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• What’s that smell? Louisville’s “Rubbertown” continues to pollute community

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 27, 2023

  

  M. A. Booth / Kentucky. For decades, “Rubbertown” in Louisville, Kentucky, has been a major source of concern for residents of the city. Despite the local government and corporations telling us that the level of Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) in… Read More ›

• No To APEC Unity Statement

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 25, 2023

  

  No To APEC Steering Committee At the close of our People’s Counter Summit Against APEC, we issued a unity statement to summarize the positions of the No To APEC Coalition during our 2023 campaign culminating in the 800+ person Counter… Read More ›

• Two-state solution no longer practical in Palestine

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 25, 2023

  

  By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. Since Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Flood commenced on Oct. 7, Israel has escalated the continuous genocidal war against Palestinians. Many of the facts of this genocide are already well known, but let us review… Read More ›

• Union-led Amazon strike expands to Baltimore warehouses

  By Victor Vaughn on November 21, 2023

  

  By Victor Vaughn, Red Phoenix correspondent, Maryland. Striking Amazon workers led by members of the Teamsters union picketed two Amazon warehouses in Baltimore (BWI2 and BWI5) on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 8, joining the nationwide protest initiated by unionized… Read More ›

• Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023: Up with Liberation

  By Ian Ocx on November 20, 2023

  

  By Ian Ocx, LGBTQIA+ Commissioner of the American Party of Labor. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day that all of us in the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies use to bring attention to the previous and ongoing struggles… Read More ›

• Communist Palestinian citizen of Israel arrested for organizing protest

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 16, 2023

  

  By Artyom S., Red Phoenix correspondent, Maryland. On the morning of November 9, 2023, leading member of the Israeli Communist Party (Maki), former leader of Hadash, and chairman of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, Mohammad Barakeh,… Read More ›

• The forces that nearly murdered me are meeting in San Francisco today

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 15, 2023

  

  I was almost killed by Philippine troops upholding the global economic order on display at this week’s APEC Summit. Brandon Lee via The Nation Today, I will come face to face with the forces who nearly killed me. In 2019,… Read More ›

• Economic growth, a double-edged sword

  By L.Zorfass on November 15, 2023

  

  By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. Without a curtain to hide behind, or significant opposition to fear, the capitalist system finds itself grappling with soaring inflation even as the economy experiences relentless growth — including the job market,… Read More ›

• Christian fundamentalist becomes Speaker of the House

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 9, 2023

  

  By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. After nearly a month of infighting, the Republicans in the House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker, diehard Christian fundamentalist Mike Johnson. The fiasco surrounding the election of this individual represents not… Read More ›

• “Victims of Communism Day” attempting to co-opt October Revolution anniversary

  By Allison P. on November 7, 2023

  

  By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. November 7 marks another silly holiday for American students: National Victims of Communism Day. On this day, students from a number of states (including Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Idaho, and Utah) will… Read More ›

• On Palestine, the Palestine Liberation Movement, and USA Imperialism: A Marxist-Leninist View

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 6, 2023

  

  In response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack prompting the wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. Introduction The history of the Palestinian liberation movement is very convoluted and long. Furthermore the many… Read More ›

• Big 3 buckled as stand-up strike spread

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 1, 2023

  

  By Dan DiMaggio, via Labor Notes. All three dominoes fell in a few days. The Auto Workers (UAW) now have agreements with each of the Big 3 automakers. The new contracts are a sharp about-face from decades of concessions. The… Read More ›

• Suleiman, Communist in Israeli Parliament: “We must stop this crazy war!”

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 31, 2023

  

  Aida Touma-Suleiman, a member of the Israeli Parliament since 2015 and also a member of the Israeli Communist Party, spoke to Evrensel: “We want to stop the war immediately.” By Ekim Kılıç, Evrensel correspondent, Turkey. Translated to English for the… Read More ›

• Carlos Alvarado Santana, presente!

  By Alfonso Casal on October 25, 2023

  

  Comrade Carlos Alvarado Santana has died. Comrade Carlos was a member of the Political Bureau of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (PCMLE) and First Secretary of the PCMLE’s Guayas Provincial Committee. Comrade Carlos is survived by his children and… Read More ›

• Illinois landlord kills 6-year-old Palestinian-American child, Islamophobia on the rise

  By V. Valentino on October 23, 2023

  

  By V. Valentino, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. A landlord in Illinois, Joseph Czuba, 71, killed a 6-year old Palestinian-American child, Wadea Al-Fayoume, in what is being charged as a hate crime. Just as in the aftermath of September 11, 2001,… Read More ›

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