New York / The Red Phoenix The most crowded May Day of recent years took place in New York City, USA. The May Day rally, led by coalitions of migrant workers, construction workers of Local 79 and Amazon workers, who… Read More ›
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Beyond Roe: Toward a Working Class Protection of Abortion Rights
By Delilah Ruth Conditions of freedom, health, and happiness have been circling the drain in the United States for a number of years, most recently exacerbated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the news of the Supreme Court’s… Read More ›
APL on Roe V. Wade: Defend Our Communities From Organized Reaction
From the Members and Secretariat of the American Party of Labor Leaked documents have revealed what women’s rights activists have long feared from the Trump-stacked, undemocratic Supreme Court: a draft opinion to repeal Roe V Wade, the 1973 ruling that… Read More ›
The History and Meaning of May Day
By: John Palameda Today is May Day. For the rest of the world, May Day has a rich cultural and political history. Originating in ancient Roman spring festivals, contemporary May Day customs were developed in the 14th and 15th century… Read More ›
What Is the Florida Anti-LGBTQIA+ Bill and How Can We Fight Back?
By: The APL LGBTQIA+ Commission and APL Florida In recent months, an unprecedented amount of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation has appeared across the country in dozens of states. One of the newest attacks has arisen from Florida where HB 1557, more commonly… Read More ›
Texas Government Targets Trans Community, Faces Organized Push Back
From the LGBTQIA+ Commission of the American Party of Labor. Over the course of the last few years the state of Texas has been experiencing a state crisis. This crisis has been intensified in recent years due to the COVID-19… Read More ›
Ohio APL: Racist Proud Boy Attack on Akron Woman Demands Action
“This changes a lot for me, in the sense that I want to get involved now. This happening was time for me to wake the hell up. And I hate that my daughter has to suffer that for me to… Read More ›
Texas Governor Attacks the Safety of Transgender Youth
By: Ian Cox, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas On Febuary 22nd a statement was released by Texas governor Greg Abbot in which he officially directed the Texas State Department of Family and Protective Services to consider and prosecute “so-called sex change… Read More ›
American Party of Labor: We Reject Biden and Putin’s War
“It is the duty of the socialists of every country to wage an unrelenting struggle against the chauvinism and patriotism of their own country (and not only of the enemy).” Vladimir Lenin From the Secretariat of the American Party of… Read More ›
The Failure of Reformism In the Battle for Reproductive Rights
By: June V, Red Phoenix Correspondent California As the upcoming Supreme Court review of Roe v Wade looms nearer, ongoing delays in addressing legal barriers to reproductive healthcare on the state level continue to endanger the well-being of all but… Read More ›
At Youngstown State, Cuts Target Diverse Faculty and Programs
By: Bobby Gallagher, Red Phoenix Correspondent Ohio Bobby Gallagher is a union organizer and member from Youngstown, Ohio. Across the country, there are issues regarding the integrity of our schools and universities. Education in this country remains an imperfect system,… Read More ›
Comrade Roberto Sánchez Has Died
It is with the deepest grief that the Secretariat of the American Party of Labor reports that we received the following communique from our comrades of the Dominican Communist Labor Party: Comrades and friends: With much sadness and pain, we… Read More ›
Imperialist Escalation and Calculations Threaten Working Peoples of Eastern Europe
By: Louie B. Parker, New York The peoples of the region have no interest in the war. The provocateurs of war are imperialists and their collaborator governments, who condemn the people to capitalist exploitation, worsening working conditions, unemployment, poverty and… Read More ›
The Tragic Fire in the Bronx: Who is Responsible?
From a Red Phoenix Contributor in New York City As has been in the news regularly in New York, and probably also in the rest of the country, on Sunday, January 9, a fire in the Bronx killed 17 people,… Read More ›
CTU Attacked By Media Because They Have and Use Worker’s Power
By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois The Chicago Teachers Union, for many years one of the strongest and most active remaining unions in the country, is once again in the crosshairs of the corporate media and moderate democrats led… Read More ›
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