General strike and giant demonstrations rock Myanmar’s military
Dave Stockton Tue, 23/02/2021 - 17:27Vast crowds have packed the streets of the cities of Myanmar (Burma) in the largest day of protests thus far against the February 1 takeover by the corrupt and brutal Tatmadaw, the country’s armed for Read more...
Russia: The Navalny case and the Putin regime
Robert Teller Mon, 22/02/2021 - 16:42On 20 February, the latest act in the legal farce surrounding Alexei Navalny, the figurehead of the bourgeois Russian opposition, came to a close. Read more...
USA: Biden promises to "build back better"
Dave Stockton, Red Flag No 38, February, 2021 Sun, 14/02/2021 - 09:49Most of the world’s political leaders are rejoicing over the replacement of Donald Trump by Joe Biden. Read more...
The return of the USA
Dave Stockton, Red Flag No 38, February, 2021 Fri, 12/02/2021 - 18:50“America is Back!” was the message of Joe Biden’s first major speech on foreign affairs. Read more...
Elections in Kosovo - What can we expect from Vetevendosje?
Hasan S.Kuqi/Franz Ickstatt Fri, 12/02/2021 - 12:10February 14 will see the voters in Kosovo go the polls to elect a new parliament, just 16 months after the last elections and after two governments collapsed within a year. Read more...
Uganda's stolen election
Jeremy Dewar, redflagonline Wed, 10/02/2021 - 17:55While in the US an ageing president’s attempt to maintain his grip on power by invoking violence has caused shock waves around the world, in parts of Africa such acts are sadly commonplace. Read more...
The military coup in Myanmar – from resistance to revolution
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Tue, 09/02/2021 - 14:29For several days now, demonstrations numbering hundreds of thousands have filled the streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, its second city, Mandalay, the capital, Naypyidaw, and many other cities Read more...
The house always wins: what we can learn from the Gamestop stock war
Rob Schofield, redflagonline Fri, 05/02/2021 - 12:00The financial world has been thrown into disarray at the start of 2021 as the stock price for GameStop, a US based brick-and-mortar video game retailer, skyrocketed by 8000%, hitting a peak of $469 pe Read more...