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 ›
Italy
The rise of the extreme right in Italy and the struggle of the working class
By the Communist Platform – for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of Italy. Translated from Italian. The crisis of the Draghi government On July 21, 2022, Mario Draghi, a representative of the financial oligarchy, presented his resignation as leader… Read More ›
No to chauvinist provocations and warmongers in the Balkans!
From Scintilla, Issue 130, January 2023, by Piattaforma Comunista – for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of Italy In recent times the striving for “Greater Serbia” by the Serbian bourgeoisie, which has always had historical pretensions, has been revitalized…. Read More ›
Communist Platform (Italy): A Year of Pandemic, Economic and Social Crisis in Italy
A Pandemic Catastrophe with Clear Perpetrators March 2021 The last year was the darkest in Italy since WWII. Never before has our country been hit with an economic, health and social crisis of such magnitude. The conjunction of pandemic and… Read More ›
Italy: The Political Crisis of the Bourgeoisie Deepens
From Piattaforma Comunista (03/06/2018) Translation by Red Phoenix staff. The result of the counted votes and the increasing abstention (27.1% of the electorate, equivalent to about 12.5 million citizens) in the elections of March 4 reveal a wide popular, anti-system… Read More ›
Final Resolution of the 19th Plenary of the ICMLPO
In the Middle of the World, in an atmosphere of internationalist comradeship and solidarity, the members of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) met to share and discuss analysis and experiences. We arrived at resolutions that will… Read More ›
Reformism: the Gateway to Fascism
Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action) Eduardo Artes August, 1998 Some factors to explain the defeat of September 11, 1973 and to advance towards victory. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fascist military coup of September 11, every… Read More ›
‘Not Your Colony’: Bolivia Threatens Shutdown of US Embassy
South American leaders flank the Bolivian President as he rails against US air piracy in manhunt for Snowden – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened Thursday to shut down the U.S. embassy in his country after a forced… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix Interview with Alfonso Casal
The protests against Golden Dawn around the world gained much media attention, including the one in Chicago where you were the key note speaker. What happened at this Jan. 19th event? Well, I was the “MC” for want of a… Read More ›
Land sold off and used for biofuels could have fed 1 billion people – report
2 million kilometers of foreign purchased land in developing countries is either idle or used for Western biofuel production, according to a British charity. Oxfam’s report estimates an area the size of London is sold every six days. The report… Read More ›
Cold terror for Europe: 550 dead, tens of thousands snowed in
Snow drifts reaching up to rooftops kept tens of thousands of villagers prisoners in their own homes Saturday as the death toll from Europe’s big freeze rose past 550. More heavy snow fell on the Balkans and in Italy, while… Read More ›
Chaos and carnage as Europe freezes – Death Toll from Freeze Reaches 175
THE big freeze gripping Europe has claimed the lives of 175 people – with forecasters warning: “It’s only going to get colder.” Temperatures have tumbled below -10C in most capital cities, with 38 people dying from frostbite in Ukraine and… Read More ›
Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global: Protests & Clashes in Rome
Riot police have fought militant protesters in Rome as the biggest of a series of global rallies against banks and politicians tipped into violence. At least 70 people were injured, three of them seriously, as police fought masked rioters with… Read More ›
Libya: Popular Uprising, Civilian War or Military Attack?
Interview: Grégoire Lalieu & Michel Collon After Tunisia and Egypt, has the Arab revolution reached Libya ? What is happening at the moment in Libya is different. In Tunisia and Egypt, the lack of freedom was flagrant. However, it was… Read More ›
Fascism: Origins and Ideology
Post War Chaos The social and political upheaval that accompanied the end of World War I fused the various attitudes (elitism, racism, irrationalism, anti-modernism) that characterized the radical right of the early years of the century into a cohesive political… Read More ›