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Never again! “Argentina, 1985” — A lesson in vigilance and justice against fascism
The 2022 film, Argentina, 1985, is an Argentine historical drama based on the 1984-85 trial of the leaders of the fascist military Junta of Argentina which seized power in 1976 and ruled until 1984 when a humiliating defeat in the… Read More ›
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Palestine bleeds and the world watches
On May 9, 2023, the Israeli Defense Force conducted a two-hour aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to attacks by Hamas after a political prisoner, Khader Adnan, passed away from a hunger strike. Although there had been a… Read More ›
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Kent State Massacre: If you dare to struggle, you dare to win
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of student demonstrators who were on strike against President Richard Nixon’s announcement to expand the Vietnam War into Cambodia. The Kent State University students in Ohio had assembled… Read More ›
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Long live Enver Hoxha!
On April 11, 1985, the revolutionary leader of socialist Albania passed away from a lingering heart condition at the age of 76. Enver Hoxha was born in 1908 to a petty-bourgeois family in Gjirokastër, then a part of the Ottoman… Read More ›
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“Judas and the Black Messiah” and what 30 pieces of silver can buy
In February of 2021, the independent film “Judas and the Black Messiah” was released to critical and audience acclaim. The film, detailing how the infiltration of the Black Panther Party by car thief-turned-FBI agent, Bill O’Neal, lead to the assassination… Read More ›
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Election Aftermath Underlines Need for Real, Working Class Democracy
On Nov. 3rd and in the following days, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party emerged as the victors of the 2020 presidential election, but despite the record turnout, in the midst of a historic pandemic no less,… Read More ›
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9/11/1973: The Day Neo-Liberalism Showed Its Fascist Face
On this day, September 11th, 1973, the democratically-elected government of Chile, headed by President and leader of the Socialist Party, Salvador Allende, was violently ousted in a coup led by a US-backed, military junta. The Presidential Palace, La Moneda, was… Read More ›
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Austerity, Imperialism at the Heart of Beirut Disaster
On Tuesday, August 4th, a massive explosion comparable in its explosive power to a low yield nuclear gravity bomb, erupted in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least 137 people and wounding more than 5,000. The explosion is sourced… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 