Ilektra A. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– While conditions for transgender people in the United States have long been suboptimal, the second Trump administration is making clear moves to not only erase what modest progress has been made in… Read More ›
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Erasure of Black WWII heroes a blow to historical truth, working-class unity
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In a move that has ignited global outrage, the Trump administration has overseen the removal of two commemorative panels honoring Black American soldiers at the Netherlands American Cemetery, a solemn site dedicated… Read More ›
Indigenous resistance to ICE, a new front in an old war
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– According to Oglala Lakota president Frank Star Comes Out, four Lakota Sioux people were abducted by ICE agents in Minneapolis last month. According to the tribe, one of its citizens was released… Read More ›
Democratic Party reinforces oppressive status quo
Juneau W. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Iowa– The Republican Party has been ramping up its attacks on the working class, covering their tracks with scandals and the persecution of the most marginalized workers. As these attacks escalate, where is… Read More ›
Daycare funding freeze is racist attack on Somali communities
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– A video created recently by an “independent journalist,” who is nothing more than a blatant propagandist of the Trump regime, has garnered the attention of the country. This video should be seen… Read More ›
As I.C.E. thugs execute innocents, workers must band together
Keegan D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Illinois– On Jan. 24, ICE pigs assassinated yet another innocent worker in cold blood. There is no way to describe this event other than as a vile state-sanctioned execution of a person exercising the… Read More ›
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians: Statement Condemning ICE Activity in Minority Communities
Sault Tribe Chairman Austin Lowes | Jan. 14, 2026 | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan– The following statement was issued by Sault Tribe Chairman Austin Lowes in response to recent aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities. “The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe… Read More ›
Statement on the increasing fascist violence in the Twin Cities, MN
Ernst Thälmann Division of the American Party of Labor | Twin Cities, Minnesota– This is deeper than Trump The fascist administration has expanded its operations in the Twin Cities. For the last month, but especially over the last week, it… Read More ›
On-the-job murder of Amber Czech by coworker a tragic expression of misogyny in labor
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Holy alliance against Palestine, the bogey of “antisemitism”
Michael G. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New Jersey– We are living through a moment of accelerating repression. Mass deportations violate both domestic and international law. Basic rights—speech, assembly, protest—are being gutted. Fascists no longer hide behind legality. Dissent, especially… Read More ›
Reclaiming the radical history of Pride
Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries Marina S. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Kansas— In 1973, the New York City Pride March, originally called Christopher Street Liberation Day, barred drag queens from openly attending the… Read More ›
Ohio budget bill strips LGBTQ rights, defunds public libraries, schools
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– Ohio House Bill 96, a “budget bill” which passed through the state senate and was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine, includes a direct attack on the rights and identity of… Read More ›