Issues
Venezuela: 21st century socialism faces 20th century coup
KD Tait, Red Flag 15, September 2017 Sun, 17/09/2017 - 15:23The embattled Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, is facing a months long attempt by opposition forces to overthrow his United Socialist Party, PSUV, government. Read more...
Myanmar: Stop the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya
Dave Stockton Thu, 07/09/2017 - 12:15As we go to press, more than 120,000 Muslim Rohingyas have fled from their homes and camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state (also known as Arakan) since a military offensive against supposed terrorists bega Read more...
Pakistan: Victory for Young Doctors' Association strike
Hassan Raza Tue, 29/08/2017 - 13:17After two weeks of determined strike action, the Punjab Government has conceded the demands of the Young Doctors' Association. Read more...
Declaración sobre los atentados terroristas de Barcelona / Cambrils
Secretariado Internacional de la Liga por la Quinta Internacional, Viernes 18/08/2017 Sat, 19/08/2017 - 08:25Los atentados del 17 de agosto, en los que un vehículo arrolló a multitud de personas, muchas de ellas turistas, que paseaban por las famosas Ramblas de Barcelona, matando a 13 personas e hiriendo a Read more...
Statement on the Barcelona /Cambrils Terrorist Attacks
International Secretariat of the League for the Fifth International Fri, 18/08/2017 - 12:40The attacks on August 17, in which a vehicle ploughed into crowds of people, many of them tourists, strolling along the famous Las Ramblas in Barcelona, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100, a Read more...
US: Charlottesville terror attack
Marcus Otono Thu, 17/08/2017 - 13:46It's not like we haven't warned that this was coming. Read more...
The Threat of another Korean War
Dave Stockton Sat, 12/08/2017 - 19:48US President Donald Trump, so far a spectacular failure in his domestic policies, is compensating for this by exercising his power as the Commander in Chief of the most powerful nation in the world. Read more...
Venezuela: Constituent Assembly opens new chapter
Martin Suchanek Wed, 09/08/2017 - 14:53The convening of a new Constituent Assembly has opened the latest, and possibly decisive, chapter in Venezuela's political crisis. Read more...
France: Macron prepares his offensive
Marc Lassalle, Paris Wed, 02/08/2017 - 20:31The new French President, Emmanuel Macron, speaking at a business start-up event, declared in imperfect English, “Entrepreneur is the new France”. Read more...
Ireland: Jobstown victory against state frame up
Bernie McAdam Wed, 19/07/2017 - 10:32The Irish state’s attempt to criminalise seven water charges protesters has failed, though charges against other water protesters remain. Read more...
G20: What did they get out of it – apart from expenses?
Martin Suchanek, Neue Internationale 221, July 2017 Sat, 15/07/2017 - 08:37"We agreed that we do not agree." That about sums up the outcome of the G20 summit. Read more...
G20 Summit: Merkel’s “democratic imperialism” - against democracy!
Martin Suchanek, Gruppe ArbeiterInnenmacht, Berlin Fri, 30/06/2017 - 17:07In one week, the heads of the world's 20 most powerful states will meet in Hamburg for the G20 summit. They meet in the midst of another round of global turmoil. Read more...
France: Macron smashes the left
Marc Lassalle, Paris Fri, 23/06/2017 - 07:34As was expected, Emmanuel Macron's party, La République en Marche, The Republic on the Move, won an absolute majority in the second round of elections to the French National Assembly on June 18. Read more...
Trump’s aggressions against Iran provoke Saudi-Qatar tensions
Marcus Halaby, Red Flag 14, June 2017 Wed, 21/06/2017 - 18:10US President Donald Trump’s 20 May visit to Saudi Arabia, for a summit of the six Gulf Arab states and 49 other Arab and Muslim-majority countries, was very pleasing to the corrupt rulers of the deser Read more...
Donald Trump’s first foray into foreign affairs
Dave Stockton Wed, 07/06/2017 - 15:46Donald Trump used his eight-day, five-country visit to the Middle East and Europe to emphasise that his election campaign statements on foreign affairs; Nato is obsolete, Brexit is beautiful, climate Read more...
