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A US Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, which the Australian government has recently invested in
BRITAIN’S peace movement condemned the government today over the “serious escalation” of the new cold war against China marked by the new “Aukus” pact.
Under the agreement, Britain, Australia and the United States will co-operate on the development of a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines for the Australian navy and on a range of other military projects in the Far East.
The move follows the US’s enrollment of India, Japan and Australia into a “quad” to contain China, whose economic and technological development is perceived as a threat to Washington’s global supremacy.
Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
MIKE MARTIN surveys the regional opposition to US attempts to force the region into a military confrontation with China
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns