Ekim KILIÇ New York On Sept.26, The president of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke at the event “Cuba Speaks for Itself”at the Riverside Church in Harlem, New York hosted by the September 25th Welcoming Committee and several solidarity groups from New… Read More ›
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“Hold the Burgers, Hold the fries, Keep Your Hands off Our Thighs:” Fight for 15 mobilizes to fight Sexual Harassment in the workplace.
11:45am on a Tuesday is rush hour for many fast food workers. The loud squawk of the headpiece signaling the next onslaught of hungry customers, the overbearing shouts from management, and the spray of grease coating the arms of the… Read More ›
CEAPSA Workers on Strike in Toluca, Mexico—Not a Step Back!
A statement from the Unión de la Juventud Revolucionaria de México (Union of Revolutionary Youth of Mexico), translated by Red Phoenix staff. Toluca, State of Mexico: The State of Mexico constitutes the most competitive node of activity and economic development in the country… Read More ›
Steel Workers Authorize Strike!
On September 1, 2018, the contract between U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers (USW) expired. Steelworkers under the previous contract had not received a wage increase in over three years, with many facing high out-of-pocket health care costs – upwards… Read More ›
Labor Day 2018: Attacks on Unions Intensify, But Workers Are Not Silent
Ekim KILIÇ New York Across the country, people from different nationalities presented their culture through the celebrations that took place on Labor Day 2018. During the first week of September, Labor unions also celebrated Labor Day with parades to promote… Read More ›
Editorial: On the APL and the CPUSA
By Alfonso Casal, National Chair, APL The American Party of Labor has always made it a point to never publicly attack other Marxist-Leninist parties. We have always said that our battle is with capitalist imperialism and racism, and the various… Read More ›
The Church and State Against the Poor: A Local Story
Nearly three years ago, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, a social worker who had once been homeless in that same city began to take steps in to trying to help the epidemic of the homeless. Independently of this, the American… Read More ›
Reportback: We Won’t Allow Fascists in Philadelphia
On August 25th, members of the Alt Right held a “Blue Lives Matter” march in Philadelphia, continuing their long-running campaign to make inroads in Philadelphia. This, like many similar events across the country, is a pathetic attempt to make fascism… Read More ›
Another School Year Begins Without Change Or Solutions From Reformists
As I and other students, graduate assistants, professors, adjunct faculty, and office and campus support employees begin to return to school for fall semester, we find remarkably similar challenges to those faced by university communities since the 2008 economic collapse…. Read More ›
Political Declaration of the XXVI International Democratic, Antifascist and Anti-imperialist Youth Camp
Translated by Red Phoenix Staff. Amid intense inter-imperialist tensions, as a consequence of the weakened capitalist economy on a world scale; before the rise of fascist politicians, as well as the danger of war that every day threatens all the… Read More ›
Presentation of the Delegation of the American Party of Labor to the XXVI International Democratic, Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Youth Camp
Three comrades attended the XXVI International Democratic, Anti-fascist and Anti-Imperialist Youth Camp held in Mexico City from July 31st to August 5th of this year. They made the following presentation on behalf of the American Party of Labor: Good morning,… Read More ›
“Karl Marx’s Legacy in the Reinvigoration of the US Labor Movement:” Presentation by the American Party of Labor at the 22nd International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America.
Quito, Ecuador (July 26, 2018) This presentation was delivered by Comrade John Palameda at the 22nd International Seminar as a delegate representing the American Party of Labor. A year has passed since the National Secretary of the American Party of… Read More ›
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) Statement on the Recent NATO Summit
On the occasion of NATO’s summit, in Brussels, in July 2018 and of all the mobilisations that will be organized to denounce this war mongering military alliance, we say : No to NATO No to European war policy International solidarity… Read More ›
Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with… Read More ›
An Interview With Mumia Abu Jamal
By Ekim KILIÇ Originally published in Evrensel (07/03/2018) Mumia Abu Jamal: “The Black struggle will not end until repression is over.” The former member of the Black Panthers and Evrensel’s contributor Mumia Abu-Jamal answered our questions from the State Correctional Institution… Read More ›