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Unions announce historic Twin Cities rent strike demanding eviction moratorium, $50M rent relief
Twin Cities Tenants Union | Minneapolis, MN– Today labor and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul announced a March 1 rent strike drive, calling on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to immediately declare an eviction moratorium and the state legislature to establish a $50 million rent relief fund. Representing more than 25,900 workers, these five…
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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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