News and Analysis from the United States
By V. Valentino, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. The founders of this country espoused the idea that every person had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – although we understand clearly that this was meant only for… Read More ›
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 ›
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. The clientele of California’s failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was the high tech “start-up” industry in Silicon Valley. Banking is a con industry. After all, if all depositors arrived at the bank at… Read More ›
By Ryan P., Red Phoenix correspondent, Pennsylvania. In the east end of Pittsburgh, the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed on January 28, 2022, just before 7:00 a.m. Ten people were injured, four severely so. This would have been completely brushed under… Read More ›
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. As protests against police brutality continue across the United States, it is important to understand the underlying systemic issues that have allowed for such atrocities to occur. One of the key factors… Read More ›
By the LGBTQIA+ Commission of the American Party of Labor. On the morning of March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee, an armed individual named Aiden Hale forcibly entered The Covenant School and proceeded to murder three children and three staff… Read More ›
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 ›
By Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. Starbucks Workers United has been organizing for over a year for the purpose of unionizing Starbucks stores around the country. Since their launch, over 300 stores have successfully unionized in the United States…. Read More ›
By June Vass, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. Last week at Los Angeles City Hall, anti-capitalist workers gathered to demand an end to U.S. involvement in the proxy war in Ukraine and a complete dissolution of NATO in the name of… Read More ›
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. The Florida Legislature began its annual session on March 7, and with it came the introduction of new measures by that body’s overwhelming right-wing majority to achieve their long sought goal of… Read More ›
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 ›
By the Communist Platform – for the Communist Party of the Proletarian of Italy. That the United States, from the Trump administration to the Biden administration, has tried and is still trying to scale back or recalibrate globalization is a… Read More ›
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. Transgender workers face significant challenges in the workplace, and one of the most pressing issues is the wage gap. Despite equal qualifications, experience, and productivity, transgender workers are paid less than their… Read More ›
By Robin H. and June Vass, Red Phoenix correspondents. Last month, CNN reported that the Ohio Department of Education was investigating an online homeschool network that was promoting “a white supremacist curriculum.” This network, Dissident-Homeschool, shares their curriculum in a… Read More ›
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey.
Recent revelations of child labor abuses in the United States have highlighted the exploitation of vulnerable children in our society, particularly those from marginalized communities and migrant workers. The prevalence of child labor is a clear example of the exploitation of the working class, and capitalism’s prioritization of profit over the well-being of workers, especially for children of color and the children of immigrants.
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