The 1926 British general strike is best known as one of history’s most excruciating betrayals. For those seeking to understand the frequently treacherous actions of modern union officials, the story remains an important one to study and remember.
In this piece from the Red Flag vault, first published in 2021, Kim Bullimore explains the violence and ethnic cleansing at the heart of Israel’s founding.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising doesn’t belong to the scum of right-wing politicians, Zionists, the ruling class and the imperialists. The uprising is Jewish history but not just that. Above all, it’s socialist history.
Despite the broad-brush painting of increasing prosperity, the Australian working class has been ripped off, while a greater share of the tremendous wealth generated in the domestic economy has been distributed to those at the top.
Imperialist nations have always been divided into classes, pitting workers and their capitalist rulers into an antagonistic relationship: one class can gain only at the other’s expense.
