Andrew E. is an economics student in Massachusetts, and member of the American Party of Labor. The debt ceiling is, in essence, a limit for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s borrowing agreed upon by the U.S. Congress. Before the… Read More ›
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Service Industry Workers in Alabama Struggle Against Pandemic Working Conditions
By: Jay Hyde, Red Phoenix Correspondent Alabama At a time when COVID-19 cases are spiking to alarmingly high levels again, service industry establishments in Alabama are largely pretending that the pandemic is over. Part of the reason for this deception… Read More ›
Working Class Women In Texas Reject Anti-Abortion Law
By: Ian Cox, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas On September 1st the reactionary SB8 bill otherwise known as the “heartbeat law” that was passed by the Texas state congress in May of 2021 finally went into effect. SB8 is one of… Read More ›
Party of Labor of Iran (Toufan): The Strategic Defeat of Western Imperialism in Afghanistan
In our neighbouring country, Afghanistan, great changes are about to take place. These developments are important for us Iranians because they are directly related to the interests and to the future of our country, and we cannot remain indifferent. In… Read More ›
“An Anger Exists in Southern Working Class Communities”: Discovering Socialist Ideas in the South
Nicholas Kade Edwards is a graduate student from the southern United States. He wrote to the Phoenix about his experiences living in the south, and how he was radicalized across the “red state/blue state” line. In the wake of the… Read More ›
Justice for Heaven and Ava: Baby Dies in Gainesville After Police Refuse to Help Mother in Labor
By: Bryn Taylor, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Florida Note: Heaven is the victim’s preferred name, though other media outlets use Erica. The morning of August 12 2021, baby Ava passed away in her mother Heaven’s arms at a hospital here in… Read More ›
A Working-Class Perspective on the COVID Crisis in Texas
By: Ian Cox, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year Texas has seen a total of 3.22 million confirmed cases with a death toll of over 53,000 as of the beginning of August 2021…. Read More ›
A Healthcare Worker Speaks on Potential Vaccine Mandate
Isabelle B is a healthcare worker in the Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. She wrote to the Phoenix with her thoughts on the need for a vaccine mandate given her experience working in healthcare. The question of vaccine mandates has been hotly contested within healthcare labor unions, with the largest nurses union (NNU) resisting the push to make vaccines contingent to employment while encouraging members to get it, consistent with their view on the flu vaccine. The union, has, however, fought staunchly for mask mandates.
Unionist On Trumka’s Legacy: A Life Lived for the Workers, But More Democratic Unions Needed
By: Mark Han Mark Han is a union organizer in the Pacific Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. With the unexpected passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the American Party of Labor joins the American Labor Movement… Read More ›
Final Declaration of the XXV International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America
The following statement was composed at the 25th International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America. The American Party of Labor signed this declaration, and The Red Phoenix carried extensive coverage of the presentations on our twitter…. Read More ›
APL Presentation at the 25th SIPRAL: The United States—An Empire in Crisis
The Secretariat of the American Party of Labor prepared the following presentation that was given in Spanish by Spokesperson Alfonso Casal at the 25th International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America held by the ICMLPO in… Read More ›
Members of the APL: What a Revolutionary Pride Means to Us
We asked members of the American Party of Labor from across the country to tell us what pride means to them, as Marxist-Leninists in the heart of US imperialism. We give their answers here, without revision. June F, California For… Read More ›
A Socialist Autopsy on Biden’s First Hundred Days
By: Evan Nesbitt The first 100 days have shown us what a Biden presidency will look like—abandoned promises, and the continuing separation of American political life from the desires of working people. The first 100 days of an American president’s… Read More ›
PCOF — On the 150th Anniversary, Let Us Follow in the Footsteps of the Communards
150 years ago, the Communards “stormed heaven,” as beautifully penned by Marx, an event indelibly etched in the collective memory of the international workers’ movement. In his book The Civil War in France, Marx drew lessons from this first socialist… Read More ›
Israeli War Crimes, Not “Tension,” On the Rise in Palestine
By: Jack Thallman, Red Phoenix Correspondent, New Jersey Like all incidents of large-scale violence within the borders of Israel and Palestine, these hostilities are the result of the systematic ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. The violence in Palestine continues… Read More ›
