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June Vass (she/her) is the editor-in-chief of the Red Phoenix, the Director of the Information Bureau of the American Party of Labor, and a member of the National Writers Union. She is based in Orlando, FL.
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Unions announce historic Twin Cities rent strike demanding eviction moratorium, $50M rent relief
Twin Cities Tenants Union | Minneapolis, MN– Today labor and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul announced a March 1 rent strike drive, calling on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to immediately declare an eviction moratorium and the state legislature… Read More ›
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Striking workers shut down 21 ports in solidarity with Palestine
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Dockworkers across the Mediterranean launched a coordinated strike on Feb. 6 to block arms transfers to Israel in protest against the increasing militarization of port infrastructure. Thousands of workers have united to… Read More ›
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“100 cops executed my neighbor”
Anonymous Red Phoenix correspondent | Portland, OR– On the morning of Feb. 5, Portland Police Bureau and federal agents killed a man named Erik D. Sherrer, who was wanted for a previous incident at a nearby grocery store. Over 100… Read More ›
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1933: A fateful year in the working-class movement of Puerto Rico
Pava | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida– The experience of Puerto Rican resistance to American imperialism serves as an immensely inspiring example to oppressed peoples in the U.S. and around the world in their struggle for a truly democratic, socialist society…. Read More ›
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Twin Cities Tenants Union launches with eviction moratorium campaign
Sofia D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Minnesota– Jan. 30 – multiple tenant unions and tenant organizers in the Twin Cities announced on Friday the launch of the Twin Cities Tenants Union, uniting the efforts of Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia,… Read More ›
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Indigenous resistance to ICE, a new front in an old war
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– According to Oglala Lakota president Frank Star Comes Out, four Lakota Sioux people were abducted by ICE agents in Minneapolis last month. According to the tribe, one of its citizens was released… Read More ›
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El Lector: Struggle for a worker’s voice in Florida cigar factories
Leon Valentine | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida– Anyone who is familiar with Tampa, FL, has most likely heard of its accompanying Ybor City. Today Ybor is a hub of entertainment with blocks filled with bars, clubs, and cigar lounges,… Read More ›
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Venezuela’s Cilia Flores, ‘First Combatant’ of the Bolivarian Republic
Ilektra A. | Red Phoenix Correspondent | Oregon– In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2026, the United States carried out a large-scale military incursion into the territory of the sovereign nation of Venezuela. Over 100 USAF planes conducted… Read More ›
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Democratic Party reinforces oppressive status quo
Juneau W. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Iowa– The Republican Party has been ramping up its attacks on the working class, covering their tracks with scandals and the persecution of the most marginalized workers. As these attacks escalate, where is… Read More ›
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Becca Good: ‘Renee always showed up’
MPR News | Feb. 7, 2026— Becca Good released a statement Saturday, one month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis: “Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people… Read More ›
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Capitalist interests target climate research center in Colorado
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In Boulder, Colorado, on Dec. 20, 2025, a coalition of working people, scientists, and local officials rallied against the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This… Read More ›
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APL Twin Cities organizes contingent for protests against ICE
Ernst Thälmann Division of the American Party of Labor | Minnesota– From Jan. 23 to Jan. 24, members of the Ernst Thälmann Division of the American Party of Labor attended three events fighting for ICE’s removal from the Twin Cities,… Read More ›
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Northern Colorado reels from extreme gusts in record-breaking warm winter
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– During the weekend of Jan. 17, residents of Fort Collins and surrounding areas in Northern Colorado braced against ferocious winds that howled through the region, with gusts reaching up to 80 mph…. Read More ›
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U.S. interference in Iran cannot fix political crisis
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– For decades, Iran has been a target of western imperialism. Dating back to 1953’s “Operation Ajax” — in which the CIA and Britain’s MI-6, at the behest of oil companies and financial… Read More ›
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As I.C.E. thugs execute innocents, workers must band together
Keegan D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Illinois– On Jan. 24, ICE pigs assassinated yet another innocent worker in cold blood. There is no way to describe this event other than as a vile state-sanctioned execution of a person exercising the… Read More ›
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