Maurice B. | New York– Primero vinieron por los comunistasY guardé silencioPorque no era comunista. Luego vinieron por los sindicalistasY no habléPorque no era sindicalista Luego vinieron por los judiosY no dije nadaPorque no era judio Luego vinieron por miY… Read More ›
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USAID, instrument of US imperialism
Ang Bayan | February 21, 2025 | via Philippine Revolution Web Central— This February, US president Donald Trump suspended the operation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and similar agencies. These agencies are… Read More ›
Queerphobic, anti-science Trump regime freezes HIV/AIDS research and resources
Marina S. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Kansas– The Trump regime’s vindictive assault on the rights and safety of LGBTQIA+ people and the scientific community reached new levels on Jan. 31, 2025, when the National Institute of Health (NIH) ordered… Read More ›
The people do not bow to threats and blackmail!
On March 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his propaganda platform, Truth Social, that “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the… Read More ›
Parallels of Tyranny: MAGA and Nazism
Maurice B. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New York– First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a Communist Then they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a Socialist… Read More ›
Black History Month and the Black radical tradition
Maurice B. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New York– Black folks and people of color are under attack in Trump’s America. Through a number of anti-DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Executive Orders (14173, 14151, 14148) and statements along with a… Read More ›
Interview with People’s March organizer on standing together with “imperfect friends”
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– The weekend before Trump’s inauguration, the working masses and oppressed peoples — women, people of color, queer community members, immigrants, and allies — banded together across the country for marches and rallies… Read More ›
Editorial: Vultures of a feather colonize together
Camilo Lazo and R. Nesbitt | Red Phoenix correspondents– In the first week of February, 2025, Donald Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House to a backdrop of thunderous protests of the Palestinian and anti-imperialist movement all over the… Read More ›
Partial amnesty for Leonard Peltier is insufficient, belated scramble to appeal to masses
On the last full day of his presidency, Joe Biden granted partial amnesty for Leonard Peltier, a political prisoner who has so far served 46 years of his unjust two consecutive life sentences. It is imperative to stress that Peltier… Read More ›
Communists of U.S. & Spain: We denounce Spain’s subservience to NATO, U.S. foreign policy!
Joint statement of the American Party of Labor (APL) and the Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist) (PCEML). The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has initiated an investigation into Spain’s alleged refusal to allow US-flagged cargo vessels to dock at its… Read More ›
Profit motive in public transit costs workers time, money, health
Michael G. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New Jersey– For countless American workers, the daily grind not only involves work with horrible conditions and low pay, but also a constant struggle with unreliable and unsafe public transportation. New Jersey Transit… Read More ›
Community demands justice for Ra’Lasia Wright, end to transphobic terror
Eris Rosenburg and Sofia D. | Red Phoenix correspondents | Minnesota– On the evening of Dec. 22, the South Minneapolis community came together for a solemn vigil for the late Ra’Lasia Wright, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman who fell victim… Read More ›
Reject the terror classification of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Ivanna J. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Washington– In a press release dated Oct. 15, the Treasury Department announced that the Canadian government has joined the U.S., Germany, and many other countries, in classifying the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network… Read More ›
Mainstream news praises cops, ignores heroism of the people
R. Nesbitt | Red Phoenix correspondent | Maryland On October 5, 2024, members of the Paddy Whalen Division of the American Party of Labor participated in a massive march and rally in Washington, D.C., held by the Palestinian Youth Struggle… Read More ›
Trump wins; we fight on, harder than ever!
From the Secretariat of the American Party of Labor– Donald Trump has been re-elected President of the United States. Although the election results for the U.S. House of Representatives have not yet been fully tabulated, the Republicans now have majorities… Read More ›