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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.

• Ohio Committee to Vote on Bill that Eliminates Right to Strike

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  (Reuters) – An Ohio senate labor committee is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would curtail the collective bargaining powers of public sector workers and eliminate their right to strike. More than 8,000 protesters converged on Ohio’s… Read More ›

• Workers Stand Up to Wisconsin Union-Busting

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions. Union supporters organized rallies from New York to Los Angeles in a… Read More ›

• The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 in Perspective

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  On Dec. 13th, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, a law that, according to the White House press release on the subject, “authorizes funding for federal school meal and child nutrition programs and increases access to… Read More ›

• Statement of Solidarity with Georgia Prisoner Strike

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 21, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Sign the Statement! A Moment for Movement-Building: Statement of Solidarity with Georgia Prisoner Strike On December 9, 2010, thousands of prisoners in at least six Georgia state prisons initiated the largest prisoner strike in U.S. history, uniting across racial boundaries… Read More ›

• Who Was Richard Holbrooke?

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 15, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

    “He is simply one of the giants of American foreign policy,” President Obama said of him on Monday. Upon the news of the sudden death of Richard Holbrooke on December 13th, 2010, an elaborate state funeral was quickly arranged,… Read More ›

• American Progressivism

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  A growing trend in American reactionary thought is painting progressivism as “the cancer of America,” often even misusing the term as a synonym for socialism and radicalism. Progressivism can be loosely defined as reformist “welfare state” capitalism. These days the… Read More ›

• A Marxist Perspective on Human Nature

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 21, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Of all the reactionary squawking against the theory of Marxism, of the need for and viability of revolution, no worry is more prevalent than that of “human nature.” According to the capitalist, human beings are fundamentally greedy, ego-centric beings who… Read More ›

• North Korea Accused of Sinking South Korean Warship

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 8, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Accusations of Warmongering On March 26th, the Cheonan, a South Korean warship was sunk close to the disputed maritime border. The 1200-ton vessel was split into two and sunk 8 miles from North Korea and 150 from the South Korean… Read More ›

• Confederate History Month: The Right’s Whitewashing of a Racist Regime

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 15, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia declared this April as Virginia’s “Confederate History Month.” Virginia is not the first state to practice this. The states of Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia all commemorate the Confederate States of America. The… Read More ›

• Videotape of Imperialist Massacre Revealed

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Tape Released, CIA Seeks to Shut Down Website On Monday April 5, 2010, the website Wikileaks.org released a video showing American forces firing at civilians and journalists on a Baghdad street. On the lead-up to the leak, the American Intelligence… Read More ›

• A Meeting of Two Liberal Sacred Cows

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Obama Meets Theocratic Ex-Dictator On the 18th of February President Obama met with the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, at the White House. The tradition of meetings between U.S. presidents and the Dalai Lama goes back to George H.W. Bush…. Read More ›

• A Message to American Social-Democrats

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 24, 2010 • ( 0 )

  What is Social-Democracy? A “social-democrat” or “democratic socialist” is a person who seeks a supposed “third way” between capitalism and socialism, or else someone who wishes to establish socialism through peaceful means. We use terms like “socialism” loosely in this… Read More ›

• Fanning the Flames of War In Afghanistan

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 4, 2009 • ( 0 )

  War President Obama: 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan Obama: “We Did Not Ask for This Fight” Bush: “We Did Not Seek This Conflict” Obama: “New Attacks are Being Plotted as I Speak” Bush: “At This Moment … Terrorists are Planning… Read More ›

• Morale Down, Suicides Up For US Occupation Troops

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 22, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The United States Army recently released a study investigating the psychological effects of soldiers serving in occupied Afghanistan. According to the study’s findings, the mental and emotional toll of waging an aggressive, imperialist war against the freedom-loving peoples of Afghanistan… Read More ›

• A Socialist Revolution

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 23, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  In order to get rid of exploitation and national oppression, unemployment and poverty, the proletariat has to destroy capitalism and establish socialist society. This can be achieved only through a socialist revolution. A socialist revolution radically differs from all the… Read More ›