer that police would attack protesters at some stage.
They tried for over two years to cause trouble, to ‘prove’ those marching for justice around the country are dangerous, bringing trouble here from overseas. But strict organisation and discipline, loud opposition to antisemitism, and the presence at every rally of Jewish organisations and ...

We reproduce without comment a ten-minute transcript of part of an Australia Pacific Defence Reporter podcast number 127. The APDR is an online journal of news about military contracts, personnel appointments and military technology. The podcast is by its editor, Kym Bergmann, who has worked for, and with, some of the more significant armaments industries. He does not oppose the US-Australia Alliance, but is concerned about Australian subservience within the ...

Matteo Pasquinelli, the author of The Eye of the Master- A Social History of Artificial Intelligence , is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of Ca’ Foscari University Venice. His research focusses on the intersection of Philosophy of mind and language, political economy and the techniques of automation such as AI.

To understand ‘capital-within-capitalism’ is to conceptualize ‘value,’ a coupling approached through a trio of questions and answers:

Q. What is capital within capitalism?
A. The accumulation of values.

The US Department of War (DoW) has released its 2026 National Defense Strategy. The document builds on the National Security Strategy which we reviewed last December.

A decision, by the Trump administration, to establish a Board of Peace, has carried all the hallmarks of the creation of a secret cabal to further 'US interests'. It aims to by-pass already existing international institutions, raised serious questions about the hidden agendas of those associated with the Trump administration and their accountability.

We continue our reports on Invasion Day from Boorloo, Naarm and Tarndanya -  eds.

La Perouse near the northern headland of Gamay Botany Bay, is Bidjigal and Gadigal land. The British invaders’ First Fleet set anchor nearby, before moving to the deeper waters of Warrane Sydney Cove. 

Two recent selections of people to fill significant roles reflect the continuing subservience of the Australian ruling class to the needs of the US empire.

On 26 January 2026, the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) greets First Peoples on the front line against invasion for 238 years.
Together we celebrate resistance, mourn losses and speak truth.