All over the country, you hear people say how well the economy is doing, Republicans brag about it, Democrats can’t deny it, and it’s repeated by every corporate news talking head. Yet, the boom of the economy moves parallel to… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Statement of the American Party of Labor on the Vth Congress of the Revolutionary Peoples Front of Mexico
The American Party of Labor sends its warmest and most enthusiastic congratulations to our comrades of the Revolutionary Peoples Front (Frente Revolucionario Popular – FPR) of Mexico on the successful completion of their Vth Congress in Oaxaca this weekend. The… Read More ›
#CountMeIn: Persistent New York Workers’ Struggle Continues To Fight
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 ›
Mistreatment of Workers in the Rideshare Industry, a Story from 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 most potentially dangerous. Only weeks into her… Read More ›
Interview: Ernesto A. on the Alienation of Disability
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.
“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 ›
Revolutionary Communist Party (Brazil): “Karl Marx and the Importance of the Construction of the Communist Party.”
Translation by Red Phoenix staff Innumerable are Karl Marx’s contributions to humanity. Frederick Engels, his companion and inseparable friend in the joys and sufferings of life, affirmed, in his funeral speech that Marx was the greatest genius in history in… 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 ›
Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan): “We Will Neither Forgive Nor Forget!”
On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in the summer and August-September of 1988. This year marks 30th anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in Iran. In the summer and August-September of 1988,… Read More ›
Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party: “The Thought of Karl Marx Remains Young and Immortal.”
Translated by Red Phoenix staff. The international Marxist-Leninist movement, the proletariat and the peoples of the world, celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx, founder of scientific communism, great educator and guide of the world proletariat, inspirer and… 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 ›
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 ›