By Mike B., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. As the United States Supreme Court contemplates a ruling in the case of Gonzalez v. Google, both pundits and politicians still struggle to predict how a ruling could lead to new restrictions on… Read More ›
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Political tendencies of U.S. imperialism
By the Communist Platform – for the Communist Party of the Proletarian of Italy. That the United States, from the Trump administration to the Biden administration, has tried and is still trying to scale back or recalibrate globalization is a… Read More ›
Transgender workers at an intersection of exploitation
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. Transgender workers face significant challenges in the workplace, and one of the most pressing issues is the wage gap. Despite equal qualifications, experience, and productivity, transgender workers are paid less than their… Read More ›
Nazi homeschooling in Ohio
By Robin H. and June Vass, Red Phoenix correspondents. Last month, CNN reported that the Ohio Department of Education was investigating an online homeschool network that was promoting “a white supremacist curriculum.” This network, Dissident-Homeschool, shares their curriculum in a… Read More ›
Child labor continues under capitalism
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey.
Recent revelations of child labor abuses in the United States have highlighted the exploitation of vulnerable children in our society, particularly those from marginalized communities and migrant workers. The prevalence of child labor is a clear example of the exploitation of the working class, and capitalism’s prioritization of profit over the well-being of workers, especially for children of color and the children of immigrants.
Inter-imperialist Contention: China vs the United States
Central Organ of the Communist Party of Ecuador — ML (PCMLE). One of the present characteristics of the international situation is the confrontation between the United States and China. Both imperialist states are struggling for domination of the global economy… Read More ›
Exchanging organs for freedom
By Ally P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. In Massachusetts, prisoners may soon be able to donate their bone marrow and organs in exchange for a reduction of prison time. Democratic Senators from Massachusetts, Carlos Gonzalez and Judith A. Garcia, have… Read More ›
Rail companies, profit, and the neglect of public safety
By Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. On Friday, February 3rd, the city of East Palestine, Ohio experienced the result of corporate greed when a train derailed in the area, igniting a fire that burned tons of toxic vinyl chloride… Read More ›
Inflation and recession, the cyclical crisis of capitalism
The prices for things keep rising: why? Nothing is untouched by inflation, not even books. The Economist recently reported that some publishers are actually starting to shrink the white space between characters and run text closer to the ends of… Read More ›
Los Angeles jury stands up to killer cop
By V. Valentino, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. The family of Cesar Rodriguez, a police brutality victim in Los Angeles, forced a civil jury trial and won on January 20th after a grueling fight that lasted five long years. Despite what… Read More ›
SWANs protecting abortion rights by all means necessary
By Ben 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 that… Read More ›
City of Portland workers on strike
By Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on workers everywhere, especially those essential workers on the front lines. Short staffing, stagnant wages, and inflation have been creating miserable conditions for the working class, but… Read More ›
Why It Matters: The new balance of power in the American government
By Mike B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. The dust has settled from the farcical election of Kevin McCarthy to the position of Speaker of the House. That left the current state of the American government more dysfunctional than ever. McCarthy’s… Read More ›
The police system subverts the oppressed to assist in ongoing oppression
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. From all the untold and unnamed before and in between these names — Emmett Till, Rodney King, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd — in 2023, add Tyre Nichols. After George Floyd’s death… Read More ›
To be feminist is to be anti-war
By: Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. The following is a speech written and presented by Isabelle B., Women’s Commissioner of the American Party of Labor, at an anti-war demonstration held in Portland, OR, during Martin Luther King Day weekend…. Read More ›