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The Red Flag Cultivators Unions was a peasants movement in
Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
, 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 an underground communist party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is the oldest existing political party in the country. Founded in 1939, the CPB initially fo ...
. 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.Hensengerth, Oliver.
Burmese CP in relations between China and Burma
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