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Allison P. (She/Her) - Lecturer, Member of American Party of Labor - English/Nederlands

• 73 years after first national ban of lobotomies, patient wellness still not priority

  By Allison P. on December 9, 2023

  

  Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. Jan. 17, 1947 — The first transorbital prefrontal lobotomy is performed. Dec. 10, 1949 — António Egas Moniz is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for introducing the infamous frontal lobotomy for refractory… Read More ›

• Frustrations with neoliberalism leading to growth of far-right in Netherlands

  By Allison P. on December 5, 2023

  

  Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. On Nov. 22, the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) won the plurality of the vote in the Dutch election. This was not an inevitable result of history, but the result of deliberate acts… Read More ›

• World Disability Day: The fight for equal rights is not over!

  By Allison P. on December 3, 2023

  

  Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. Each year on Dec. 3, the countless struggles and adverse conditions of disabled people are brought to light by observing World Disability Day. (Formally, the “United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities.”)… Read More ›

• “Victims of Communism Day” attempting to co-opt October Revolution anniversary

  By Allison P. on November 7, 2023

  

  By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. November 7 marks another silly holiday for American students: National Victims of Communism Day. On this day, students from a number of states (including Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Idaho, and Utah) will… Read More ›

• Disability pride, solidarity, justice

  By Allison P. on July 31, 2023

  

  July is Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. It is a celebration of people with disabilities, our struggles, our identities and cultures, and our contributions to society. Disabled people make… Read More ›

• Dutch residents stand against cuts to public transit

  By Allison P. on April 4, 2023

  

  By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. The tactics of the bourgeoisie are virtually universal regardless of country: privatization, cost cutting, reducing wages, and strikebreaking. In the Netherlands there have been strikes among public transport workers in recent months over… Read More ›

• Exchanging organs for freedom

  By Allison P. on February 25, 2023

  

  By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. In Massachusetts, prisoners may soon be able to donate their bone marrow and organs in exchange for a reduction of prison time. Democratic Senators from Massachusetts, Carlos Gonzalez and Judith A. Garcia, have… Read More ›