Red Flag newspaper

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Australia's leading socialist publication.

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Issue 282 of Red Flag is out now. Support Australia's voice of resistance. Subscribe today at subscribe.redflag.org.au and get yours delivered.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 8

The mainstream media and politicians’ constant attempts to spin the story that Israel is the victim, the underdog, the state “defending itself”, are so out of touch with reality that they are becoming increasingly desperate and farcical. redflag.org.au/article/wont-s…

redflag_soc's tweet card. In the upside-down world of 2025, the daily mass murder and starvation of children is fine and normal, but speaking against it is extremism, violence and hate speech.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jun 27

The CEOs of Australia’s top 100 companies last year “earned”, on average, 55 times the average salary of an Australian worker. That’s up from 50 times the year before. redflag.org.au/article/keepin…

redflag_soc's tweet card. If more evidence were needed that workers’ losses are capitalists’ gains, then look no further than the latest Australian Council of Superannuation Investors report on CEO salaries.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · 5 h

There are myths that universities are places to pursue knowledge for the joy of it, where students can learn how to help others and make the world a better place, while on the path to great jobs. The reality is quite different. redflag.org.au/article/life-i…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Even before vice-chancellors started

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · 8 h

Liberal and Labor senators teamed up to condemn Faruqi for her silent protest. But neither party will countenance sanctioning Israel for its genocide. redflag.org.au/article/the-48…

redflag_soc's tweet card. As Australian politicians took their seats in Canberra, thousands of mothers in Palestine searched desperately for sustenance for babies they had spent months carrying and nurturing. The politicians...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 15

Workers at the Star Brisbane made history on 4 July, striking for the first time in the casino’s history and for the first time in an Australian casino in sixteen years. redflag.org.au/article/histor…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Workers at the Star Brisbane made history on 4 July, striking for the first time in the casino’s history and for the first time in an Australian casino in sixteen years. Star employees are the...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 13

Nobody is surprised that Jillian Segal’s blueprint for “combating antisemitism” is a blueprint for authoritarianism based on a pack of lies. redflag.org.au/article/the-an…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Jillian Segal’s blueprint for “combating antisemitism” is a blueprint for authoritarianism based on a pack of lies.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 10

Teachers’ real wages have gone backwards by more than 6 percent in the last three years, but the government is offering an insulting 8 percent pay increase over the next three years, while annual inflation sits at 2.4 percent. redflag.org.au/article/queens…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Hundreds of teacher unionists rallied outside the Queensland parliament on 24 June to demand a decent pay rise from the state government.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 10

Mamdani’s campaign demonstrated that there is a significant base of young people who want a left alternative to both Trumpism and the sclerotic, right-wing Democratic Party status quo. redflag.org.au/article/fairyt…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Sometimes, there is good news. In the era of Trump 2.0, it might come only in small doses, but we ought to grab it with both hands when it presents itself.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 10

"If what my classmates and I did was “uncivilised”, then what do you call the genocide in Gaza that Khalil and Labor have supported?" redflag.org.au/article/suspen…

redflag_soc's tweet card. I have been suspended from my high school for challenging a federal minister about his continued support for Israel and the genocide in Palestine. I am a year 11 student at Coburg High in Melbourne,...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 9

The Sellicks Hill Quarry is owned by Adbri, Australia’s second-largest cement producer. Dust emissions have been a source of complaints for more than a decade, but residents say that the problem has become worse following a recent expansion. redflag.org.au/article/reside…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Homes blanketed with dust. People cannot open windows and enjoy fresh air or sit outside during summer. They wake up and taste dust in their mouth. Pavers, roofs, gutters, cars and gardens must be...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 8

Donald Trump ruined everyone’s Fourth of July holiday by signing what he so fatuously called the “One Big Beautiful Bill”. It may be the single most damaging piece of legislation signed into law since: who knows? redflag.org.au/article/us-rep…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Donald Trump ruined everyone’s Fourth of July holiday by signing what he so fatuously called the “One Big Beautiful Bill”. It may be the single most damaging piece of legislation signed into law...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 6

Issue 281 of Red Flag is out now. Support Australia's voice of resistance. Subscribe today at subscribe.redflag.org.au and get yours delivered.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 5

Speaking to the Guardian, Mo Chara said of his stand: “Maybe visas get revoked, you’re not allowed in America again, it’s not ideal—but Jesus Christ, there’s people being bombed from the fucking skies, and people being starved to death”. redflag.org.au/article/cultur…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Mo Chara, aka Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, is facing terrorism charges in the UK for the supposed crime of supporting Palestine.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 4

The history of class societies is awash with revolutionary uprisings, but no class system has seen more revolutionary ferment than capitalism. redflag.org.au/article/revolu…

redflag_soc's tweet card. The history of class societies is awash with revolutionary uprisings, but no class system has seen more revolutionary ferment than capitalism.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 1

Across South Australia, Victoria and Queensland, Grill’d workers were out striking for better pay and conditions. redflag.org.au/article/grilld…

redflag_soc's tweet card. “We are here today because we are fighting for what is right!” Striking Grill’d workers and their supporters protested in front of the burger chain’s Rundle Street store in Adelaide on 28 June,...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jul 1

The centre of Berlin was a sea of Palestinian flags and keffiyehs on Saturday 21 June. Banned slogans were held aloft and chanted loud. At least 50,000 turned out to show solidarity with Gaza. redflag.org.au/article/at-las…

redflag_soc's tweet card. The centre of Berlin was a sea of Palestinian flags and keffiyehs on Saturday 21 June. Banned slogans were held aloft and chanted loud. At least 50,000 turned out to show solidarity with Gaza.

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jun 28

We need to get rid of the capitalist system that denies women their sexuality and treats them as nothing more than little pieces of fat and muscle for the sexual gratification of men. redflag.org.au/article/the-ev…

redflag_soc's tweet card. It is no exaggeration to say that sexual objectification is ruining women’s lives. From childhood, women are made to understand that their appearance is all-important, regardless of any and all other...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jun 26

If Labor was serious about ending the housing crisis, it would be taking on the developers, not giving them more handouts. redflag.org.au/article/labors…

redflag_soc's tweet card. You might think that Australia’s housing crisis is the fault of greedy developers, wealthy investors and a market that puts profit before people’s need for a home. Not so, according to Labor Minister...

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Red Flag newspaper@redflag_soc · Jun 25

Thousands of local government workers in Melbourne have signed on to bargain collectively, across 10 councils, for better pay and conditions. redflag.org.au/article/counci…

redflag_soc's tweet card. Thousands of local government workers in Melbourne have signed on to bargain collectively, across 10 councils, for better pay and conditions.

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