Red Flag issue 34
IWD 2020: Build a socialist women’s movement
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020 comes at a time of widespread mobilisations of women against rape, sexual harassment and violence in the home and on the streets. The tsunami of women speaking out against their abusers, inspired by the #MeToo campaign, exposed the pervasiveness of outrageous sexism in every area of life. Sexist behaviour is not […]
CWU: Vote Yes and prepare to fight
What we do now will determine whether we have jobs and a postal service in the future – vote yes and prepare for the fight of our lives.
Feminism for the 99%? Social reproduction and the socialist revolution
Urte March reviews Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Cinzia Aruzza, et al
Iraq: al-Sadr prepares the counter-revolution
IRAQ’S REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC protest movement, which started on October 1, 2019, is facing its biggest test yet, as interim Prime Minister Mohammad Allawi is set to announce his government, designed to end the uprising. High school and university students have led the movement with a wave of strikes, which threatened to lead to cancelling the […]
Northern Ireland: Healthworkers battle on
ON 18 DECEMBER over 20,000 Northern Ireland health workers from four unions, RCN, Unison, NIPSA and Unite were involved in strike action in pursuit of pay parity and improved staffing levels. This was the first strike ever mounted by the Royal College of Nursing. In the new year this was followed up with further strikes […]
Why socialists oppose the Tories’ new immigration system
Trade unions and Labour MPs should oppose this attack on workers and fight for the progressive policy passed at conference
The ‘Deal of the century’ means the annexation of Palestine
Donald Trump's 'deal' is a flagrant breach of international law and the national rights of the Palestinians
Harvey Weinstein’s conviction is a symbolic victory for #MeToo
Harvey Weinstein would never have seen the inside of a courtroom without the rebirth of a movement against sexual harassment and rape
Vote RLB – and make labour a party that fights
Defeating the right wing candidates is key to dragging Labour into real opposition to the Tories
UCU strike: solidarity and rank and file control key to victory
Lectures and higher education workers are starting 14 days of strike action to defend pensions, pay and working conditions
Why we shouldn’t be surprised the Tories hired a eugenicist
The pseudo-science of eugenics is making a comeback internationally
The Sinn Fein Surge: voters revolt against austerity
A socialist analysis of Sinn Fein's electoral upset
Labour leadership contest: defend women’s right to choose
Urte March responds to Rebecca Long-Bailey's comments on abortion and religious education.
Board of Deputies lays anti-Palestinian trap
All five leadership candidates have continued Corbyn's capitulation to the Zionist witch-hunt
