The most important lesson that the opposition should learn from these elections is that despite the unequal equation, it is in the government’s favour to prevent the struggle of the people by equating change and democracy only with votes. By… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
EMEP’s election statement: United people’s struggle will overthrow the one-man regime
Labour Party of Turkey (EMEP) made a statement on the presidential and parliamentary elections held on 14 May. EMEP called on all laborers to mobilize to overthrow the one-man regime in the second round. “Despite the ruling party’s use of… Read More ›
Palestine bleeds and the world watches
On May 9, 2023, the Israeli Defense Force conducted a two-hour aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to attacks by Hamas after a political prisoner, Khader Adnan, passed away from a hunger strike. Although there had been a… Read More ›
Indigenous people of Sumatra protest P&G deforestation at Ohio May Day
By Robin H., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. On May Day, activists with the Rainforest Action Network, The Blackbird Collective, and Study Group for the People’s Initiative Development (KSPPM), and representatives from the Pargamanan-Bintang Maria community of Sumatra, Indonesia, marched in… Read More ›
Economic problems and elections dominated May Day rallies in Turkey
The economic crisis, poor working conditions and the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held on May 14 dominated the May Day rallies. Published in Evrensel Daily. May Day, International Day of Unity, Struggle and Solidarity of the Working Class… Read More ›
Remembering the Italian partisans who ended Mussolini’s violence
By John Palameda, Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. On the anniversary of Mussolini’s death, online left spaces are often filled with the pictures of il duce and his closest allies strung up in the Piazza Quindici Martiri in Milan. As an… Read More ›
Dominican Republic: No re-election or going back to the P.L.D. model of government
By the Communist Party of Labor (PCT), Dominican Republic. Notes on the situation In this political period in the country, leaders of the PLD (Party of Dominican Liberation1), former officials of the government of Danilo Medina (2012-2020), have been arrested… 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 ›
The struggle to end violence against women is the struggle against fascism!
By Indira Xavier and Larissa Maymi, Coordination of the Olga Benario Women’s Movement. Published in A Verdade #267, March 2023. Earlier this March, research published by Datafolha and the Brazilian Forum on Public Security showed that in 2022, every six… Read More ›
2023, a year of slowdown and uncertainty for Colombians
By the Central Executive Committee of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Colombia. March 31, 2023. Introduction: To all readers and analysts who follow international events from this journal, we present these lines that summarize the main considerations of our party… Read More ›
Long live Enver Hoxha!
On April 11, 1985, the revolutionary leader of socialist Albania passed away from a lingering heart condition at the age of 76. Enver Hoxha was born in 1908 to a petty-bourgeois family in Gjirokastër, then a part of the Ottoman… Read More ›
The policy of the Marxist-Leninists in the current situation in Venezuela
By the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela (PCMLV). We Venezuelan Marxist-Leninists are working to consolidate our Party and its organizations, to increase our participation in politics and to expand our influence among the masses. For these tasks we value the… Read More ›
France: A powerful social movement against the pension reform
By the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Workers of France, April 2023. Since January, a powerful workers’ and popular movement of strikes and demonstrations has shaken our country. The 10th day of mobilization took place on Tuesday,… Read More ›
Statement of condemnation of Zionist crimes
By the Party of Labour of Iran – Toufan, Apr. 8, 2023. The revolutionary and progressive parties and organizations signed below, which follow with all anger the criminal Zionist aggression on the Palestinian people in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, the West… Read More ›
Dutch residents stand against cuts to public transit
By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. The tactics of the bourgeoisie are virtually universal regardless of country: privatization, cost cutting, reducing wages, and strikebreaking. In the Netherlands there have been strikes among public transport workers in recent months over… Read More ›