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Isabelle is a student, healthcare worker, tenant organizer, and Women's Commissioner of the American Party of Labor.
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International Working Women’s Day: A Revolutionary History, A Liberated Future!
By the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor– “Our International Women’s Day this year must become a giant recruiting of the broad masses to Communism and it must be an irresistible battle-cry against the bourgeois order and for… Read More ›
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Solidarity with Malaya activist assaulted by SFPD
The Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor extends our support and solidarity to the Malaya Movement USA and their member who was assaulted by a police officer. The Malaya Movement mobilized for several days during the November 2023… Read More ›
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Union workers in solidarity: “We’re all fighting for the same thing”
Labor Day, 2023. Portland, OR. New Seasons Market is a local grocery store chain whose workers have unionized in several stores over the last two years, forming the New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU). The Red Phoenix interviewed a bargaining member… Read More ›
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Workers, migrants, women join forces at Peoples’ Summit to oppose APEC
On the weekend of July 29–30, members of the John Reed Division of the American Party of Labor attended the Peoples’ Summit against APEC in Seattle, WA. The Peoples’ Summit was organized by the Pacific Northwest People Over Profit Coalition,… Read More ›
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Sex education overhaul endangers Florida youth and public health
By the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor. The Florida House and Senate have passed HB 1069—a bill to overhaul sex education in schools—amidst a nationwide wave of legislation targeting reproductive rights and the LGBTQIA+ community. Florida has… Read More ›
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Starbucks worker: “I was fired four days ago for being a union organizer”
Isabelle Bernardi | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Starbucks Workers United has been organizing for over a year for the purpose of unionizing Starbucks stores around the country. Since their launch, over 300 stores have successfully unionized in the United… Read More ›
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City of Portland workers on strike
Isabelle Bernardi | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on workers everywhere, especially those essential workers on the front lines. Short staffing, stagnant wages, and inflation have been creating miserable conditions for the working class,… Read More ›
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To be feminist is to be anti-war
Isabelle Bernardi | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– The following is a speech written and presented by Isabelle Bernardi, Women’s Commissioner of the American Party of Labor, at an anti-war demonstration held in Portland, OR, during Martin Luther King Day… Read More ›
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The Struggle to End Illegal Evictions in Portland
Isabelle Bernardi | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– In the state of Oregon, the eviction moratorium ended on June 30, 2021. Since then, evictions have returned to their pre-pandemic rates as rental assistance programs close and expire. However, this does… Read More ›
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“Now is the Time to be Out in the Streets:” An Interview with a Rise Up 4 Abortion Student Organizer
Interviewed by Isabelle Bernardi | Red Phoenix correspondent | Washington– During the May protests in Seattle against the Roe V. Wade draft decision that would overturn the legal protection of abortion rights, a Red Phoenix correspondent spoke to one of… Read More ›
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A Healthcare Worker Speaks on Potential Vaccine Mandate
Isabelle B is a healthcare worker in the Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. She wrote to the Phoenix with her thoughts on the need for a vaccine mandate given her experience working in healthcare. The question of vaccine mandates has been hotly contested within healthcare labor unions, with the largest nurses union (NNU) resisting the push to make vaccines contingent to employment while encouraging members to get it, consistent with their view on the flu vaccine. The union, has, however, fought staunchly for mask mandates.
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