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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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Capitalist interests target climate research center in Colorado
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In Boulder, Colorado, on Dec. 20, 2025, a coalition of working people, scientists, and local officials rallied against the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This move, announced by Russel Vought, Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget,…
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U.S. ditches 66 global bodies to unleash unilateral domination
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In a brazen display of arrogance, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum, directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations (31 UN entities and 35 non-UN groups) effectively abandoning multilateral frameworks on climate, population health, labor, migration, and more. This move strips away even the…
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APL Twin Cities organizes contingent for protests against ICE
Ernst Thälmann Division of the American Party of Labor | Minnesota– From Jan. 23 to Jan. 24, members of the Ernst Thälmann Division of the American Party of Labor attended three events fighting for ICE’s removal from the Twin Cities, and for the abolition of ICE. On the morning of Jan. 23, members of the…
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