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  • The ruling class in Australia

    The ruling class in Australia

    Originally published: Red Flag on May 14, 2022 (more by Red Flag)  |

    Who rules Australia? The politicians, the ultra-wealthy class of capitalists or the high-powered bureaucrats who run the state—the military generals, court justices, heads of government departments and so on? The answer is all three. Together, they make up the Australian ruling class.

  • Jeff Bezos, recently retired CEO of Amazon, whose warehouses were notoriously unhygienic

    What coronavirus taught us about the ruling class

    Originally published: Red Flag on February 20, 2021 (more by Red Flag)  |

    If half a million people in the United States were murdered by an evil cult, the leaders of which said that they would keep killing thousands a day to satisfy their rapacious urge for power and money, what do you think the response would be?

  • Capitol Building

    ‘We’re witnessing a fundamental political realignment’: Mike Davis on the crisis in the United States

    Originally published: Red Flag on January 15, 2021 (more by Red Flag)  |

    In the wake of the deadly riot in Washington, DC, and with the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden just days away, Ben Hillier spoke to Mike Davis, author of Prisoners of the American Dream and Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory, about the crises and transformations of U.S. politics.

  • The United States is not a democracy

    The United States is not a democracy

    Originally published: Red Flag on October 2, 2020 (more by Red Flag)  |

    The country’s constitution is an eighteenth-century relic penned by merchants and slave owners, amendments to which can be blocked by as few as 13 states representing less than 4 percent of the population.

  • The economic crash is already ravaging Africa

    The economic crash is already ravaging Africa

    Originally published: Red Flag on May 3, 2020 (more by Red Flag)  |

    Sub-Saharan Africa is facing its greatest crisis in generations. The continent thus far has been less affected by the pandemic than other parts of the world. But the impact of the global economic crisis is already enormous.

  • Julian Assange must be supported

    Julian Assange must be supported

    Originally published: Red Flag News on March 11, 2020 (more by Red Flag News)  |

    If the U.S. government succeeds in extraditing Julian Assange, it will be a major victory for U.S. imperialism–a promise that anyone getting in its way will ultimately pay the price.

  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: a disaster of capitalism’s making

    Originally published: Red Flag on March 2, 2020 (more by Red Flag)  |

    What to do if confronted with an extremely contagious virus that medical experts say they have not seen before and don’t understand, and which is fast spreading and killing hundreds of people? a) Take precautionary measures to stop the virus spreading and prepare the health system for a potential shock? Or b) Ignore it, blithely assert – without any evidence – that it is little different from the common flu, accuse your adversaries.

  • Results and prospects from the US midterm elections

    Results and prospects from the U.S. midterm elections: a discussion with Lance Selfa

    Originally published: Red Flag on November 19, 2018 (more by Red Flag)  |

    Red Flag editor Ben Hillier speaks with Lance Selfa, author of The Democrats: A Critical History and editor of the essay collection U.S. Politics in an Age of Uncertainty, about the meaning of the midterm election results and what comes next.

  • Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban

    As an anti-Semitic fascist movement grows, Zionists attack the anti-fascist left

    Originally published: RedFlag on June 21, 2018 (more by RedFlag)  |

    Far right politics is making a comeback. And with it comes political anti-Semitism.

  • Capitalism vs. Socialism

    What do we mean by socialism?

    Originally published: Red Flag on March 8, 2018 (more by Red Flag)  |

    What the hell is socialism, anyway? Over the last decade, it has been one of the most frequently looked up words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. And it’s easy to see why so many people feel the need for clarification.

  • United against Us, Divided among Themselves: Toronto and European Assault on Living Standards

    Ben Hillier

      Martin Wolf described it as “a bloodbath.”  The Financial Times editorial called it a “chilling read.”  Britain’s budget is one of austerity, the likes of which has not been seen in generations.  A 25 per cent cut in public spending; a quarter of a million or more public sector jobs to be slashed.  It […]

Monthly Review Essays

  • The Obama Line, Samantha Power, and U.S. Intervention in West Africa During the Ebola Epidemic
    Jean-Philippe Stone © UN Photo/Martine Perret | CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

    December 2013 marked the beginning of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola, a severe hemorrhagic virus which causes muscle and joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding, spread from Guinean forests to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone by the summer of 2014.

Lost & Found

  • Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies
    Samir Amin State flag of Ukraine behind a wall of anonymous protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine

    We wanted to draw readers attention to this piece by Samir Amin, which was written at the time of the Maidan Coup in 2014. —Eds. 1. The current global stage is dominated by the attempt of historical centers of imperialism (the U.S., Western and Central Europe, Japan—hereafter called “the Triad”) to maintain their exclusive control […]

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