The Radical Flu is a radio play by Rose Hammer and part of Rose Hammer's National

Episodes series.

Continuing the second chapter of this radio play, Roses are Red - part II.

As we pick up from last week’s episode, we follow Hanna Adolfsen, Rachel Grepp and Martha Tynæs into the Labour Party congress the 28th of March, 1918. A huge clash between the old reformists and the new radicals are about to take place. But what on earth does the fairy tale of Veslefrikk have to do with Martin Tranmæl reaching parliament? Is this just another of those RAT-icals scheming shenanigans!

Characters: Anna Johnsson, member of the Norwegian Labour Party; Hanna Adolfsen,

member of the Norwegian Labour Party and head of the Norwegian Labour Party's Women's

Federation from 1920 to 1923; Rachel Grepp, Norwegian journalist and politician for the

Norwegian Labour Party; Martha Tynæs, one of the pioneering members of the Norwegian

Labour Party's Women's Federation, which she presided from 1904 till 1920; Adam Egede-Nissen, Norwegian postmaster and politician; Madame Balabanoff, Russian Jewish-Italian communist and social democratic activist; Zeth Höglund, founder of the Swedish Communist movement; Ole O. Lian, Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party; Martin Tranmæl, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party, and convert to communism after learning of the Russian Revolution of 1917; Fed-Up Norwegian Labour Party Member, Snotty Norwegian Labour Party Member, Worried Norwegian Labour Party Member, Fairy Norwegian Labour Party Member.

The Radical Flu has been commissioned by osloBIENNALEN with the kind support of KUF

KHiO.