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Momentum’s December NC is a chance to start putting things right
The December National Committee has to make decisions that will shape how the organisation develops over the next period. The…
Who runs Momentum?
By KD Tait This Saturday, Momentum’s long-delayed National Committee will meet for the first time in seven months to discuss…
Fidel Castro, 1926-2016
Republished from our international magazine fifthinternational.org By Dave Stockton FIDEL CASTRO, one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution, has…
Motion from London Region to Momentum National Committee
The London Regional Committee met on Saturday 19th November. It passed the following motion 27-1 with 2 abstentions. “The London…
Solidarity with students’ protests in Brazil!
Red Flag supports this solidarity statement published by the communist youth group, REVOLUTION. Also available in Portuguese. The members of REVOLUTION,…
Organising resistance: Brazil after the coup
This article from a socialist activist in Brazil is republished from www.fifthinternational.org By Eloy Nogueira After the initiation of the…
NATO-Russia rivalry risks war
BRITAIN’S DEFENCE Secretary Michael Fallon recently said that NATO “is waking up to the challenge of Kremlin aggression and could…
The political crisis in Spain
AFTER TEN months of political wrangling and two inconclusive elections, Mariano Rajoy’s Popular Party (PP) has secured the support of the…
Britain complicit in Saudi war crimes
ON 8 OCTOBER, two bombs dropped by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen hit a funeral hall in the capital Sana’a…
#FeesMustFall: South African students fight for free education
SOUTH AFRICA’S student movement has closed down many of the country’s universities for nearly a month now in their campaign…
Labour needs to fight back against council cuts
THE MOVEMENT that twice elected Jeremy Corbyn to Labour leader is defined by its opposition to austerity. But local government…
“No need for a conspiracy”: antisemitism and free speech on Israel
Red Flag spoke to Naomi Wimbourne-Idrissi of the website ‘Free Speech on Israel’ about the continued charges of antisemitism levelled…
Attacks on immigration won’t help Labour
JEREMY CORBYN told the Labour Party Conference, “It isn’t migrants that drive down wages, it’s exploitative employers and the politicians…
Durham teaching assistants vote for strike action
TEACHING ASSISTANTS employed by Durham County Council have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the imposition of new contracts that…
Momentum must be a democratic organisation, not a talking shop
PREPARATIONS FOR Momentum’s national conference hit a snag after the Steering Committee cancelled the National Committee for the seventh month…
Welcome the refugees: open the Calais border
THE ABANDONMENT of over 1,000 children in tin containers at the squalid Calais “Jungle” refugee camp is the culmination of…
President Erdogan: a Turkish Bonaparte in the making
By Svenja S At least a dozen Kurdish officials, including senior members of the opposition HDP party have been arrested…
Defend democracy in Momentum – convene the National Committee
By KD Tait FOUR of Momentum’s regional committees have passed motions censuring the National Steering Committee for its decision to…
A reply to the Speak Out on Syria Open Letter
By KD Tait A recent Open Letter (Speak Out on Syria) correctly calls on Jeremy Corbyn to “say clearly and…
British fascism: routed on the streets
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, we are republishing this article from fifthinternational.org Sir Oswald…
Stop the assault on Aleppo – solidarity with the resistance
The brutal attack on Eastern Aleppo by Russian and Syrian warplanes, bombing with bunker buster, incendiary and barrel bombs, has…
Our victory – no compromise
Jeremy Corbyn’s overwhelming victory now presents the possibility of consolidating Labour as a left wing socialist party – a…
The bitter fruit of Brexit
THE FIRST of the reactionary consequences of Brexit is the major boost it has given to racist attacks on people…
France: no to state racism
By Marc Lasalle In the wake of the terrorist atrocities of 13 November 2015, which left 130 dead, Socialist government…
Burkini ban repealed but climate of fear prevails for French Muslims
IN THE wake of the terrorist atrocities of 13 November 2015, which left 130 dead, Socialist government ministers and local mayors…
G20: Climate deal overshadowed by US-China tensions
FIRST THE good news from Hangzhou; the US and China have adopted the international climate change agreement reached in Paris…
USA and Russia prepare partition of Syria
AS WE go to press, the ceasefire in Syria agreed in Geneva on 9 September between US Secretary of State John…
Owen Smith’s record speaks for itself
OWEN SMITH is the candidate chosen by Labour’s rebel right wing MPs to stand against Jeremy Corbyn in the leadership election….
A compromise deal with PLP rebels will prove fatal
REPORTS ARE rife that rebel Labour MPs will offer Jeremy Corbyn a “truce” if is he re-elected. In return for…
57 per cent back UK burka ban
OVER THE summer France has once more debated the issue of Islamic dress after mayors in more than 30 seaside towns…