Labour 2017: A manifesto worth fighting for
Labour’s 2017 manifesto has been heralded as the most left wing manifesto since 1983.
Failed Stormont Faces Brexit Precipice
The future of Stormont and of a new Northern Ireland power sharing-executive remain on hold after talks between the main
Brexit and Britain’s political crisis
The period since the 2015 general election has been a roller coaster ride for Britain’s political parties, with all of
Unite the Union: Vote Len McCluskey for General Secretary
Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson made a last minute bid to swing the vote against Len McCluskey in Unite the
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Spotlight on socialist policy: The European Socialist Federation
The Brexit victory, in the June 23, 2016 referendum, created shock waves not only in Europe but right around the
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Germany: AKP ban plays into Erdogan’s hands
When Turkey’s President Erdogan compared the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to Hitler, there was some predictable outrage in the media
Southern: Another sellout derailed
On 3 April rail drivers’ union Aslef announced that 52 per cent of its members on Southern Rail had rejected
The renewal of Bolshevism: Lenin’s April Theses
Lenin’s April Theses, at 479 words one of the shortest of his major works, represented a qualitative advance in his
Lexit: The mirage of ‘Class Struggle in One Country’
“Triggering Article 50 opens the way to progressive policies outside the EU to control capital, raise public funds for
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Royal Mail piles up demands for cuts
Up to 300 postal workers in Doncaster walked out on 24 March against a worker off on stress being
The rebirth of the European far right
A number of factors have contributed to the rise of right wing populism in Europe and, indeed, in other countries
Theresa May blocks Second Scottish Independence Referendum
Now is not the time,” declared British Prime Minister Theresa May on the announcement of the Scottish parliament’s vote for
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Red Flag No. 12 Editorial – April 2017
Tom Watson and Hilary Benn have taken advantage of Trump’s missile attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase to launch their own
Darcus Howe (1943-2017)
Darcus Howe was introduced to a new generation of activists in August 2011, when he was interviewed on the BBC
#IndyRef2: ‘The Right to Divorce Does Not Mean All Marriages Should End In Divorce’
The British working class movement exists and has been created in over 200 years of joint struggle against British capital.
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Bus Eireann workers launch all-out indefinite strike
On Friday 24 March, workers at Irish bus and coach operator Bus Eireann began an indefinite all-out strike. Five trade
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Fora Temer! Working class joins anti-government protests in Brazil
March 15 was a remarkable day with strikes and protests throughout Brazil. The working class, along with the youth movement,
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France: Presidential elections in a climate of crisis
“Since 1965 I have never lived through a presidential election like this. There are no more axes, no more rules”,
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