Arbeit Zukunft | July 3, 2025 | Editor’s note translated from German for the Red Phoenix | Interview questions and answers published in original English– At the beginning of June, the reports about large waves of protests in Los Angeles… Read More ›
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Interview with People’s March organizer on standing together with “imperfect friends”
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– The weekend before Trump’s inauguration, the working masses and oppressed peoples — women, people of color, queer community members, immigrants, and allies — banded together across the country for marches and rallies… Read More ›
Airline workers negotiate contracts after years of unfair wages and abuses
Ethan H. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida— Several unions representing major US airlines took up a picket on Tuesday, Feb. 13, to demand better pay, benefits, and working conditions as new contracts are under negotiation this year. Employees of… Read More ›
Union workers in solidarity: “We’re all fighting for the same thing”
Labor Day, 2023. Portland, OR. New Seasons Market is a local grocery store chain whose workers have unionized in several stores over the last two years, forming the New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU). The Red Phoenix interviewed a bargaining member… Read More ›
Unionized Starbucks workers strike again
By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. On April 27, Starbucks workers at 300 Snelling Ave S. in St. Paul, Minnesota, returned to the picket line after the nationwide strike on March 2022, demanding a return to the regular 20-person… Read More ›
SWANs protecting abortion rights by all means necessary
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Long-established rights to abortion and reproductive healthcare are under attack as never before in America. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision of June 2022, which overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision… Read More ›
At Youngstown State, Cuts Target Diverse Faculty and Programs
By: Bobby Gallagher, Red Phoenix Correspondent Ohio Bobby Gallagher is a union organizer and member from Youngstown, Ohio. Across the country, there are issues regarding the integrity of our schools and universities. Education in this country remains an imperfect system,… Read More ›
CTU Attacked By Media Because They Have and Use Worker’s Power
By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois The Chicago Teachers Union, for many years one of the strongest and most active remaining unions in the country, is once again in the crosshairs of the corporate media and moderate democrats led… Read More ›
Working Class Women In Texas Reject Anti-Abortion Law
By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas On September 1st the reactionary SB8 bill otherwise known as the “heartbeat law” that was passed by the Texas state congress in May of 2021 finally went into effect. SB8 is one of… Read More ›
“An Anger Exists in Southern Working Class Communities”: Discovering Socialist Ideas in the South
Nicholas Kade Edwards is a graduate student from the southern United States. He wrote to the Phoenix about his experiences living in the south, and how he was radicalized across the “red state/blue state” line. In the wake of the… Read More ›
A Working-Class Perspective on the COVID Crisis in Texas
By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year Texas has seen a total of 3.22 million confirmed cases with a death toll of over 53,000 as of the beginning of August 2021…. Read More ›
A Healthcare Worker Speaks on Potential Vaccine Mandate
Isabelle B is a healthcare worker in the Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. She wrote to the Phoenix with her thoughts on the need for a vaccine mandate given her experience working in healthcare. The question of vaccine mandates has been hotly contested within healthcare labor unions, with the largest nurses union (NNU) resisting the push to make vaccines contingent to employment while encouraging members to get it, consistent with their view on the flu vaccine. The union, has, however, fought staunchly for mask mandates.
Members of the American Party of Labor: What May Day Means to Us
Members of the American Party of Labor wrote to the Red Phoenix to tell us what May Day means to them, in the belly of the imperialist beast. Polina Brik, New Jersey: “The meaning of May Day International Workers’ Day,… Read More ›
Baltimore Workers March in Solidarity With Amazon Union Vote
By: Ted Stracket, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Baltimore Saturday, March 20th, a series of nationwide solidarity demonstrations were held in support for the Amazon workers of Bessemer, Alabama who are attempting to unionize to secure safe working conditions, hazard pay, and… Read More ›
Jack Shulman: Testimony of an American Communist. Part One: Spain (1937-1939)
The following interview was conducted with veteran American communist Jack Shulman, an early anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist, shortly before his passing in 1999. This section, dealing with Comrade Shulman’s experience as a member of the anti-fascist Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish… Read More ›
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