By Hari Kumar, Deputy National Secretary of the American Party of Labor. The historical distortions around the Second Amendment: The Second (2nd) Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is often cited by the National Rifle Association (NRA), right wingers, and members… Read More ›
American Party of Labor
Editorial: On sensible regulation of firearms
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Deputy National Chair of the American Party of Labor. So-called gun control is a controversial topic in the American communist movement, with many communists vehemently opposing any regulations or restrictions on the ownership and purchase of… Read More ›
The continued danger and tragedy of America’s gun violence
By Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. On Saturday May 6th, 2023 a self-described neo-Nazi named Mauricio Garcia (33, he/him), who was wearing a vest with the abbreviation R.W.D.S. (“Right Wing Death Squad”) arrived at an outlet mall in Allen,… Read More ›
Paddy Whalen: Tribune of the People
By the Maryland Division of the American Party of Labor. The American Party of Labor is proud to announce the foundation of a Maryland state Division, headquartered in the Baltimore metropolitan area. After a period of deliberation, the Maryland comrades… Read More ›
May 1 Manifesto: Let’s unite the struggles for wages to the fight for social revolution
By the CIPOML Coordinating Committee The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (CIPOML) greets the workers all over the world on the occasion of May Day, emblematic date that symbolizes the struggle waged by the international proletariat against capitalist… Read More ›
The Two Academias: A response to the illusion of upward mobility in higher ed.
By John Palameda, Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. John Palameda is a member of the American Party of Labor, an adjunct professor of English, and President of his local adjunct faculty union. When I first saw the headline for Amos Dewy’s… Read More ›
The military-industrial complex is a key driver of capitalist accumulation
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. The tragic events that unfolded in the early hours of October 3, 2015, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, illustrate the brutal and inhumane nature of imperialism in its current form. The airstrike that resulted… Read More ›
Nashville and the need for revolutionary change in the United States
By the LGBTQIA+ Commission of the American Party of Labor. On the morning of March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee, an armed individual named Aiden Hale forcibly entered The Covenant School and proceeded to murder three children and three staff… Read More ›
Changes in forms of imperialism over stages of capitalist development
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. 1. Introduction As Engels noted: “Everything moves, changes, comes into being and passes away.” Imperialism has changed in form over the years. For example, the form may vary by the relative positions of… Read More ›
Why It Matters: Section 230 and the U.S. Supreme Court
By Mike B., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. As the United States Supreme Court contemplates a ruling in the case of Gonzalez v. Google, both pundits and politicians still struggle to predict how a ruling could lead to new restrictions on… Read More ›
National Call to Defend Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People
In an announcement two weeks ago, Donald Trump revealed a plan that he would enact if he were to be re-elected to President. This plan includes the banning of gender-affirming care for transgender youth, distorting it as “child abuse,” “mutilation,”… Read More ›
Inflation and recession, the cyclical crisis of capitalism
The prices for things keep rising: why? Nothing is untouched by inflation, not even books. The Economist recently reported that some publishers are actually starting to shrink the white space between characters and run text closer to the ends of… Read More ›
Elections 2022: Workers Vote For Progressive Ballot Measures While Congress Stagnates
By: Red Nesbitt, Red Phoenix Correspondent Maryland The 2022 US midterm elections are generally concluded, with votes still being counted in Nevada and a run-off election scheduled for December for the Senate races in Georgia. House results are still unknown… Read More ›
Editorial: On “Patriotic Socialism” and “MAGA Communism”
“The dialectics of history were such that the theoretical victory of Marxism compelled its enemies to disguise themselves as Marxists.” -V.I. Lenin, “The Historical Destiny of the Doctrine of Karl Marx.” By: Alfonso Casal, National Spokesperson of the American Party… Read More ›
ICMLPO: The Left, The Workers, and the People in the Face of Imperialist War
Final Declaration of the 26th International Seminar: Problems of the Revolution in Latin America The invasion of Ukraine by Russian imperialism has turned that country into the scene of a war in which the economic, political and geostrategic interests of… Read More ›