Labor Against War

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Labor Against War is the name of a political group within the Australian Labor Party.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Mark |date=2023-08-05 |title=AUKUS dissent has ALP power-brokers worried |url=https://johnmenadue.com/aukus-dissent-has-alp-power-brokers-worried/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=Pearls and Irritations |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=Protestors gather at Town Hall to oppose AUKUS and militarisation |url=https://honisoit.com/2023/05/protestors-gather-in-town-hall-square-to-oppose-aukus-and-militarisation/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=Honi Soit |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=AWPR |date=2023-07-31 |title=AUKUS dissent has ALP power-brokers worried |url=https://warpowersreform.org.au/aukus-dissent-has-alp-power-brokers-worried/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=No War Without Parliament |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Angus |date=2023-05-05 |title=Unions to march against nuclear subs, citing health risks over jobs |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unions-to-march-against-nuclear-subs-citing-health-risks-over-jobs-20230505-p5d5ug.html |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |last2=affairs |first2=Daniel Hurst Foreign |last3=correspondent |first3=defence |date=2023-05-05 |title=Port Kembla rally to demand NSW site be ruled out as Aukus nuclear submarine base |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/06/port-kembla-rally-to-demand-nsw-site-be-ruled-out-as-aukus-nuclear-submarine-base |access-date=2023-08-06 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=AUKUS military integration criticised amid calls for more social spending {{!}} Green Left |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/aukus-military-integration-criticised-amid-calls-more-social-spending,%20https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/aukus-military-integration-criticised-amid-calls-more-social-spending |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=www.greenleft.org.au |language=en}}

It was started in 2023 as a grassroots movement organised against the AUKUS security pact. It describes itself as a "grassroots network of labor members and unionists opposed to Australia being dragged into another US-led war".{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? {{!}} Green Left |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/does-fear-us-intervention-explain-labors-support-aukus,%20https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/does-fear-us-intervention-explain-labors-support-aukus |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=www.greenleft.org.au |language=en}}

The convenor of the group is Marcus Strom, a unionist and former media advisor to Ed Husic.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Sydney anti-AUKUS meeting promotes pro-war Labor Party |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/25/mkll-j25.html |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=World Socialist Web Site |language=en}}

The group has attempted to organise branches of the Labor Party in passing resolutions condemning AUKUS and the proposed nuclear submarine program. It has been associated with party-conference motions that have opposed the alliance.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=Queensland Labor delegates vote against AUKUS {{!}} Green Left |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/queensland-labor-delegates-vote-against-aukus,%20https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/queensland-labor-delegates-vote-against-aukus |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=www.greenleft.org.au |language=en}}