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Ian Ocx is a college student, worker, organizer, and member of the American Party of Labor.

• The continued danger and tragedy of America’s gun violence

  By Ian Ocx on May 13, 2023

  

  By Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. On Saturday May 6th, 2023 a self-described neo-Nazi named Mauricio Garcia (33, he/him), who was wearing a vest with the abbreviation R.W.D.S. (“Right Wing Death Squad”) arrived at an outlet mall in Allen,… Read More ›

• Rail companies, profit, and the neglect of public safety

  By Ian Ocx on February 20, 2023

  

  By Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. On Friday, February 3rd, the city of East Palestine, Ohio experienced the result of corporate greed when a train derailed in the area, igniting a fire that burned tons of toxic vinyl chloride… Read More ›

• Class struggle in the fast food industry

  By Ian Ocx on December 23, 2022

  

  By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. In Fort Worth, Texas, a few miles outside of Dallas, McDonald’s announced the opening of the first ever “fully” automated fast food restaurant, where customers place and pick up their orders without interacting… Read More ›

• A Call to Fight Like Hell for the Living

  By Ian Ocx on November 23, 2022

  

  By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas. On November 21st the LGBTQIA+ community in Colorado Springs came together to celebrate the victories the transgender and gender-nonconforming community has won over the years, and to honor those who have been lost,… Read More ›

• Texas Governor Attacks the Safety of Transgender Youth

  By Ian Ocx on February 25, 2022

  

  By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas On Febuary 22nd a statement was released by Texas governor Greg Abbot in which he officially directed the Texas State Department of Family and Protective Services to consider and prosecute “so-called sex change… Read More ›

• Working Class Women In Texas Reject Anti-Abortion Law

  By Ian Ocx on September 6, 2021

  

  By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas On September 1st the reactionary SB8 bill otherwise known as the “heartbeat law” that was passed by the Texas state congress in May of 2021 finally went into effect. SB8 is one of… Read More ›

• A Working-Class Perspective on the COVID Crisis in Texas

  By Ian Ocx on August 7, 2021

  

  By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year Texas has seen a total of 3.22 million confirmed cases with a death toll of over 53,000 as of the beginning of August 2021…. Read More ›