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 ›
Discrimination
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 ›
La demagógica racista de Sean Duffy no puede ocultar la intensificación de la explotación de los camioneros
Sofia D. | Comisión de Nacionalidades Oprimidas del American Party of Labor | traducido por Camilo Lazo— [Editor’s note: To read this article in English, click here.] Sean Duffy, secretario del Departamento de Transportación de EE. UU. bajo Trump, firmó… Read More ›
Twin Cities workers resist militarized terror against refugees
Margarethe Wegner & Eris Rosenburg | Red Phoenix correspondents | Minnesota– On June 3, the workers of Minneapolis met Trump’s jackbooted thugs on Lake Street in the defense of their neighbors, when the newly expanded Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF)… Read More ›
Strength until justice, struggle until peace, pride until equality
R. Nesbitt | Red Phoenix correspondent | Maryland– On June 1, the first day of Pride month of 2025, the same year that the White House refused to issue any statement for this historic period of LGBTQ+ Rights, the openly… Read More ›
Editorial: On keeping up morale in dark times
Camilo Lazo | National Chair of the American Party of Labor– It is so easy to fall into despair or nihilism now. It’s understandable. The people have suffered major setbacks and we are only human. Our hearts bleed and our… Read More ›
Florida judge declares constitutional right to gender-affirming treatment; DeSantis prepares to retaliate
Anna I. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– A federal judge has struck down the blatantly bigoted Florida law, SB 254, ruling it as unconstitutional. The law, which banned access to gender-affirming treatments to thousands of transgender people under the… Read More ›
Not Enough! Biden’s proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility
Ian Ocx | LGBTQIA+ Commissioner of the American Party of Labor | Texas– On March 29, President Joe Biden announced the official recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility by the government of the United States. In this announcement, Biden stated… Read More ›
Nex Benedict: Medical Examiner findings contradict allegations that assault was “insignificant”
Orianna R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Nex Benedict, a 16 year old nonbinary student (they/them), died last month after they were assaulted by three older students in a school bathroom on February 7, 2024 at Owasso High School… Read More ›
World Disability Day: The fight for equal rights is not over!
Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. Each year on Dec. 3, the countless struggles and adverse conditions of disabled people are brought to light by observing World Disability Day. (Formally, the “United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities.”)… Read More ›
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023: Up with Liberation
By Ian Ocx, LGBTQIA+ Commissioner of the American Party of Labor. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day that all of us in the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies use to bring attention to the previous and ongoing struggles… Read More ›