We asked members of the American Party of Labor from across the country to tell us what pride means to them, as Marxist-Leninists in the heart of US imperialism. We give their answers here, without revision. June Vass, California For… Read More ›
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A Socialist Autopsy on Biden’s First Hundred Days
By: Red Nesbitt The first 100 days have shown us what a Biden presidency will look like—abandoned promises, and the continuing separation of American political life from the desires of working people. The first 100 days of an American president’s… Read More ›
PCOF — On the 150th Anniversary, Let Us Follow in the Footsteps of the Communards
150 years ago, the Communards “stormed heaven,” as beautifully penned by Marx, an event indelibly etched in the collective memory of the international workers’ movement. In his book The Civil War in France, Marx drew lessons from this first socialist… Read More ›
Israeli War Crimes, Not “Tension,” On the Rise in Palestine
By: Jack Thallman, Red Phoenix Correspondent, New Jersey Like all incidents of large-scale violence within the borders of Israel and Palestine, these hostilities are the result of the systematic ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. The violence in Palestine continues… Read More ›
What Florida Bill HB1 Means for Protesters
By: Andrea Johnson, Red Phoenix Correspondent Florida On April 19 of this year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1 (HB1) into law. Make no mistake, HB1 is the most authoritarian and legitimately fascist law that has ever been… Read More ›
Colombia Between the War and the Pandemic
The following is a detailed analysis by the Communist Party of Colombia (ML) of the current Colombian situation, its origins, and the mass assassination of social activists by the government which is intensifying in the wake of a mass street… Read More ›
Acute Health Crises In India
Originally Published in Revolutionary Democracy, May 4th, 2021 The people of India are reeling under an unprecedented health crisis since the last two weeks as the Pandemic Covid 19 rages all around. The official machinery which tests and counts the… Read More ›
Members of the American Party of Labor: What May Day Means to Us
Members of the American Party of Labor wrote to the Red Phoenix to tell us what May Day means to them, in the belly of the imperialist beast. Polina Brik, New Jersey: “The meaning of May Day International Workers’ Day,… Read More ›
On the Recent Military Developments in Russia and Ukraine
By: Red Phoenix Correspondent International, Polina Brik Russian president Vladimir Putin warns the West not to intervene in “internal affairs” of Russia and not to cross any “red lines”, among escalating confict between Russia, the EU, and the US. This… Read More ›
Dominican Communist Workers Party: The Revolution Continues to be a Problem That Awaits a Solution.
Capitalism is once again in a crisis phase. In general, it is a historical context of revolution. Because there is the “law of the non-correspondence between the development of the productive forces and the social relations of production,” revealed by… Read More ›
Baltimore Workers March in Solidarity With Amazon Union Vote
By: Ted Stracket, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Baltimore Saturday, March 20th, a series of nationwide solidarity demonstrations were held in support for the Amazon workers of Bessemer, Alabama who are attempting to unionize to secure safe working conditions, hazard pay, and… Read More ›
Inside an Amazon Warehouse During “Peak Season”
John Roland, a part-time teacher, wrote the following account of his experiences working at a Chicago-area Amazon sortation center as a seasonal worker during what Amazon calls “Peak Season,” which includes Black Friday and Christmas. Some names have been changed… Read More ›
Sacramento Residents Resist Gentrification and Racial Displacement
By Peter Charles Kraljev, Red Phoenix Correspondent Sacremento Oak Park is a neighborhood on the south side of city of Sacramento, form 1900 to the 1960s, it thrived economically and culturally, home to the Park Meat Market, and Arata Bros… Read More ›
From Istanbul to Alabama and Montana, Workers Stand Against Neoliberal Leadership
By: Red Nesbitt, Red Phoenix correspondent. In Mid-February, 2021, local service workers in the Kadıköy municipality of Istanbul went on an impromptu strike after the collapse of a five-month long collective bargaining process with the city government. In snow and… Read More ›
Unlawful Sweeps of Homeless Encampments Continue in Sacramento
By Peter Charles Kraljev Red-Phoenix Correspondent, Sacramento On July 17 2020, after a several month-long legal battle with the Sacramento Homeless Union lead by its president Crystal Rose Sanchez, the Superior Court of Sacramento passed a court ruling that prohibits… Read More ›