by DAILY MAIL REPORTER Two bakery workers died in agony after bosses sent them into a giant oven to carry out repairs on the cheap, a court heard yesterday. The machine should have been allowed to cool for 12 hours,… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Debunking William S. Lind & “Cultural Marxism”
What is “Cultural Marxism?” Anyone who has spent considerable time participating in political discussions is bound to run across the term “Cultural Marxism” at one time or another. It is a term typically used by the most extreme elements on… Read More ›
Schools Nationwide Cutting Down to 4 Days a Week, Because Wealthy Refuse to Pay Fair Share
The GOP’s anti-tax attitude and budget cuts mean some states are closing schools on Fridays, leaving parents, workers and students in the lurch. I doubt there’s any student in the world who would object to having Fridays off. But when… Read More ›
Ex-Executives Dispute Testimony of Murdoch Son
By JO BECKER and DON VAN NATTA LONDON — Two former News International executives publicly contradicted James Murdoch’s testimony to a parliamentary committee, saying Thursday that they told him of evidence in 2008 that suggested that phone hacking at one… Read More ›
On the Vanguard Party
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Vanguard? Spend any significant amount of time reading leftist literature, and you’re bound to encounter the term “vanguardist” thrown about. It is usually wielded by anarchists, though they are certainly not alone when it… Read More ›
Striking Verizon Workers to Lose Medical Benefits
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Tens of thousands of striking workers from Verizon Communications will lose their medical benefits if they’re still picketing at the end of the month, the telephone service provider said Wednesday. “I can confirm that the 45,000… Read More ›
Honduras resistance launches political party as repression continues
By Felipe Stuart Cournoyer and John Riddell. A National Assembly of the Resistance, uniting more than 1,500 delegates from across Honduras, voted June 26 to launch a new political party, the Frente Amplio de Resistencia Popular (Broad Front of Popular… Read More ›
Pacifism: How to Do The Enemy’s Job For Them
“As an ex-Indian civil servant, it always makes me shout with laughter to hear, for instance, Gandhi named as an example of the success of non-violence. As long as twenty years ago it was cynically admitted in Anglo-Indian circles that… Read More ›
Florida Teen Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana
Eric Perez died after suffering all night long, screaming and throwing up. An 18-year-old Florida man has died after suffering a medical emergency while in jail on a marijuana charge. Records show that Superintendent Anthony Flowers of the Palm Beach… Read More ›
45,000 Verizon Workers Go On Strike
45,000 Walk Out After Negotiations Fail NEW YORK — Forty-five thousand unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike Sunday after negotiations with the telecommunications company over a new labor contract fizzled. The contract expired… Read More ›
Israel Protests: 270,000 Demonstrate Against Rising Cost Of Living
JERUSALEM — At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country’s major cities Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight – and proving… Read More ›
BP executives may face jail for manslaughter over Gulf disaster
Managers of BP could face manslaughter charges when prosecutors in the United States finally conclude their criminal investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last April that killed 11 rig workers and triggered the worst oil… Read More ›
Review of Sun Rise Above’s “Every Day I Wake Up On the Wrong Side of Capitalism”
Self-described Hiphopraganda-ist Sun Rise Above is one of the more distinguished left-wing artists gaining ascendancy in the underground scene. His new album Every Day I Wake Up On the Wrong Side of Capitalism (2011) gives a clear picture of what… Read More ›
A People’s History of the Egyptian Revolution
By Rami El-Amine and Mostafa Henaway No matter how it unfolds, the Egyptian revolution will go down in the history books as a defining moment in the 21st century. Millions of Egyptians brought down one of the world’s most repressive… Read More ›
Rape Cop Reactions: Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata Got Off, But Won’t Be Forgotten
We watched the rape trial of NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata with our eyes half-covered, anticipating ugliness. And indeed it was icky, with slut-shaming and anything else to undermine the accuser. Yesterday came the verdict — not guilty… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 