By JULIE CRESWELL First, it was the Japanese. Moneymen from Tokyo blew into the United States to buy famous pieces of the American landscape, from Rockefeller Center in New York to the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Now, about a… Read More ›
Economic Exploitation
The mass protests in Brazil and the crisis of revolutionary leadership
Over the past week, Brazil has witnessed its largest protests since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. This eruption of mass struggles has exposed, above all, the crisis of revolutionary leadership in the working class. The initial trigger… Read More ›
Protester killed, dozens injured as Brazil police face off with a million in 100 cities
An 18-year-old protester has been killed and dozens injured as massive protests continue in Brazil’s cities. Over a million people have flooded the streets of the country on Thursday. Mass protests continued throughout Brazil Thursday as hundreds of thousands assembled… Read More ›
Philadelphia Closes 23 Schools, New $400 Million Prison Being Built
By Michael Allen Philadelphia officials are closing almost two dozen schools and decimating the budgets of the remaining schools under a so-called “doomsday” education plan. However, amid all these cuts for education, the state of Pennsylvania is building a new $400… Read More ›
Statement of Eduardo Artes, First Secretary of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) on the demonstrations in Brazil
DISCONTENT IN BRAZIL Eduardo Artes First Secretary of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) PC (AP) June 21, 2013 General Aspects The media shows us large demonstrations, bonfires and confrontations in Brazil. These are caused by the popular discontent; rejecting… Read More ›
Nearly 300 Nike Clothing Makers Fired After Strikes in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, June 11 (Reuters) – Nearly 300 Cambodian garment workers who produce clothing for U.S sportswear company Nike have been dismissed for taking part in strikes seeking higher pay that turned violent, according to their union and dismissal notices…. Read More ›
Largest Mass Protests in Decades Continue in Brazil
Mass protests continued throughout Brazil on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators converging in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, the capital of Brasilia and other cities. Protests initially began last week following a government announcement of an… Read More ›
70 Percent of Americans ‘Emotionally Disconnected’ at Work
Nearly one in five hates work so much they sabotage their employers. By Steven Rosenfeld If you thought that Americans who kept their jobs during the Great Recession were glad to be working, you would be dead wrong. According to… Read More ›
McD’s worker sues: Don’t pay by debit card
By Bill O’Boyle All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said. Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald’s Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from April 24 to May 15. When she… Read More ›
Private sector plays greater role in China’s economy
BEIJING, Dec. 26 — The weight of private enterprises in the overall economy is on the rise and that of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the decline, Ma Jiantang, minister of the National Bureau of Statistics, said on Friday. The number… Read More ›
Wal-Mart destroys the cultural heritage of Mexico
Part of the ancient Teotihuacán site, pictured above, is now underneath a Walmart. Walmart destroys Mexico’s cultural heritage for profit. An archaeologist gives her view. – By Dr Donna Yates As an archaeologist, I welcome the news that “[t]rade unions in Canada,… Read More ›
Nicaragua gives Chinese firm contract to build alternative to Panama Canal
Project will reinforce China’s growing influence on global trade and weaken US dominance over a key shipping route Nicaragua has awarded a Chinese company a 100-year concession to build an alternative to the Panama Canal, in a step that looks set to have… Read More ›
Police Retreat as Protests Expand Through Turkey
By TIM ARANGO ISTANBUL — Violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engulfed Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, on Saturday and spread to other cities, including the capital, Ankara, as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the… Read More ›
Taksim Square Protests: 13 Photos Showing Severity of the Protests
by Christian Rice Protesters flooded Istanbul’s Taksim Square Friday after heavy-handed police tactics and increasing dissatisfaction with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who some say is becoming increasingly authoritarian. The mainstream media has yet to highlight the protests. Meanwhile,… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 