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Red Flag is the publication of Socialist Alternative.

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Capitalism’s trash and terror economy

James Plested

Measured by the sheer volume of stuff produced, capitalism is a very successful system.

The most nefarious spy networks in Australia are its own and its allies’

When workers’ struggles shook the Middle East

What Julian Assange taught us about empire

Capitalism’s permanent horror

Billionaires go bunkers

Introduction to Marxism Discussion Groups

The COVID-19 Crisis

The descent into COVID denialism

Diane Fieldes

The World Health Organization declared on 5 May that the public health emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

Australia

The most nefarious spy networks in Australia are its own and its allies’

Mick Armstrong

In the latest outburst of national security hysteria, ASIO spy chief Mike Burgess declared, in a speech on 28 February, that an unnamed former Australian politician had betrayed our beloved country by clan

Debate, comment and reviews

Sam Bankman-Fried and the moral abyss of the market

April Holcombe

“There will probably never be anything I can do to make my lifetime impact net positive”, Sam Bankman-Fried wrote in his diary after the collapse of his cryptocurrency company FTX.

Gender and sexuality

To end sexism, we need to destroy capitalism

Louise O'Shea

Sexism is so fundamental to our existence that we are not even aware of it much of the time.

History

When workers’ struggles shook the Middle East

Jordan Humphreys

As Israel’s latest brutal war against the people of Gaza drags on, the need to challenge the Zionist state and all those who facilitate its genocidal campaign couldn’t be clearer.

Introduction to socialism

Capitalism’s permanent horror

Ben Hillier

The military ordered hundreds of thousands of people into a designated “safe” zone. On reaching it, they were shelled by the army and the air force.

Marxist theory

Lenin’s theory of a revolutionary party

Sandra Bloodworth

From secret police records in Russia just before the First World War: “The most energetic and audacious element, ready for tireless struggle, for resistance and continual organisation, is that element ...

Oppression and liberation

Five things Palestine reveals about capitalism

Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza is not a simple response to the Hamas raids on 7 October last year; the roots of the conflict over Palestine are deep within the history of imperialism and a by-product of the capitalis

Racism

Far-right continues its march across Europe

Lucas Brunning-Halsall

In a hotel near Potsdam, two dozen far-right politicians, fascist activists and wealthy supporters met to discuss a “masterplan” for mass “remigration”.

Revolts and uprisings

The 1987 Great Workers Struggle in South Korea

Erin Russell

South Korea’s Great Workers Struggle of 1987 was an explosive period of working-class resistance. Millions of workers joined rank-and-file strikes, which swept through the country like wildfire.