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Red Flag is the publication of Socialist Alternative.

We're a revolutionary Marxist group based in Australia. We organise activism, public forums, and study groups. Our aim is to help rebuild a revolutionary movement in Australia, to do our bit in the worldwide fight against capitalism.

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A socialist breakthrough in Victoria

Sarah Garnham

“Win, lose or draw, I could not be prouder of the campaign we’ve all been part of.” Jerome Small, Victorian Socialists candidate for the Northern Metropolitan region, summed it up well to an elated, exhausted crowd of hundreds at the V

China’s COVID-19 crisis

Analysing the Victorian election

NDIS fails people living with disability

WA nurses strike to demand better pay and ratios

On the campaign trail with Victorian Socialists

Introduction to Marxism Discussion Groups

The COVID-19 Crisis

China’s COVID-19 crisis

Robert Narai

A surge in both COVID-19 cases and protests inside China presents a dilemma for the ruling Communist Party.

Australia

Striking Pampas workers refuse to accept crumbs

Amelia Christie

Pampas Pastry workers in West Footscray have reached day 14 of an indefinite strike for better pay and job security.

Debate, comment and reviews

How should revolutionaries view parliamentary elections?

Jerome Small

The federal election has sparked some discussion around what position the radical left in this country should take on electoral activity.

Gender and sexuality

We should not be lectured about sexism by Gillard

Diane Fieldes

On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, then prime minister Julia Gillard famously declared in parliament, “I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man, I will not.

History

How World War One ended in revolution

Sandra Bloodworth

In jail for her anti-war stance in 1916, Rosa Luxemburg, the great Polish-German revolutionary, wrote what became known as

Introduction to socialism

Why you should join Socialist Alternative

Omar Hassan

Socialist Alternative is the largest revolutionary group in Australia since the 1920s. We are the only socialist group with a national presence and an expanding membership.

Marxist theory

Racism—the strange fruit of capitalism

Tess Lee Ack

Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,

Oppression and liberation

Racism—the strange fruit of capitalism

Tess Lee Ack

Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,

Racism

The scandal of Indigenous children in detention

Kim Bullimore

Six years after exposing the appalling treatment of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory’s Dondale prison, ABC’s Four Corners has revealed similarly terrible conditions in Western Australia’s

Revolts and uprisings

China’s COVID-19 crisis

Robert Narai

A surge in both COVID-19 cases and protests inside China presents a dilemma for the ruling Communist Party.