MLK Day: A Dream Lost From 01/10 Today is the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States. While it is ostensibly celebrated to promote the Civil Rights Movement, one wonders why MLK, among all… Read More ›
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The Fight Against Unions Presses On; NLRB Threatens to Sue Arizona and others for their Curb on Unionization
In their drive to battle against the rights of workers to organize in the workplace, the states of Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah have put forth amendments to their labor law which conflict with federal law and are… Read More ›
Propaganda Review: National Guard & Kid Rock’s “Warrior”
The most blatant and disgusting use of music by an advertisement has to be the National Guard recruitment ad that uses Kid Rock’s neo-fascistic fantasy theme “Warrior.” The ad goes back and forth between images of soldiers in military vehicles,… Read More ›
Privilege and Marxism
Allan G. Johnson’s book Privilege, Power, and Difference is a useful tool for understanding how systems of privilege work in contemporary capitalism. In a frank and accessible manner, he lays bare a framework for understanding how power relations and comparative… Read More ›
The Arizona Apartheid Spreads
With the killing of the DREAM Act, states are now moving to implement similar laws to those in Arizona, signifying a reactionary swing to the right which threatens the lives and livelihoods of many Hispanic, Latino and Amerindian workers. Immigrant… Read More ›
Senate Kills the DREAM
The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, known as the DREAM Act, was first introduced in 2003. Since that time, there have been countless marches, petitions and sit-ins in an attempt to get Congress to pass it. The… Read More ›
The Largest Prison Strike In American History Goes Ignored By US Media
(Original article here) Today marks the end of a seven-day strike where tens of thousands of inmates in Georgia refused to work or leave their cells until their demands had been met. The odd thing is, that until today, no… Read More ›
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 in Perspective
On Dec. 13th, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, a law that, according to the White House press release on the subject, “authorizes funding for federal school meal and child nutrition programs and increases access to… Read More ›
Statement of Solidarity with Georgia Prisoner Strike
Sign the Statement! A Moment for Movement-Building: Statement of Solidarity with Georgia Prisoner Strike On December 9, 2010, thousands of prisoners in at least six Georgia state prisons initiated the largest prisoner strike in U.S. history, uniting across racial boundaries… Read More ›
Review of “Modern Times”
Modern Times (1936), written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin as the Tramp, is widely regarded as a classic film which, although mostly silent and black-and-white, effortlessly entertains contemporary audiences. Plot summary (Contains Spoilers) The film begins with Chaplin’s well-known character… Read More ›
Who Was Richard Holbrooke?
“He is simply one of the giants of American foreign policy,” President Obama said of him on Monday. Upon the news of the sudden death of Richard Holbrooke on December 13th, 2010, an elaborate state funeral was quickly arranged,… Read More ›
New York Workers Win Wage Protections
On December 13, 2010, New York governor David Paterson signed into law new protections for New York workers against wage theft. This victory comes after months of lobbying by labor unions and immigration activists battling to modernize New York’s labor… Read More ›
American Left-Wing Music
Left-wing music has been a cornerstone of the American socialist movement throughout its entire history. Stemming from the early 1900s to the present day, a good number of musicians and bands have expounded socialism through their lyrics and song content…. Read More ›
Review of “Triumph of the Will”
Triumph of the Will is a brilliant work of propaganda demonstrating how cultural hegemony can be used by those with power to suppress dissent and obscure material realities with artificial, idealized perceptions. If one were to watch this with the… Read More ›
Update on North Korea
On Tuesday, November 23, the armed forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea responded to a deliberate act of military aggression when “South” Korean warships fired dozens of shells into the DPRK’s territorial waters, near the Yongphyong Islet. The… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 