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The Red Flag Cultivators Unions was a peasants movement in
Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, linked to the Red Flag Communist Party and formed after the Red Flag Communist Party had broken away from the
Communist Party of Burma The Communist Party of Burma (CPB), also known as the Burma Communist Party (BCP), is a clandestine communist party in Myanmar (Burma). It is the oldest existing political party in the country. Founded in 1939, the CPB initially fought ag ...
. The Red Flag Cultivators Unions called on peasants not to pay rent or taxes. On 3 July 1946, the British governor of Burma Sir Henry Knight banned the Red Flag Cultivators Unions and the related
Red Flag Labour Unions The Red Flag Labour Unions was a trade union movement in Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English spea ...
.Hensengerth, Oliver.
Burmese CP in relations between China and Burma
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