Red Flag (newspaper)

Red Flag is an Australian newspaper which is published bi-weekly by the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative.[2][3]

Red Flag
TypeNewspaper
Owner(s)Socialist Alternative
Founded12 June 2013 (2013-06-12)[1]
Political alignmentFar-left
LanguageEnglish
CityMelbourne, Victoria[1]
CountryAustralia
Websiteredflag.org.au
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History

The first edition of the Red Flag was published on 12 June 2013.[1]

In July 2014, the newspaper was criticised after publishing an edition in which the front page had an image of the then Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott with a razor to his neck, with the heading 'One cut we'd like to see'.[4] In an interview, Abbott stated that the image "should not have any place in our public discourse".[3] The newspaper later withdrew the edition "citing "legal concerns"".[5]

gollark: This was not particularly funny.
gollark: ↓ Macron
gollark: !esowiki Macron
gollark: Unfortunately, this is worse than the better idea of NFT-based borrow checking.
gollark: Idea: Chia plots on PingFS.

References
  1. "Red flag: newspaper of Socialist Alternative". Trove. Socialist Alternative Melbourne Collective. 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. "The ISL in Australia". LIS-ISL.org. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. Hurst, Daniel (3 July 2014). "Tony Abbott calls razor-against-neck image for newspaper cover 'awful stuff'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. "Rolf Harris found guilty on 12 charges of indecent assault". Mamamia. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. Chang, Charis (1 July 2014). "Abbott's throat slit on newspaper cover". NewsComAu. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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