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73 years after first national ban of lobotomies, patient wellness still not priority
Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. Jan. 17, 1947 — The first transorbital prefrontal lobotomy is performed. Dec. 10, 1949 — António Egas Moniz is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for introducing the infamous frontal lobotomy for refractory cases of psychosis. Dec. 9, 1950 — Less than one year later, the USSR becomes…
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Solidarity with the Palestinian people!
After the operation Al Aqsa Flood launched on Oct. 7 by different groups of Palestinian resistance, the Zionist state of Israel leaded by the fascist government of Netanyahu started a terroristic bombing on Gaza Strip and West Bank with its powerful military forces killing about 15 thousand Palestinians, two-third of which are children and women.…
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Fascist Governor arrests Unidade Popular president in São Paulo for fighting water privatization
Editor’s note: The dealings of corporate overlords to privatize the water utilities of São Paulo are atrocious. We are proud of our Brazilian comrades in Unidade Popular pelo Socialismo for standing up against this crime against the people. It is unacceptable that four UP protestors were brutalized and arrested by police for their action of…
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Framing Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: Mexico’s greatest revolutionary painters ride again in new opera
Ed Rampell / Red Phoenix guest contributor. If ever there was an operatic couple absolutely ideal for immortalization in the musical medium of maestros Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Wagner, and company, it’s Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. They are indelibly iconic as Mexico’s premiere artists, communists and legendary lovers. Their romance and marriages were marked by…
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All monopolies and the imperialists are the enemies of the peoples
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (CIPOML) The bloody conflicts all over the world re-emphasize every day the importance and urgency of raising the flags of struggle against imperialism. The working class and peoples of the world must shoulder this struggle, because the imperialists are directly attacking the working class and peoples in order…
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Frustrations with neoliberalism leading to growth of far-right in Netherlands
Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. On Nov. 22, the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) won the plurality of the vote in the Dutch election. This was not an inevitable result of history, but the result of deliberate acts by previous liberal governments to put profits above people. The PVV is expected to take…
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World Disability Day: The fight for equal rights is not over!
Each year on Dec. 3, the countless struggles and adverse conditions of disabled people are brought to light by observing World Disability Day. (Formally, the “United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities.”) The disabled make up the largest and most diverse of any minority. It is also the only minority population which any person…
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The death of war criminal Kissinger: Give the devil his due
R. Nesbitt, Red Phoenix guest contributor, Maryland. On Nov. 29, former Secretary of State of the United States, Henry Kissinger passed away in his home in Connecticut at the age of 100. News of his demise has elicited repudiation of his legacy and cultural standing, not least from those peoples who suffered the most under…
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“Red Cup Rebellion” nationwide solidarity actions in support of Starbucks workers
Victor Vaughn, Red Phoenix corespondent, Maryland. Starbucks workers nationwide organized strikes and customer solidarity actions against the company’s unfair labor practices on its busiest sales day, Red Cup Day, Nov. 16. Following a year-long struggle, over 360 Starbucks stores with more than 8,500 workers have voted to unionize, seeking a voice in workplace decisions concerning…
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What’s that smell? Louisville’s “Rubbertown” continues to pollute community
M. A. Booth / Kentucky. For decades, “Rubbertown” in Louisville, Kentucky, has been a major source of concern for residents of the city. Despite the local government and corporations telling us that the level of Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) in the area has dropped by 80% since 2005, the noxious odors can still be smelt…
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