July is Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. It is a celebration of people with disabilities, our struggles, our identities and cultures, and our contributions to society. Disabled people make… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Peru: Notes on the National Strike of July 2023
Statement of the Peruvian Communist Party (M-L). Since December 7, 2022, a civilian-military dictatorship has been established that has been nothing more than a temporary agreement between the two factions of the bourgeoisie that have been in conflict for years:… Read More ›
On the recent Supreme Court rulings
By Keegan D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. Every year liberal bourgeois think tanks and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) release reports that claim to rank and determine the levels of democracy within countries around the globe. Somehow the US ranks near the… Read More ›
Class struggle and identity politics: Strategy and tactics
By J. P. Galindo, Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist). English translation provided by Camilo Lazo for The Red Phoenix. One of the titanic tasks that Marx and Engels faced on their way to building a new materialist philosophy was to… Read More ›
East Phillips Neighborhood Institute struggles for concessions
By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. In 2023, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) in Minneapolis will purchase the Roof Depot, a vacant lot named by its most recent corporate inhabitant. EPNI is run by activists as a 501(c)(3)… Read More ›
U.S. Supreme Court undermines power of organized labor
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. According to a recent Supreme Court ruling released on Thursday, June 1, 2023, companies are now granted the ability to sue unions for damages resulting from strikes. Damages resulting from strikes very… Read More ›
Indigenous people of Sumatra protest P&G deforestation at Ohio May Day
By Robin H., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. On May Day, activists with the Rainforest Action Network, The Blackbird Collective, and Study Group for the People’s Initiative Development (KSPPM), and representatives from the Pargamanan-Bintang Maria community of Sumatra, Indonesia, marched in… Read More ›
Paddy Whalen: Tribune of the People
By the Maryland Division of the American Party of Labor. The American Party of Labor is proud to announce the foundation of a Maryland state Division, headquartered in the Baltimore metropolitan area. After a period of deliberation, the Maryland comrades… Read More ›
The illusion of upward mobility in higher education
By Amos Dewy, Red Phoenix correspondent, Georgia. Higher education has long been considered the pathway to upward mobility and class advancement in the United States. Of course, this is a lie perpetuated by the bourgeoisie. Recent research from the journal… Read More ›
France: A powerful social movement against the pension reform
By the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Workers of France, April 2023. Since January, a powerful workers’ and popular movement of strikes and demonstrations has shaken our country. The 10th day of mobilization took place on Tuesday,… Read More ›
Dutch residents stand against cuts to public transit
By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. The tactics of the bourgeoisie are virtually universal regardless of country: privatization, cost cutting, reducing wages, and strikebreaking. In the Netherlands there have been strikes among public transport workers in recent months over… Read More ›
Starbucks worker: “I was fired four days ago for being a union organizer”
Isabelle Bernardi | 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… Read More ›
Let’s fight for the unity of the working class of Iran!
By the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) Class governments and capitalists are afraid of workers’ strikes. We saw an example of this during the revolution of 1979 in Iran. We saw the changes that were created by the potential… Read More ›
City of Portland workers on strike
Isabelle Bernardi | 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,… 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 ›