Trade Unions
UK: Kill the Bill!
KD Tait , Red Flag Wed, 28/04/2021 - 10:17As the second covid lockdown draws to a close, social tensions are rising. Read more...
USA: Support Bessemer workers - and imitate them
Dave Stockton Mon, 08/03/2021 - 09:16A labour organising drive in the town of Bessemer, Alabama, (population 26,680) has caught the attention of trade unionists and socialists worldwide. The reason? Read more...
Solidarity with the General Strike in India
Martin Suchanek Fri, 27/11/2020 - 08:56Since the morning of November 26, a massive general strike is sweeping across India. Trade Unions expect up to 250 million participants. Read more...
Political crisis in Sweden: Strike action is the way forward
Arbetarmakt, Sweden Thu, 26/11/2020 - 17:33Ever since a general election in September 2018 produced a hung parliament, Sweden has limped from one near-crisis to the next. Read more...
Bolivia: The fight for democracy is the struggle for revolution!
Dave Stockton Wed, 12/08/2020 - 13:52A wave of strikes and blockades, called by the trade union federation, COB, and an alliance of peasant and indigenous organisations has paralysed Bolivia after the Supreme Electoral Court, TSE, announ Read more...
Pakistan: From workers’ protests to workers’ revolt
Shehzad Arshad Fri, 22/05/2020 - 07:51Protests were held across Pakistan on Tuesday, May 19 under the auspices of the Workers' Solidarity Committee, WSC. The protesters included political activists, students and women. Read more...
Britain: Relaxing the Lockdown? We’ll need workers' control
Dave Stockton redflagonline.org May 7, 2020 Wed, 13/05/2020 - 15:22Boris Johnson is due to announce the relaxation of the Covid-19 “lockdown” on Sunday. The Times reports ministers are worried there is a danger workers will become “addicted to it”. Read more...
Germany: May Day, a first balance sheet
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1102, 5 May 2020 Wed, 13/05/2020 - 15:17First of all, the positive part of the political balance: Despite a nationwide ban on demonstrations, despite the restrictions on demonstrations to 20-50 people depending on the federal state, thousan Read more...
