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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 ›
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The earthquakes in Turkey: A fundamental fracture – “Where is the state?”
By the Labour Party (EMEP) — Turkey. On February 6, two successive earthquakes, of 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude, occurred in the south-eastern city of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, affecting a large area and turning many cities, towns and villages into rubble. In… Read More ›
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“The City of Bridges” in disrepair at the expense of the working class
By Ryan P., Red Phoenix correspondent, Pennsylvania. In the east end of Pittsburgh, the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed on January 28, 2022, just before 7:00 a.m. Ten people were injured, four severely so. This would have been completely brushed under… Read More ›
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Militarization in Mexico, part of fascistization and fascism
By the Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist). Translated from Spanish. In recent years, Mexico has experienced a process of militarization unprecedented in its recent history. The federal government has increasingly turned to the armed forces to combat organized crime and… Read More ›
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And a white hood on every corner
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. As protests against police brutality continue across the United States, it is important to understand the underlying systemic issues that have allowed for such atrocities to occur. One of the key factors… Read More ›
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To defend democratic freedoms is to punish the coup plotters of yesterday and today
By Heron Barroso, Editorial Board of A Verdade, as published in #266, March 2023. Translated from Portuguese. For four long years, the Brazilian people ate the bread that the devil kneaded in the hand of the fascist Jair Bolsonaro. All… Read More ›
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Nashville and the need for revolutionary change in the United States
By the LGBTQIA+ Commission of the American Party of Labor. On the morning of March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee, an armed individual named Aiden Hale forcibly entered The Covenant School and proceeded to murder three children and three staff… Read More ›
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“The Trotskyist World Movement”
By Klaus Riis, Workers Communist Party (APK), Denmark. Translated from Danish. In the current situation, with the national and international class struggle sharpening, the political and ideological class struggle sharpens as well. In our country we see not only the… Read More ›
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Is Cuba a dictatorship? A look at the Cuban electoral system
By Savio Peres, Pinar del Río, Cuba.Published in A Verdade #267, March 2023. One of the countries that fascists and liberals attack most in Latin America is Cuba. They shout that Cuba is a dictatorship and that the Castro family… Read More ›
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Starbucks worker: “I was fired four days ago for being a union organizer”
By Isabelle B, 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 States…. Read More ›
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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 ›
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Changes in forms of imperialism over stages of capitalist development
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. 1. Introduction As Engels noted: “Everything moves, changes, comes into being and passes away.” Imperialism has changed in form over the years. For example, the form may vary by the relative positions of… Read More ›
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L.A. workers: “Our interest is with all workers of all nations”
By June Vass, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. Last week at Los Angeles City Hall, anti-capitalist workers gathered to demand an end to U.S. involvement in the proxy war in Ukraine and a complete dissolution of NATO in the name of… Read More ›
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“The wanton cruelty is the point” of Florida 6-week abortion ban
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. The Florida Legislature began its annual session on March 7, and with it came the introduction of new measures by that body’s overwhelming right-wing majority to achieve their long sought goal of… Read More ›
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The rise of the extreme right in Italy and the struggle of the working class
By the Communist Platform – for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of Italy. Translated from Italian. The crisis of the Draghi government On July 21, 2022, Mario Draghi, a representative of the financial oligarchy, presented his resignation as leader… Read More ›
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May 1 Manifesto: Let’s unite the struggles for wages to the fight for social revolution
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Nashville and the need for revolutionary change in the United States
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