Joint statement by the Labor Commission and the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor– On Nov. 11, Amber Czech, a 20-year old welder for Advanced Process Technologies in Minnesota, was bludgeoned to death on the job by a… Read More ›
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Denounce U.S. aggression against Venezuela!
Camilo Lazo | National Chair of the American Party of Labor— The American Party of Labor denounces the latest act of aggression carried out by the Trump Administration against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. After months of escalating threats—and following… Read More ›
Amazon’s automation set to destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– The struggle to organize Amazon warehouses has been a leading battleground in the modern American class war. Employing around one million workers in America, they place themselves firmly as one of the… Read More ›
Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine destabilizes South America
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Recently, the Trump regime has revealed that it authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela with the aim of regime change. This is just an admission of a long… Read More ›
Golden Dome is next phase in long history of unsuccessful U.S. missile defense initiatives
Allison P. | Red Phoenix international correspondent– It is early morning as a Space Force technician sips his still warm coffee – he checks the date – 2 March, 2043. A blip on the computer screen as SBIRS detect a… Read More ›
Budget cuts continue to suffocate coal miners
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Black lung is what you get. In the Spring of 2025, a slew of Trump regime budget cuts to National Institute of Occupational… Read More ›
“No contract, no coffee!” Starbucks workers stand united against union-busting
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– Starbucks baristas from around the country have gotten together to exercise their collective muscle and stand against rampant understaffing and poor pay. Starbucks has been and continues to be one of the… Read More ›
Denver STAR program provides five years of safer streets, stronger communities
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In the shadow of Denver’s bustling neighborhoods, where working-class families juggle long shifts, rising rents, and the daily grind of making ends meet, a quiet revolution has been underway since 2020. It’s… Read More ›
Graham Platner and Bernie Sanders demonstrate failure of reform
Pierce H. | Red Phoenix correspondent | California– Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and Iraqi War veteran running for Senate in Maine, recently had his campaign steeped in controversy for his past statements and a Nazi insignia chest tattoo. He… Read More ›
Price of climate change, Hurricane Melissa leaves Caribbean in ruins
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In the sweltering heat of late October, the Atlantic Ocean birthed a monster. Hurricane Melissa, the thirteenth named storm of an already punishing 2025 season, exploded from a disorganized tropical wave into… Read More ›
Transphobic rhetoric fuels right-wing terror
Keegan D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Illinois– For the last several years reactionary conspiracy theorists have spread the dangerous lie that transgender people are disproportionately responsible for political violence and gun violence in general. This deception, based on a… Read More ›
Modern brownshirts: Trump’s fascist thugs attack pre-K school in Chicago
Keegan D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Illinois– Since beginning operation “Midway Blitz” – an aggressive push to arrest immigrants with criminal records in Chicago – Trump’s modern brownshirts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol… Read More ›
Establishment fears of a reformist by policy, socialist by self-declaration
Misha G. and June Vass | Red Phoenix correspondents– Zohran Mamdani — a Muslim, an immigrant, and a self-proclaimed democratic socialist — has managed to win the election for Mayor of New York City, in a country which has trained… Read More ›
Pay student teachers, resist the fascist attack on education!
Mark G. | The Justice | Nov. 4, 2025– Today, the United States faces a deep crisis in education. Literacy rates are declining, teachers are leaving the profession in droves, the Trump administration is preparing to abolish special education and public education… Read More ›
Socialism in the United States?
Erick Macay Rubio | Enfoque Rebelde | Translated from Spanish for the Red Phoenix by Camilo Lazo– Zohran Mamdani has just been elected mayor of New York City. A Muslim and an open democratic socialist, Mamdani’s victory is nothing short… Read More ›
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