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Originally published in Vanguardia Proletaria, organ of the Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist), November 13, 2018. Translated by Red Phoenix staff. Historically, academia and the intelligentsia have played an important role in the social field, because they assume two positions:… Read More ›
The American Party of Labor resolutely and emphatically condemns the gross violation of international law and fundamental human decency that occurred at the US/Mexico Border when agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the US Border Patrol… Read More ›
Originally published in Granma, 11/14/2018 “Jair Bolsonaro, president elect of Brazil, who has made direct, contemptuous and threatening comments against the presence of our doctors, has declared and reiterated that he will modify the terms and conditions of the More… Read More ›
It has been just over a week since a neo-Nazi walked into a synagogue and opened fired on the congregants of the L’Simcha who were there celebrating the ancient rite of the bris; a ritual that Jewish men have gone… Read More ›
“I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world.” Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall The rain is falling very hard indeed. In a move that might very well signal the reversal of the social-democratic… Read More ›
“National and racial chauvinism is a vestige of the misanthropic customs characteristic of the period of cannibalism. Antisemitism, as an extreme form of racial chauvinism, is the most dangerous vestige of cannibalism. Antisemitism is of advantage to the exploiters as… Read More ›
At a time when national tension concerning our southern border is at its zenith, those in progressive circles are beginning to ask “what is to be done?” To attempt to answer that, I met up with a group of working… Read More ›
Gary Manning is a non-traditional student attending a community college in Alabama. We sat down with him to discuss the intersection of the rising cost of college education and increasing numbers of students, traditional and non, returning to school to… Read More ›
As the midterm cycle comes to a close, the amount of people able to actually vote has decreased. This decline in registered voters is not out of apathy of the American public, or because the country is full of people… Read More ›
Across the United States, a conversation about a caravan of over 1,500 people from Honduras is on the lips of nearly every American and is saturated in our national media. The workers from Honduras are heading to the United States… Read More ›
Photos obtained from CountMeIn Facebook Page Ekim KILIÇ New York On October 11th, union construction workers of the Hudson Yards came out to protest Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau outside of the Joseph Wharton Awards Dinner at the University Club… Read More ›
By L. Giering, Red Phoenix correspondent, Seattle. Lyft, Uber, and other rideshare drivers frequently drive during late night hours when demand is dominated by intoxicated passengers returning home from the bars. These are the most profitable times, but also the… Read More ›
“And so, the “enlightened” judges of constitutional states are fulminating against all participation of people’s representatives in legal procedure.” -V.I. Lenin When Brett Kavanaugh was nominated by President Trump to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court, yet another dividing line… Read More ›
Originally published by the Unión de la Juventud Revolucionaria de México, found here. Translated by Red Phoenix staff. During the 1960s, the government at the time claimed that the country was moving relentlessly toward economic modernity. They called the crumbs that capitalism… Read More ›
Torn between the influence of gangs, drug dealers, prostitutes, thieves, and ethically depraved financial opportunities, Ernest set the goal of Honest Work for himself because he saw the destruction that desperate criminality entailed.
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