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Striking workers shut down 21 ports in solidarity with Palestine
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Dockworkers across the Mediterranean launched a coordinated strike on Feb. 6 to block arms transfers to Israel in protest against the increasing militarization of port infrastructure. Thousands of workers have united to demand an end to port militarization and a full arms embargo against the rogue apartheid…
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“100 cops executed my neighbor”
Anonymous Red Phoenix correspondent | Portland, OR– On the morning of Feb. 5, Portland Police Bureau and federal agents killed a man named Erik D. Sherrer, who was wanted for a previous incident at a nearby grocery store. Over 100 officers from both the Portland Police and Federal Government descended on a low-income housing complex…
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1933: A fateful year in the working-class movement of Puerto Rico
Pava | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida– The experience of Puerto Rican resistance to American imperialism serves as an immensely inspiring example to oppressed peoples in the U.S. and around the world in their struggle for a truly democratic, socialist society. One of the most important series of events in this history of resistance were the…
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Twin Cities Tenants Union launches with eviction moratorium campaign
Sofia D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Minnesota– Jan. 30 – multiple tenant unions and tenant organizers in the Twin Cities announced on Friday the launch of the Twin Cities Tenants Union, uniting the efforts of Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia, South Minneapolis Tenant’s Union, The Housing Justice Organizing Committee of the East Side Freedom Library,…
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Indigenous resistance to ICE, a new front in an old war
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– According to Oglala Lakota president Frank Star Comes Out, four Lakota Sioux people were abducted by ICE agents in Minneapolis last month. According to the tribe, one of its citizens was released while the others are reportedly being held at a federal facility in Fort Snelling, the…
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El Lector: Struggle for a worker’s voice in Florida cigar factories
Leon Valentine | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida– Anyone who is familiar with Tampa, FL, has most likely heard of its accompanying Ybor City. Today Ybor is a hub of entertainment with blocks filled with bars, clubs, and cigar lounges, but just over a century ago it was home to revolutionary struggles. Before Ybor became…
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Venezuela’s Cilia Flores, ‘First Combatant’ of the Bolivarian Republic
Ilektra M. | Red Phoenix Correspondent | Oregon– In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2026, the United States carried out a large-scale military incursion into the territory of the sovereign nation of Venezuela. Over 100 USAF planes conducted bombing runs in several locations throughout the country, most notably in the capital city of…
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Democratic Party reinforces oppressive status quo
Juneau W. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Iowa– The Republican Party has been ramping up its attacks on the working class, covering their tracks with scandals and the persecution of the most marginalized workers. As these attacks escalate, where is the other party? The Democrats sit on the sidelines, some waving their fists silently while…
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Becca Good: ‘Renee always showed up’
MPR News | Feb. 7, 2026— Becca Good released a statement Saturday, one month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis: “Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other. For that, I want to say thank you. Thank…
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Daycare funding freeze is racist attack on Somali communities
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– A video created recently by an “independent journalist,” who is nothing more than a blatant propagandist of the Trump regime, has garnered the attention of the country. This video should be seen as nothing more than racist propaganda pushed by the Trump regime to allow the continuation…
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