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Steel Workers Authorize Strike!
On September 1, 2018, the contract between U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers (USW) expired. Steelworkers under the previous contract had not received a wage increase in over three years, with many facing high out-of-pocket health care costs – upwards… Read More ›
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The Church and State Against the Poor: A Local Story
Nearly three years ago, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, a social worker who had once been homeless in that same city began to take steps in to trying to help the epidemic of the homeless. Independently of this, the American… Read More ›
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A Blow to The Working Class Reveals Capitalist Ruthlessness and Fear
Edited by J. Palameda Yesterday, May 21, 2018, started with a significant blow against the American working class and growing labor movement by the U.S. Government. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States of America sided with… Read More ›
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Whatever Happened to The Anti-War Movement?
An Editorial For most reading this, the resistance to the invasion of Iraq will be in fresh memory. In 2003, a new anti-war movement had spawned in response to the invasion of Iraq. Beginning 15 years ago thousands took… Read More ›
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Trump Tax Plan: For the Rich, On The Worker
Before becoming President of the United States, Donald Trump made his name as a ruthless capitalist with an inflated ego and brutish business practices. Throughout Trump’s time as a capitalist exploiter, his actions towards the working class included massive suppression… Read More ›
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To Learn From An Undocumented Worker
The following comes from an interview with Antonio, an undocumented worker from Mexico who has resided and worked in the United States for the last six years. He works as a day laborer, mainly in construction. It’s no secret that… Read More ›
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New Brunswick Solidarity In Community Program Red Aid: Serve the People Is Calling On Working Class People To Spread The Word
In the latter half of 2016, the Paul Robeson Division of the American Party of Labor along with members of the student group the All Marxist-Leninist Union (AMLU) started a solidarity program with the people of New Brunswick. They began… Read More ›
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Trump Slaps The Worker’s Face Once More
While it is often posited that Donald Trump’s voting support came from the working class, the POTUS continues to make it clear that he sides with their bosses. In another rollback on regulation, Donald Trump has signed legislation that would… Read More ›
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Betsy DeVos, Education, and the War On Students
by Leonard Zorfass, edited by Polina Brik On April 12, 2017, Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education under the highly reactionary far-right Trump administration, declared that the reforms made to help protect students in debt from defaulting on their student loans… Read More ›
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Communist group at Rutgers protests Standing Rock with Brower rally
Photo by Jason Ye | The All Marxists-Leninists Union held a rally on the steps of Brower Commons on Tuesday to support Native Americans protesting the construction of an oil pipeline near their homes in Standing Rock, North Dakota. Members of… Read More ›
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Editorial: My Time At The DNC: A Demoralizing Experience
by Leonard Zorfass I attended the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. I did not attend the convention itself but joined the hundreds of protestors outside the convention. Among the protestors were various strata of left including Sandernistas, Anarchists, Democratic Socialists, and a handful of communists… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 