The Red Flag Cultivators Unions was a peasants movement in Burma, linked to the Red Flag Communist Party and formed after the Red Flag Communist Party had broken away from the Communist Party of Burma

Communist Party of Burma

The Communist Party of Burma is the oldest existing political party in Burma. The party is unrecognised by the Burmese authorities, rendering it illegal; so it operates in a clandestine manner, often associating with insurgent armies along the border of People's Republic of China...

. The Red Flag Cultivators Unions called on peasants not to pay rent or taxes.

On July 3, 1946 the British governor of Burma Sir Henry Knight

Henry Foley Knight

Sir Henry Foley Knight KCSI CIE was a British administrator and civil servant who served as the Acting Governor of Madras in 1946.- Early life :...

 banned the Red Flag Cultivators Unions and the related Red Flag Labour Unions

Red Flag Labour Unions

The Red Flag Labour Unions was a trade union movement in Burma, linked to the Red Flag Communist Party. On July 3, 1946 the British governor of Burma Sir Henry Knight banned the Red Flag Labour Unions and the related Red Flag Cultivators Unions....

.