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George Floyd’s Death Reignites Uprising In Hoover, Alabama: First Hand Accounts
By: Jay Hyde, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Alabama As George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the police is igniting uprisings across America, and creating international solidarity and demonstrations in opposition to police violence abroad, protests against the Hoover Police Department… Read More ›
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“A Lot of People Are Going to Die, and It’s Because of Capitalism:” First Hand Accounts from Florida
By Kallista Mirobel As Governor Ron DeSantis prepares to fully reopen the state of Florida in spite of the surging number of cases in the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers across Florida who have already been on the front lines… Read More ›
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The Banner of Black Lives Matter: Summer 2020
Originally published in Evrensel Daily: US student Toivo Asheeke wrote on the ongoing protests: “It was the first time to discuss the financial resources of the police, who emerged as slave hunters.” Toivo ASHEEKE Student at Binghamton University. With protests,… Read More ›
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Expect Nothing: Police Collaboration and the Liberal Left in St. Louis.
Following the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department, militant protests have broken out across the United States around the issue of police brutality against Black people. From California to New York, there have been hundreds of rallies… Read More ›
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ICMLPO: Social Outburst at the Heart of the Imperialist Capitalist System.
Statement of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organization on the uprisings in the United States. In the United States of America there has been a social outburst unprecedented in many years, both because of the extent of the… Read More ›
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Spending a Night in a Freezing, Cramped Cell: A Story from a Huntsville Protester
Editors Note: The following statement was submitted to the Red Phoenix by a protester in Huntsville, AL who was arrested after being attacked by local police there. In it, they describe their experiences in jail, with extortionate bail, and general… Read More ›
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“We Found Strength in Each Other”: Three Workers Tell Their Stories from Orlando
Editor’s note: Three workers from Orlando, Florida submitted the following accounts to the Red Phoenix about their experiences facing unprovoked aggression from the militarized police in the city over the past few days. Find them unfiltered below. For more, please… Read More ›
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Statements of Solidarity from Mexico, Spain, and Ecuador Come In for the US Movement
Below you can find statements of solidarity (in Spanish) from Mexico, Spain, and Ecuador. Mexico Spain Ecuador
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Letter from Huntsville, Alabama: Minutes After Mayor Kneeling Photo-Op, the Police Attacked Us
Editor’s Note: A protest of over a thousand people gathered on Monday in Huntsville, Alabama, after protests over the weekend. On Monday, peaceful protesters were attacked by police with no provocation. This is that story. Submitted by Xiao Long I… Read More ›
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Minnesota Has Risen Up: Fight Across the Country for Community Control of Police!
On May 25th, George Floyd, an aspiring truck driver and current security guard, was murdered by four police officers responding to a “forgery in progress.” The police pinned Floyd on the ground with a knee to his neck for many… Read More ›
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“We Will Put Our Destiny Back Into Our Hands!” Statement on COVID-19 in Russia
The following statement was produced by the International Labor Working Group of Russia The coronavirus pandemic that hit the world in the beginning of 2020 was not taken seriously by the Russian government until the end of March, when the… Read More ›
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Unity and Struggle, Journal of the ICMLPO, #40
Below, you will find the 40th issue of Unity and Struggle, a journal contributed to by members of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations. Click here for the PDF of Issue #40 Hard copies of this issue can… Read More ›
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Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist): “Call for Unity in the Face of the Coronavirus and Economic Crises.”
The situation caused by the coronavirus has openly and starkly exposed all the flaws of the capitalist system and, in particular, of the monarchical regime of the oligarchy. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and deepened an already announced economic crisis…. Read More ›
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Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Ecuador): “The Indigenous and Popular Uprising of October. Its Lessons and the Perspectives for Revolutionary Struggle.”
The country was shaken by the outbreak and development of great struggles of the indigenous peoples and nationalities, of the workers of the city and countryside, the working class and poor peasantry, small merchants, the inhabitants of popular neighborhoods in… Read More ›
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Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Uruguay: “The Defeat of the Frente Amplio is the Failure of Revisionist Dogma.”
At the end of 2019, legislative and presidential elections were held in Uruguay, in which the “progressive” party of the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) contested for the government with a conglomerate of parties composed mainly of the traditional right, which… Read More ›
