Red Flag issue 37
Zero Covid: A workers’ programme
By Peter Main The recent launch of the Zero Covid campaign brings a welcome breath of fresh air and sanity to the public debate on dealing with the pandemic. For all their talk of “following the science” and “balancing health and wealth”, Boris Johnson and his cabinet have ignored clear lessons from the rest of […]
Purge plunges Labour into fresh crisis
By Dave Stockton On 29 October 2020, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leader from September 2015 to April 2020, was suspended from party membership and had his membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party withdrawn. The action was taken by the Party’s unelected General Secretary, David Evans, in collusion with the party’s leader Keir Starmer. The pretext given […]
The Communist Party of Britain’s reformist road to socialism
Tim Nailsea reviews the 2020 edition of Britain's Road to Socialism
Thailand: government wavers… how to overthrow it?
#WhyDoWeNeedAKing
Grenfell inquiry proves endemic corruption
Negligence at every step.
Expiring Trump Administration declares Israeli land grabs “legal”
Mike Pompeo gives the green light to Israeli settlements.
Vote Paul Holmes – but organise the rank and file!
Unison General Secretary election.
Spy cops: stranger than fiction
We need a workers' inquiry.
Brexit talks hang in the balance
Deal or no deal, the working class loses.
Pakistan: International solidarity with missing IMT member
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International The League for the Fifth International sends internationalist solidarity to the International Marxist Tendency whose member, Amar Fayaz, was whisked away by cops and armed men in plain clothes in the early hours of November 9. The abduction took place in Jamshoro, Sindh, which is located near the […]
US Elections: Democrat president, divided congress
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Joe Biden looks certain to be the next President of the USA but, despite a record turnout of some 160 million voters, this was no “blue tidal wave”. On the contrary, the Democratic party failed to win the Senate and even lost seats in the House of Representatives. […]
Bolivia’s Election: The defeat of the 2019 Coup
The Bolivian working class and indigenous peoples must ensure their electoral victory doesn't end in class collaboration.
Poland: Mass protests and strikes against abortion ban
Mass protests in Poland for abortion rights.
How the German Revolution was lost
Tim Nailsea reviews A People's History of the German Revolution
Austria: Local elections in Vienna and a new Left organisation
By Workers’ Standpoint, Austrian section of the League for the Fifth International In the recent local elections in Vienna, the biggest city in Austria with about one third of the country’s population, our Austrian section was part of a new left election project called LINKS (German for “left”). These elections, although only regional, are comparatively […]
