Issues
Bolivia: The November coup - and how to reverse it
KD Tait, Red Flag 33, January, 2020 Sat, 18/01/2020 - 13:40Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, and his Vice President, Alvaro García Linera, were overthrown in a coup, which culminated on 10 November 2019. Read more...
France: Government tries to split workers' united front
KD Tait, Red Flag 33, January, 2020 Wed, 15/01/2020 - 17:49ON FRIDAY 10 January, workers across France walked out for the 37th day of strikes and demonstrations against the Macron government’s attempt to raise the retirement age and introduce massive cuts to Read more...
The November Coup in Bolivia and how to reverse it
KD Tait, Red Flag 33, January 2020 Tue, 14/01/2020 - 12:09Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, and his Vice President, Alvaro García Linera, were overthrown in a coup, which culminated on 10 November 2019. Read more...
Hands off Iran! Stop US-attacks!
League for the Fifth International Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:26The assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad at the command of US President Donald Trump has opened a dangerous new chapter for the Middle East. Read more...
The collapse of COP25 in Madrid
REVOLUTION, Communist Youth Organisation, December 19, 2019 Fri, 20/12/2019 - 17:14Why the World Climate Conference failed and what we can learn from it Read more...
French workers defy Macron: We’ve had enough! Now we must win!
Marc Lasalle, Paris Mon, 09/12/2019 - 11:19One and a half million on more than 200 demonstrations across France. Read more...
ایران: عوامی بغاوت کے ساتھ یکجہتی
League for the Fifth International Fri, 06/12/2019 - 10:52ایران: عوامی بغاوت کے ساتھ یکجہتی Read more...
After the Global Action Day - what perspective for Fridays for Future?
Martin Suchanek, Infomail 1079, 2 December 2019 Wed, 04/12/2019 - 14:02On November 29, millions of young people again took to the streets. Read more...
Pakistan: Solidarity with Student March organisers
League for the Fifth International Tue, 03/12/2019 - 14:05Turnout at the Student Solidarity March on Friday, November 29, was very impressive with demonstrations in 55 cities. Read more...
Palestine: Trump’s Gift to Netanyahu
Robert Teller Thu, 28/11/2019 - 13:57The US government has declared that it will no longer consider the Israeli settlements on the West Bank to be a violation of international law. Read more...
Pakistan: How to deal with the foot soldiers of campus censorship and violence?
Minerwa Tahir Wed, 27/11/2019 - 21:25Recently, a number of mainstream Pakistani leftist leaders have publicly shown an openness towards two mainstream right-wing Islamist forces. Read more...
Iran: Solidarity with the mass uprising
Martin Suchanek Sun, 24/11/2019 - 19:54For several days now, the internet and social media have effectively been closed down in Iran. Read more...
Thuringia after the election: where now for the Left Party?
Tobi Hansen, Neue Internationale 242, November 2019 Tue, 19/11/2019 - 20:38Thuringia marked the low point of the recent East German state elections. Read more...
The Lebanese uprising
Dave Stockton, Red Flag 32, November 2019 Sat, 16/11/2019 - 12:56Lebanon, like Iraq, Sudan and Algeria, is experiencing its own version of the Arab Spring with mass demonstrations, occupations and street blockades. Read more...
Sri Lanka: No choice for the working class in the presidential election
Peter Main Fri, 15/11/2019 - 19:05Sri Lanka goes to the polls tomorrow, November 16, to elect a new president. Read more...
World economy: Facing a recession
Jürgen Roth, Neue Internationale 141, October 2019 Mon, 11/11/2019 - 16:09The latest figures are startling. The capitalist world economy is heading for a crisis. It has already broken out in the manufacturing sector.
Manufacturing industry on the brink Read more...
UK: Fight to win - then fight for power!
Red Flag 32, November, 2019 Fri, 08/11/2019 - 11:14After three years of wrangling over Brexit, parliament has voted for a snap general election on 12 December.
The battle lines for the election are clear. Read more...
Chile: Military unleashed on peaceful protesters
Chris Clough, Red Flag 32, November, 2019 Tue, 05/11/2019 - 11:47Chile joins a growing list of countries currently experiencing a mass revolt for a better world, free of corruption, poverty and austerity. Read more...
Sri Lanka: Vote Socialist - and organise to fight!
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Tue, 05/11/2019 - 11:14Sri Lanka is facing a steadily worsening economic situation. For years, governments have spent more than they raised. Read more...
Is this the long overdue Iraqi Spring?
Dave Stockton, Redflagonline October 24, 2019 Sun, 03/11/2019 - 18:39Iraq is once again the scene of massive protests. In the capital and in southern cities thousands-strong demonstrations have been dispersed with tear gas, and police snipers using live ammunition. Read more...
Syria: Erdogan-Putin deal against Rojava
Robert Teller, Neue Internationale 242, November 2019 Thu, 31/10/2019 - 17:02The Turkish-Russian agreement on the establishment of a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border, which was negotiated in Sochi on 22 October, has fundamentally changed the balance of power in Syri Read more...
Pakistan: Azadi March: “Civilian supremacy” and the contradictions of the ruling class
Revolutionary Socialist Movement, Pakistan Wed, 30/10/2019 - 13:31The Azadi march of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that began from Karachi on October 27 is an expression of the inner contradictions of the bourgeoisie. Read more...
پاکستان میں ماحولیاتی انصاف کو یقینی بنانے کا واحد راستہ انٹرنیشنلزم ہے
منرویٰ طاہر Tue, 22/10/2019 - 11:02پاکستان میں ماحولیاتی انصاف کو یقینی بنانے کا واحد راستہ انٹرنیشنلزم ہے
منرویٰ طاہر Read more...
Internationalism is the only way to achieve climate justice in Pakistan
Minerwa Tahir Sun, 20/10/2019 - 11:07Brightly lit advertising hoardings line the Main Boulevard of Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area. Read more...
Millions make global climate strike a success
Martin Suchanek, GAM Infomail 1069, Sept 22, 2019 Thu, 17/10/2019 - 16:17Globally, the international action week #WeekForFuture was a great success. Read more...
Ecuador: Capital city occupied against IMF programme
Liga Socialista, GAM Infomail 1072, October 12, 2019 Sun, 13/10/2019 - 19:35Ecuador has been plunged into turmoil by mass protests of indigenous people, trade unions, and students against a neoliberal IMF austerity progamme which has triggered cuts to fuel subsidies and hikes Read more...
Germany: Antisemitic attack in Halle
Gruppe ArbeiterInnenmacht, Infomail 1072, 10 October 2019 Fri, 11/10/2019 - 12:05For a long time, the growth of Right wing terrorism in Germany has been downplayed or even denied outright. On Wednesday, October 9, it once again showed the reality of its bloody, inhuman face. Read more...
US imperialism abandons Kurdish allies to Turkish invasion
Red Flag 31, October 2019 Thu, 10/10/2019 - 10:28Donald Trump has just signaled a dramatic shift in US policy in northern Syria, betraying his erstwhile allies the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in which the Kurdish YPG militia are the dominant for Read more...
France: Resistance to Macron grows - but the left vegetates
Marc Lasalle, Red Flag 31, October 2019 Wed, 09/10/2019 - 09:21A prolonged strike in Accident and Emergency departments throughout the country, a successful strike on the Paris metro on September 13, with an indefinite stoppage forecast for December, a national d Read more...