By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois The Chicago Teachers Union, for many years one of the strongest and most active remaining unions in the country, is once again in the crosshairs of the corporate media and moderate democrats led… Read More ›
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Illinois Hospitals, and Health Care Workers, Strain Under Omicron
By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois With the recent surge of the omicron variant, hospitals in every part of the US are reaching and surpassing capacity levels. Across the country, about 75% of all intensive care unit beds are… Read More ›
APL on 2021: With Paralysis at the Top, Working Class Movements Rising to the Task
The American Party of Labor wishes a happy end of the year to all working class and oppressed people in the United States and around the world, and a happy celebration of all religious and secular holidays marked at this… Read More ›
Midwestern Tornadoes Stress Need for Workers Power, Ecological Action
By: The APL Labor Commission. To join our commissions, visit bit.ly/JoinTheAPL From December 10th to the 11th, a large tornado storm swept across the five states of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois. The storm claimed the lives of 88… Read More ›
On The Rittenhouse and Arbery Verdicts: Our Despair Will Be Ended Only By the Broadest Unity of the People
By: Louie B. Parker, New York, New York, December 14th No matter what characterizes the Jan. 6th events, it was clear that the Jan. 6 will be utilized as a platform for more attacks on socialist, anarchist and progressive activists,… Read More ›
Gender, Gender Roles, and the Unity of the Working Class
By: The APL LGBTQIA+ Commission. To join our organizing commissions, click here. “Marxist-Leninists are not conservatives. On the contrary, they are the most progressive of people. Resolute fighters against all that is backward and outdated.” -Enver Hoxha There is an… Read More ›
APL Labor Commission: An Authentic Labor Movement Cannot Be Busted by Corporations
From the APL Labor Commission. To join our commissions, visit here. On November 29th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered a new vote for the Amazon workers of Bessemer, Alabama after finding that Amazon employed illegal union-busting methods to… Read More ›
APL Statement on the Rittenhouse Ruling: Enough is Enough
The American Party of Labor, alongside all progressive forces in the United States, condemns the outrageous acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse for the murder of two people and the wounding of another fighting for justice in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The entire nation… Read More ›
Statement of Fraternal Greetings to the Communist Party of Albania
The American Party of Labor sends its deepest and most heart-felt fraternal greetings to the Communist Party of Albania on the occasion of its 16th party congress. The heroic centuries long struggle waged by the Albanian people against foreign domination,… Read More ›
November 2nd Elections Reveal Increasing Distrust in Electoral Solutions
By: Red Nesbitt, Red Phoenix Correspondent Baltimore In the last week, several local elections have been held throughout the country that saw democrats pushed back in Virginia most notably, and in other elections across the country. In Seattle and New… Read More ›
Striketober 2021: Another Chapter in the US Labor Struggle
By: Bobby Gallagher, Red Phoenix Correspondent Ohio Bobby Gallagher is a union organizer and member from Youngstown, Ohio, and member of the American Party of Labor’s Labor Commission. Though the October strikes that garnered national and international media attention were… Read More ›
Primer: The Debt Ceiling, Its History, and Its Consequences If Ignored
Andrew E. is an economics student in Massachusetts, and member of the American Party of Labor. The debt ceiling is, in essence, a limit for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s borrowing agreed upon by the U.S. Congress. Before the… Read More ›
Service Industry Workers in Alabama Struggle Against Pandemic Working Conditions
By: Jay Hyde, Red Phoenix Correspondent Alabama At a time when COVID-19 cases are spiking to alarmingly high levels again, service industry establishments in Alabama are largely pretending that the pandemic is over. Part of the reason for this deception… Read More ›
Working Class Women In Texas Reject Anti-Abortion Law
By: Ian Cox, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas On September 1st the reactionary SB8 bill otherwise known as the “heartbeat law” that was passed by the Texas state congress in May of 2021 finally went into effect. SB8 is one of… Read More ›
Party of Labor of Iran (Toufan): The Strategic Defeat of Western Imperialism in Afghanistan
In our neighbouring country, Afghanistan, great changes are about to take place. These developments are important for us Iranians because they are directly related to the interests and to the future of our country, and we cannot remain indifferent. In… Read More ›