As the Obama administration started to openly discuss torture, there seemed to be some celebration on behalf of progressives, followed by the inevitable backlash when the President caved in to the arguments of Dick Cheney. Apparently, Guantanamo will not be… Read More ›
The Nationalist’s Dilemma The nationalist has always found himself in a difficult quandary. Virtually all nationalist mythology tells of some better time in the nation’s history. It speaks of a time when people were patriotic, respectful of their elders and fellow… Read More ›
The workers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) have been engaged in a historical battle with capital for past two months. The Pakistani state and media tried their best to prevent the workers’ voice from being echoed not only in… Read More ›
Happy Genocidal Maniac Day! Five hundred and eighteen years ago, today 12 October, a momentous event happened. The supposed “discovery” by one Cristóbal Colón—also known as Christopher Columbus, landed on the Bahamian island of San Salvador and subsequently was labeled… Read More ›
October 7, 2001 – Present Today, the war and military occupation in Afghanistan continues onwards for its tenth year, marking the ninth anniversary of the invasion on October 7th, 2001. The so-called “Global War on Terror” has escalated into a… Read More ›
The PC(AP), or in Spanish the Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria) is a Marxist-Leninist party in Chile. It is a member of the ICMLPO (Unity & Struggle) along with the Marxist-Leninist parties such as the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador… Read More ›
The Events in Honduras On June 28th 2009, the Honduran army arrested Honduras President Manuel Zelaya in his home compound. He was forced to resign his position and board a plane to Costa Rica to live in exile. Zelaya attempted… Read More ›
From ANSWER Coalition: Hundreds of thousands of working people will be rallying together on October 2, 2010 to demand jobs, justice and peace. The October 2 rally is organized by a broad coalition of labor, civil rights and anti-war organizations…. Read More ›
On Sept. 24th, agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the homes of several anti-war activists in Minneapolis and Chicago as well as North Carolina and Michigan at approximately 8:00 am central time. These raids are… Read More ›
Governmental studies report that the rate of illegal drug use in the United States has risen to its highest in a decade following a sharp rise in the use of ecstasy, methamphetamine and marijuana. 21.8 million Americans reported using illegal… Read More ›
“Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.” – Augusto Pinochet “Not a leaf moves in this country if I’m not moving it.” – Pinochet, October 1981 Remember September 11th, 1973 During the height of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence… Read More ›
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) was privatized by the former military dictator Gen. Pervaiz Musharaf in 2005 after brutally suppressing a workers’ anti-privatization movement. 26% of the shares of the company were sold while the government retained more than 51%… Read More ›
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 ›
The Man & the Myth “I’d like to harness their youthful energy with a strap.”–Concerning student demonstrations in California, 1966 “The entire graduated income tax structure was created by Karl Marx. It has no justification in getting government revenue.”–During the… Read More ›
An article in The Independent appeared on July 24th, 2010, reporting on the deadly and poisonous after-effects of the United States occupation of Iraq. The report focuses on Fallujah especially, where the rates of infant mortality, cancer, birth defects and… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 