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July attack on Park Ave: Individual assassinations won’t liberate us, collective problem solving will
Meyer K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New York– Mass shootings have become such a common fixture in our headlines and newscasts that the grieving process has become exceedingly short, and the national discussion surrounding each individual event is shallow. The July attack on a New York City office building is the third case in…
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Proposed I.C.E. detention facilities in Colorado, a community concern
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In April 2025, documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Colorado revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering six new detention facilities across the state. These facilities, proposed in Colorado Springs,…
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PFLP: Oct. 7 operation was resounding cry in face of Zionist tyranny that brought Palestinian cause back to global consciousness
Statement issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Oct. 7, 2025 | Translated from Arabic– On the second anniversary of the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa, October 7 “They have come, there is no compromise… Glory to the people of resistance.” On the second anniversary of the October 7 operation,…
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The Sumud Flotilla is attacked; general strike in Italy!
Piattaforma Comunista (Communist Platform of Italy) | Oct. 1, 2025 | Translated by Red Phoenix correspondent Mike M.– Out with the government of poverty, war, and shame! Save Gaza – A free and independent Palestine! On the evening of October 1, “Israeli” warships intercepted and attacked the humanitarian mission of the Global Sumud Flotilla, and…
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Goodbye, Assata
Maurice B. | Red Phoenix correspondent | New York– “My life wasn’t beautiful and creative before I became politically active. My life was totally changed when I began to struggle.” On Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the age of 78, Assata Shakur, born as JoAnne Deborah Byron, died in Havana, Cuba. Shakur‘s life was synonymous…
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Trump deploys the National Guard in D.C. – what is his aim?
Sofia D. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Minnesota– Aug. 8 – Trump deployed the National Guard, FBI, DEA, and many other federal agencies to patrol the streets and intimidate the people of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Trump is pursuing two main aims: first, he is trying to stoke fear and thus…
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They will make a graveyard of a nation and call it a casino
R. Nesbitt | Red Phoenix correspondent | Maryland– A media report from the Washington Post has revealed the plans of the Trump Administration and the Israeli government for the aftermath of the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip. The leaked 38-page document proposes the so-called GREAT Trust (Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation), a plan…
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A bright red star has joined the heavens
Comrade Badruddin Umar, leader of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist), and president of the National Liberation Council of Bangladesh, has died. Author of nearly 100 books and articles on political economy, the culture of capitalism, and the problems of revolution, socialism and national liberation in Bangladesh and the Third World; Comrade Umar was a…
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Cancer, capitalism, and corporate farms in Iowa
Juneau W. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Iowa– Iowa is one of the most important centers for agriculture in the United States and, depending on who you ask, the world. However, it is also the state with the second highest cancer rate and has the fastest-growing rate in the country, racing to beat Kentucky for…
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Disaster averted, life-saving asbestos ban upheld
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado The Trump administration’s recent decision to abandon plans to reconsider the Biden-era ban on chrysotile asbestos, the last form of this deadly mineral still used in the United States, is a rare victory for public health and a lifeline for working-class communities. Initially revealed in court documents…
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