London Bridge: Islamic State attacks are bitter fruit of UK imperialism’s ‘war on terror’.
Red Flag Editorial Board, June 6, 2017 Tue, 06/06/2017 - 11:33Seven people were killed and dozens more injured in the terrorist attack that targeted ordinary people enjoying Saturday evening around London Bridge and Borough Market. Read more...
UK: Labour's election manifesto, “For the many”
Jeremy Dewar, Red Flag 13, June 2017 Mon, 05/06/2017 - 10:51Labour's 2017 manifesto has been heralded as the most left wing since 1983. And so it is. Read more...
Crisis in Venezuela: the next “colour revolution”?
Christian Gebhardt/Martin Suchanek Fri, 02/06/2017 - 16:45For two months, the right opposition in Venezuela has been mobilising against the Maduro government. Read more...
Corbyn says “war on terror” has failed after Manchester atrocity.
Dave Stockton Tue, 30/05/2017 - 13:02In the week or so between the leaking of Labour’s Manifesto and the Manchester terrorist attack, Labour began to close the gap in the opinion polls. Read more...
Brazil in turmoil: The Temer tapes
Pericles da Lima, Markus Lehner Sat, 27/05/2017 - 09:18On May 17, a political bomb exploded in the capital city of Brazil, Brasilia. Read more...
Manchester bombing: War on Terror has turned all civilians into targets
Red Flag Editorial Board, May 23, 2017 Thu, 25/05/2017 - 08:58At least 22 people, including young children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suicide bombing which targeted fans leaving a concert at Manchester’s Arena on Monday night. Read more...
Pakistan: tensions revealed over state sponsored terrorism
Azad Hazeem Tue, 16/05/2017 - 12:56On October 6, Dawn, one of Pakistan’s biggest English language newspapers, ran a story that has thrown the leaders of both the civilian government and the military into turmoil ever since. Read more...
General strike in Brazil: Unions, social movements and students, all out together!
Péricles de Lima, Liga Socialista, Brazil Thu, 11/05/2017 - 07:49The general strike in Brazil on 28 April was rated a great success by the trade unions, the social movements and the various parts of the left. Read more...
Macron’s victory: no gain for French workers
International Secretariat of the League for the Fifth International Tue, 09/05/2017 - 10:39Emmanuel Macron, former investment banker and economy minister, easily won the second round of France's presidential elections; by 66.1 percent to Marine Le Pen’s 33.9. Read more...
US military aggression: is Trump risking war?
Michael Maerzen, Neue Internationale No 219, May 2017 Mon, 08/05/2017 - 11:42It did not take long for Donald Trump to play the strong man internationally. Read more...
Pakistan: Student campaigner lynched
Hassan Raza Wed, 03/05/2017 - 09:42On April 13, Pakistan saw yet another incident that illustrates the deep rooted crisis within society. Read more...
No to the capitalists' summit! For an International of resistance and class struggle
Organising C'tee for an Internationalist Contingent, Berlin Thu, 20/04/2017 - 13:38All out to Hamburg against the G20 summit – join the International Block! Read more...
USA: May Day, 2017
Marcus Otono Wed, 19/04/2017 - 12:28The irony of May Day in the USA is that this workers' holiday, celebrated officially in 66 countries in the world and unofficially in most of the rest, had its origins in the United States. Read more...
Lenin's April Theses: The renewal of Bolshevism
Dave Stockton, Red Flag 12, April 2017 Wed, 12/04/2017 - 10:50Lenin’s April Theses, at 479 words one of the shortest of his major works, represented a qualitative advance in his strategic thinking, effected a transformation of the Bolshevik Party’s programme and Read more...
Syrian missile attack: Trump plays with fire
International Secretariat of the League for the Fifth International Fri, 07/04/2017 - 16:38The US attack on a Syrian airbase near Homs marked a dangerous and dramatic escalation of the conflict in that country. Read more...