News and Analysis from the United States
By Hari Kumar, Deputy National Secretary of the American Party of Labor. The historical distortions around the Second Amendment: The Second (2nd) Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is often cited by the National Rifle Association (NRA), right wingers, and members… Read More ›
By the Illinois Labor History Society. On November 11, 1887, four self-identified anarchists were hung by the neck at the Cook County jail, convicted under circumstantial pretenses that they had conspired to throw a bomb into the police on May… Read More ›
By Devin B., Red Phoenix correspondent, New York. In recent decades, the capitalist ruling class has had to face the reality of the ongoing destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems and its inevitable consequences for human survival in the coming years…. Read More ›
A press release from Samidoun (Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network). Editor’s note: This press release was written for New York City. Please visit the global event calendar to find an action near you. Supporters of Palestine from across the New York… Read More ›
By Justine S., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. What is the Marxist-Leninist perspective on Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated art? Firstly what is art? Bourgeois academics and artists alike tell us that art is beauty, truth, something which captures an idea, something… Read More ›
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 ›
By the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor. The Florida House and Senate have passed HB 1069—a bill to overhaul sex education in schools—amidst a nationwide wave of legislation targeting reproductive rights and the LGBTQIA+ community. Florida has… Read More ›
By Justine S., 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 ›
By John Palameda, Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. John Palameda is a member of the American Party of Labor, an adjunct professor of English, and President of his local adjunct faculty union. When I first saw the headline for Amos Dewy’s… Read More ›
By Justine S., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. Minneapolis has just agreed to a settlement with its Department of Human Rights to “eliminate” racist practices in the police force. This agreement goes further than the now-dead HF 1078 by targeting various… Read More ›
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 ›
By Amos Dewy, Red Phoenix correspondent, Georgia. Higher education has long been considered the pathway to upward mobility and class advancement in the United States. Of course, this is a lie perpetuated by the bourgeoisie. Recent research from the journal… Read More ›
By the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Apr. 10, 2023. We issue this call to our third National Conference, this November, following our re-founding national conference in 2019 and our last conference in 2021. This year marks the… Read More ›
By Ed Rampell, Red Phoenix guest contributor. Three museums are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist, the darkest period in Tinseltown history. What happened during this period of rightwing repression? As actor Humphrey Bogart put it: “We saw… Read More ›
By V. Valentino, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. The founders of this country espoused the idea that every person had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – although we understand clearly that this was meant only for… Read More ›
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