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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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Israel’s violent crackdown in the occupied West Bank

Nick Everett

Israeli occupation forces carried out a four-hour killing spree in the Jenin refugee camp in late January that left ten dead, including a 61-year-old woman, Majda Obaid, and two teenagers. Their killers arrived in a cheese truck.

What future for Myanmar? Perspectives from the left

Labor’s green power dwarfed by fossil fuel boom

Indigenous rights, the Albanese government and fake progressivism

A history of Black Power in Redfern

From crisis to catastrophe: COVID-19 engulfs China

Introduction to Marxism Discussion Groups

The COVID-19 Crisis

From crisis to catastrophe: COVID-19 engulfs China

Robert Narai

Video footage from late December shows elderly patients infected with COVID-19 on stretchers receiving oxygen stored in large blue bottles.

Australia

Protesters drive final stake into George Pell

April Holcombe

On one side of Sydney’s College Street, the rich and powerful friends of Cardinal George Pell stepped out from luxury cars and entered St Mary’s Cathedral for his funeral service.

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

Protesters drive final stake into George Pell

April Holcombe

On one side of Sydney’s College Street, the rich and powerful friends of Cardinal George Pell stepped out from luxury cars and entered St Mary’s Cathedral for his funeral service.

History

A history of Black Power in Redfern

Oskar Martin

“The Black Power movement shook the world; it certainly shook the roots of this country.” – Jenny Munro

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

Karl Marx’s battle against ‘state socialism’

Tess Lee Ack

Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-64) is often described as the “founder of German social democracy”. But his influence on the German workers’ movement was mostly disastrous.

Oppression and liberation

Indigenous rights, the Albanese government and fake progressivism

Jordan Humphreys

As another Invasion Day approaches, the gap between public support for Indigenous rights and the endurance of racist oppression is striking. Just take the Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory.

Racism

Indigenous rights, the Albanese government and fake progressivism

Jordan Humphreys

Revolts and uprisings

What future for Myanmar? Perspectives from the left

Robert Narai

Two years after seizing power in a coup, Min Aung Hlaing’s junta in Myanmar continues to be ensnared in a civil war that shows no signs of abating.