As we struggle day by day against every new evil capitalism throws our way, it's worth taking a step back to see where we've come from. The following Red Report Back, originally published in the first hard copy edition of the Militant Monthly - now Militant Worker, let's us do just that.

In the gamblers paradise of New South Wales, the issue of poker machines is shaping up to be an important electoral factor.

Once again, people in towns and cities across Australia are gearing up to hold Invasion Day protests on the 26th of January – a day of mourning for Indigenous people.

AMWU members at Callide Power Station took protected action this week against anti-worker employer, Downer DMH operations.

The “Uluru Statement from the Heart”, and the proposed referendum to include an Indigenous advisory body within the constitution and the parliamentary process has been a topic of debate within Australian politics for some time. The Uluru Statement’s origins begun on the 26th of May 2017, at the First Nations National Constitutional Convention. (Image Attribution: BrownHoneyAnt, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

We are excited to introduce the hard copy version of the ACP’s central organ: Militant Monthly. It was always our intention to produce such a publication to increase the availability of our analysis to our readers. It is interesting to note that, even as more and more people access news and entertainment on mobile devices, there is still an important role for print media. This hard copy magazine will increase the volume of news and views from the standpoint of the ACP, allowing for a greater variety of material on a new platform.

Policy and media attention over the last decade clearly show that the government expects war with China. The recent AUKUS submarine deal is just a drop in the bucket as imperialist nations across the world prepare for war. Military budgets are constantly expanding with US military spending for 2023 standing at $842 billion and China’s own military budget doubling in the last ten years. Of course, America’s allies, such as the UK and Australia, have also joined the arms race. Imperialist nations are either going to war or preparing for war in order to protect market interests, exploit more resources or to maintain/expand their influence in certain regions.