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• Conspiracy Theories Continued

  By The Red Phoenix on June 13, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  What Are Conspiracy Theories? Whether you use the internet frequently, attend protests or activist group meetings, or you are just the social type who strikes up conversations with people while waiting in a long line, chances are you’ve met them…. Read More ›

• Review of “The Road to Serfdom”

  By The Red Phoenix on June 10, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Friedrich von Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom is a popular book from the Austrian School of economics. It is the scripture of classical liberalism and the right, much more so than Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. The thesis of… Read More ›

• Role of the Individual in History

  By The Red Phoenix on June 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Because Marxists recognise historical necessity, bourgeois ideologists often accuse them of denying the role of individuals, of great people, of leaders, in history. These accusations are unfounded, for Marxism far from underestimates the role of the individual. Although Marxists maintain… Read More ›

• Statement on Israel’s Attack on an Aid Flotilla

  By The Red Phoenix on June 4, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Recent Events in the Middle East Nine people have been killed after Israeli soldiers stormed a convoy of flotilla ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. The forces of the IDF boarded the largest vessel and clashed with the 500… Read More ›

• Guide For Moral Perspective in a Capitalist Society

  By The Red Phoenix on June 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  The New Red Scare Lately, one cannot help but notice that despite the “end of history” and the total discrediting, debunking, destruction, looting, pillaging and castration of Marxism, anti-communist propaganda is actually on the rise both in the United States… Read More ›

• Detroit Pigs Murder 7-Year-Old Girl

  By The Red Phoenix on May 30, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Aiyana Stanley Jones, age seven, was struck in the head and neck by a cop’s bullet while laying on a couch in her family home. Surprise, surprise, the murdered child just happened to be black. Detroit police raided the Jones… Read More ›

• The BP Oil Spill in the Gulf

  By The Red Phoenix on May 28, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Drill, Baby, Drill? The impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be felt for decades to come. With the spill generating from 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil a day, it now surpasses the Exxon Valdez… Read More ›

• Ex-Prisoners Have Rights Too

  By The Red Phoenix on May 25, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  The Ghetto as Social Control The concrete jungle in America goes by many names—the “inner-city,” the “ghetto” and “hood.” To a few million Americans this is what we call home, and not just Black and Latinos, but whites and Asian… Read More ›

• Housing is a Human Right – More Funding For Public Housing!

  By The Red Phoenix on May 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this week, with the imperialist media caught in a flurry over the sinking of a South Korean warship allegedly by a North Korean submarine, a reactionary stab at the working class is making its way in the halls of… Read More ›

• The Waning of Trade Unions: Labor Law and its Subversion

  By The Red Phoenix on May 19, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Low Union Representation Trade unions have long been one of the only ways that workers have of advocating for themselves within the confines of capitalist production. Yet, in recent years, the number of those workers who are represented in unions… Read More ›

• Review of “Surrogates”

  By The Red Phoenix on May 16, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Basic Plot In a world where people live their lives vicariously by manipulating cyborgs called “surrogates” from the comfort of their own homes, FBI agent Tom Greer (Bruce Willis) is put to the task of tracking down a killer wielding… Read More ›

• Review of “V For Vendetta” (Movie)

  By The Red Phoenix on May 12, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  “Terrorist vs. Freedom Fighter” as a Plot Device The 2005 film version of V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue and produced by the Wachowski Brothers is the most obvious example of the increasing desire for heroic cinematic revolutionaries. Films… Read More ›

• The Day Socialism Saved the World

  By The Red Phoenix on May 9, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  The Soviet Red Army Won World War II When people say the Greatest Generation, they usually refer to the parents of the baby-boomers who fought in Europe during World War II. What we rarely hear is the story of their… Read More ›

• Review: Glenn Beck’s “Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free or Die”

  By The Red Phoenix on May 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Part VI of VI: The Chinese Great Leap Forward Glenn Beck ends his series with an attack on the Chinese Revolution. He claims that the Chinese leader Mao Zedong was the greatest mass murderer of all time, even worse than… Read More ›

• On Petty-Bourgeois Ideology: Social Democracy to Fascism

  By The Red Phoenix on May 4, 2010 • ( 0 )

  What is the Petty-Bourgeoisie & What is their Aim? The petty-bourgeoisie is a sub-stratum of the bourgeoisie class who own their own means of production. They are inherently capitalist, yet they cannot be said to have the same power and… Read More ›

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