Ian Ocx and Svetlana Hagan | Red Phoenix correspondents | Texas– On Monday, April 15, 2024 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) announced that it would be refusing to hear McKesson v. Doe, a case that centers around… Read More ›
Government
What the elites in Washington are conniving.
Trump on trial: We must expand democracy, restrict reactionary momentum
R. Nesbitt | Red Phoenix guest contributor | Maryland — The Supreme Court of the United States sat last week to preside over the case brought forward by the legal team of Donald Trump to challenge the legality of his… Read More ›
Removal of Trump from Colorado, Maine ballots should not be controversial
Anna I. / Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. Colorado and Maine have made moves to bar former president Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot in their states. According to section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, those who… Read More ›
The forces that nearly murdered me are meeting in San Francisco today
I was almost killed by Philippine troops upholding the global economic order on display at this week’s APEC Summit. Brandon Lee via The Nation Today, I will come face to face with the forces who nearly killed me. In 2019,… Read More ›
Christian fundamentalist becomes Speaker of the House
By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. After nearly a month of infighting, the Republicans in the House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker, diehard Christian fundamentalist Mike Johnson. The fiasco surrounding the election of this individual represents not… Read More ›
Trump booked, commands followers, “Never surrender!”
By Leon V., Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Attempted putschist Donald Trump surrendered and was booked at Fulton County Jail in Georgia yesterday for a criminal racketeering and conspiracy charge, and although he was immediately released, the outrage and fervor of… Read More ›
Ohio residents celebrate victory, but must continue to organize
By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. The Ohio State Constitution presently allows citizen referendums to take place with the assent of at least half (44) of Ohio counties, allows a ten-day period for correcting errors in collecting these signatures,… Read More ›
On the recent Supreme Court rulings
By Keegan D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. Every year liberal bourgeois think tanks and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) release reports that claim to rank and determine the levels of democracy within countries around the globe. Somehow the US ranks near the… Read More ›
Florida’s “legal kidnapping” of transgender youth
By Andrew D. and Min A., Red Phoenix correspondents. In Florida, a state already known for its reactionary policies and politics under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, SB 254 has passed in the Senate and is expected to be… Read More ›
Is Cuba a dictatorship? A look at the Cuban electoral system
By Savio Peres, Pinar del Río, Cuba.Published in A Verdade #267, March 2023. One of the countries that fascists and liberals attack most in Latin America is Cuba. They shout that Cuba is a dictatorship and that the Castro family… Read More ›
Why It Matters: Section 230 and the U.S. Supreme Court
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 ›
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 Respect For Marriage Act: Another Legislative Farce
By: The LGBTQIA+ Commission of the American Party of Labor. Since the overturning of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, the reactionary Supreme Court has made it known that they are interested in reviewing… Read More ›
NAARPR Calls for Protests November 4, 2020 — After the election, the peoples mandate for change must be carried out!
In this triple pandemic of racism, COVID-19, and recession our National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is issuing a call to all the democratic forces presently engaged in the struggle against racist injustice, the economic slaughter of our communities… Read More ›
Call to Refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
We issue this Call in a sense of outrage in the face of increasing racist violence and political repression towards working class and Black and Brown communities. We are currently facing a national epidemic of state-sponsored violence perpetrated by police… Read More ›