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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.

We put out Red Flag as a print publication every two weeks. It's the most widely read revolutionary publication in Australia. You can support our project by taking out a print or digital subscription.

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Imperialism is on trial in Ben Roberts-Smith's case

Colleen Bolger

Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated veteran of the war in Afghanistan, isn’t just embroiled in a defamation case. By launching legal action against journalists, he's effectively put himself on trial for war crimes.

Relief for one Biloela family. But this fight isn’t over

Fascism, Australian style

Jeff Bezos is going into space. Fingers crossed he won’t come back

Morrison’s COVID-19 disaster payment is a joke

Not a barricade but a bridge: Macron, Le Pen and the ‘republican front’ trap

Introduction to Marxism Discussion Groups

The COVID-19 Crisis

Cancel the Tokyo Olympics

Diane Fieldes

If you listened only to Olympic officials and governments around the world, there would be no doubt about the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to begin on 23 July, going ahead.

Australia

Course-cutting uni managers say they're experiencing 'interpellative' abuse

Katie Wood

As a wave of austerity washes across the university sector, with jobs and courses being cut across the country, university managers have become masters of deflecting righteous anger by playing the victim.

Debate, comment and reviews

Democracy, apartheid, settler-colonialism: what is Israel?

Daniel Taylor

Israel is one of the strangest countries in the world. Its supporters say that it’s the only democracy in the Middle East, a beacon of liberal values in a repressive and superstitious region.

Gender and sexuality

Brazen Hussies and the weaknesses of the women’s liberation movement

Diane Fieldes

Brazen Hussies, a documentary about the women’s liberation movement in Australia, gets off to a promising start.

History

Vale Anthony Ashbolt

Chloe Rafferty

Wollongong activists and unionists were shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Anthony Ashbolt, a lifelong fighter against injustice, at the age of 67.

Introduction to socialism

Marxism vs anarchism: how can we save the environment?

Grace Hill

Marxist theory

Democracy, apartheid, settler-colonialism: what is Israel?

Daniel Taylor

Israel is one of the strangest countries in the world. Its supporters say that it’s the only democracy in the Middle East, a beacon of liberal values in a repressive and superstitious region.