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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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“National police, militia of capital” — Success of rallies, demonstrations in France
Published by the Workers’ Communist Party of France (PCOF), July 9, 2023. Paris: success of the rally and demonstration of July 8 at the Place de la Republique The rally and demonstration in support of “Truth and Justice for Adama”… Read More ›
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The electricity market and the lie of “green” capital
By S. Argun, Red Phoenix correspondent, Seattle. The critical transition to renewable energy sources has been set up to fail by the economic restructuring of the electricity sector, which prioritizes market profits over anything else. The plummeting costs and rising… Read More ›
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In defense of Foster from the slander of “Settlers”
By Leon V., Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Published in the 1980’s, J. Sakai’s Settlers has enjoyed a cult following among portions of American revisionists. Sakai pulls no punches in attacking everything he considers an aspect of “settler-colonialism,” some of which… Read More ›
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PCOF: No to police violence and impunity!
Published by the Workers’ Communist Party of France (PCOF), June 27, 2023. Once again, a youth has been killed by a police officer “for refusing to comply.” This happened in Nanterre on the morning of June 27 and the scene… Read More ›
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APK: Condemn Israel’s criminal attack on Jenin!
Solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people By Workers’ Communist Party (APK), Denmark. APK expresses its full solidarity with the heroic struggling of the Palestinian people. We strongly condemn and abhor apartheid Israel’s latest criminal attack against Jenin and… Read More ›
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Central Appalachia: Sacrifice zone of capitalism
By M. A. Booth, Red Phoenix correspondent, Kentucky. The Central Appalachian region of the US has a long history of coal mining going back nearly two centuries. The region itself encompasses approximately 29,773 square miles of land in five states:… Read More ›
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Police brutality riots in France, Eurocommunists nowhere to be found!
By Leon V., Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. France has erupted into riots after the police killing of Nahel Merzouk, a 17 year old French-African, during a traffic stop. The protestors — who are composed of European French, French-Africans, and immigrants… Read More ›
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Hazy skies, the smoking gun of capitalism’s effects on climate
By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. Since the first week of June, toxic smoke has blanketed cities in the Midwest and on the East Coast. This smoke, wafting from wildfires burning in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, has caused air… Read More ›
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On the recent Supreme Court rulings
By Keegan D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. Every year liberal bourgeois think tanks and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) release reports that claim to rank and determine the levels of democracy within countries around the globe. Somehow the US ranks near the… Read More ›
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Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts in Chicago — A new tool for the same bourgeoisie
By Keegan D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. Chicago has long been a city with a rich working class culture of music, food, art, and diverse communities. The city had several waves of both foreign immigration and domestic emigration. This was… Read More ›
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Coast Guard neglect results in migrant deaths
By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. On June 14, a fishing boat containing around 750 refugees from Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, and Palestine capsized off the coast of Greece, killing up to 650 people on board. The blame for the… Read More ›
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Putin, Prigozhin, two peas in a pod — what just happened in Russia?
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. The oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, who founded the armed mercenary group called “Wagner,” is today’s Coriolanus. Similar to that Roman general in an arrogant hubris fueling a spectacular turn-coat-ism, he now only awaits his… Read More ›
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The myth of Stalin’s ‘demoralisation’ in 1941
Written by Bill Bland for the Communist League. First published in Compass No. 135, April 2000. Note from editor June Vass: Bland led the Communist League as a founding member until his death in 2001. This article was one of… Read More ›
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Hollywood Blacklist: “Salt of the Earth” and a demand for political reckoning
By Ed Rampell, Red Phoenix guest contributor, California. June 19, 2023 is the 70th anniversary of the electrocution of the so-called “atomic spies” Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Believed to be members of the Communist Party USA, the Rosenbergs were convicted… Read More ›
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Morocco: A political system without accountability
By Democratic Way, Morocco. Originally published in Democratic Path #507. English translation provided by Sofia D. for the Red Phoenix. Translator’s note: This article was produced by our comrades in Democratic Way (the Moroccan organization of the ICMLPO) concerning recent… Read More ›
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