By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. In Massachusetts, prisoners may soon be able to donate their bone marrow and organs in exchange for a reduction of prison time. Democratic Senators from Massachusetts, Carlos Gonzalez and Judith A. Garcia, have… Read More ›
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Rail companies, profit, and the neglect of public safety
By Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. On Friday, February 3rd, the city of East Palestine, Ohio experienced the result of corporate greed when a train derailed in the area, igniting a fire that burned tons of toxic vinyl chloride… Read More ›
Inflation and recession, the cyclical crisis of capitalism
The prices for things keep rising: why? Nothing is untouched by inflation, not even books. The Economist recently reported that some publishers are actually starting to shrink the white space between characters and run text closer to the ends of… Read More ›
Los Angeles jury stands up to killer cop
By V. Valentino, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. The family of Cesar Rodriguez, a police brutality victim in Los Angeles, forced a civil jury trial and won on January 20th after a grueling fight that lasted five long years. Despite what… Read More ›
SWANs protecting abortion rights by all means necessary
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Long-established rights to abortion and reproductive healthcare are under attack as never before in America. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision of June 2022, which overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision… Read More ›
City of Portland workers on strike
By Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on workers everywhere, especially those essential workers on the front lines. Short staffing, stagnant wages, and inflation have been creating miserable conditions for the working class, but… 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 police system subverts the oppressed to assist in ongoing oppression
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. From all the untold and unnamed before and in between these names — Emmett Till, Rodney King, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd — in 2023, add Tyre Nichols. After George Floyd’s death… Read More ›
To be feminist is to be anti-war
By: Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. The following is a speech written and presented by Isabelle B., Women’s Commissioner of the American Party of Labor, at an anti-war demonstration held in Portland, OR, during Martin Luther King Day weekend…. Read More ›
Roars from the Leopard – but what lies behind its spots?
Germany’s reluctance to supply Leopard tanks is a proxy for its geopolitical tussles with the US. By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. Ukraine, in the midst of desperately battling the Russian invasion, increasingly and fervently demands more weapons. Zelensky… Read More ›
Ukraine: The bosses are using the war to take away workers’ rights
By June Vass, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. Organized workers in Ukraine have been battling for labor rights for decades, and in the course of the ongoing war this struggle continues to be paramount to the livelihood and survival of the… Read More ›
Support the workers’ will, stop the spread of US reaction to Brazil
The American Party of Labor fully rejects and condemns the reactionary uprising in Brazil and demands that the will of the workers and the legitimate results of the elections be observed. The American Party of Labor also understands that as… Read More ›
NAARPR: This New Year is a critical moment in the history of our movement
By the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, January 1, 2023. This is the first day of 2023, after a year that has tested our movement like nothing in the last half century. We have a tradition to ring… Read More ›
Class struggle in the fast food industry
By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. In Fort Worth, Texas, a few miles outside of Dallas, McDonald’s announced the opening of the first ever “fully” automated fast food restaurant, where customers place and pick up their orders without interacting… Read More ›
Why It Matters: Elon Musk and the decline of Twitter
By: Mike B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. When 51-year-old Elon Musk purchased the social media platform Twitter in October for the sum of $44 billion, the event was heralded by reporters and pundits as one of the most consequential transactions… Read More ›