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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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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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Daycare funding freeze is racist attack on Somali communities
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– A video created recently by an “independent journalist,” who is nothing more than a blatant propagandist of the Trump regime, has garnered the attention of the country. This video should be seen… 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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U.S. ditches 66 global bodies to unleash unilateral domination
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In a brazen display of arrogance, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum, directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations (31 UN entities and 35 non-UN groups) effectively abandoning multilateral… 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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Blood for oil, from Iraq to Venezuela
A. Lee | Red Phoenix correspondent | Georgia– “An end to wars, peace among the nations, the cessation of pillaging and violence – such is our ideal, but only bourgeois sophists can seduce the masses with this ideal, if the… Read More ›
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Surface Chantal Anicoche! Defend Mindoro!
The American Party of Labor extends our support and solidarity to BAYAN USA and their member Chantal Anicoche, who has gone missing following an attack by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on the people of Barangay Cabacao, Abra de… Read More ›
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Twin Cities general strike, coordinated actions demonstrate resolve of the people
By members of the Ernst Thälmann Division of the APL | Minnesota– Friday, Jan. 23 – over 50,000 workers and protesters in the Twin Cities showed out for multiple protests and picket lines on a one-day “general strike” organized by… Read More ›
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Ft. Collins church shuttered for meth contamination highlights failures of housing, drug policies
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– A well established community center in Old Town Fort Collins, Colorado, the Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship church, has been abruptly shut down by city officials after tests revealed widespread methamphetamine contamination throughout… Read More ›
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