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Ohio residents celebrate victory, but must continue to organize
By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. The Ohio State Constitution presently allows citizen referendums to take place with the assent of at least half (44) of Ohio counties, allows a ten-day period for correcting errors in collecting these signatures, and permits a simple majority in the popular vote to pass any citizen or legislative-initiated…
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Keep your guard up, redouble your work!
Editorial by the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (PCMLE). Published in En Marcha #2060, Aug. 9–11, 2023. Translated for the Red Phoenix by Red Nesbitt. Very few days remain until the finalization of the electoral campaign, and, far from the “odds being settled” there is still much to do for disputing the support of a…
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A remembrance: Why did the USA drop its atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. Foreword: The anniversary of the USA dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) recently passed. The horrific toll on the Japanese working people is still felt today. We should recall that these were dropped when it was quite clear that Japan was defeated and…
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Book review: “Radicals in the Barrio”
By Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. Radicals in the Barrio, originally published in June 2018, and written by Justin Akers Chacón, a labor rights activists and professor of Chicano History at San Diego City College, is a well researched and beautifully written history of labor radicalism within the Mexican-American community that spans from the…
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Wherever APEC goes, the people fight back!
Unity Statement of the Pacific Northwest People Over Profit Coalition. Peoples’ Summit Against APEC, Seattle, Washington, July 29, 2023. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), like other so-called “free trade” institutions like the World Trade Organization, exists to expand private control over more of the economy, and so it represents the interests of the…
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Third meeting of Women of Latin America and the Caribbean
Published in Vanguardia Proletaria, No. 653 from August 1 to 15, 2023. By the central organ of the Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist). The comrades of the Women’s Movement Olga Benario were responsible for hosting, in the facilities of the UB, University of Brasilia, in the fraternal people of Brazil, around a thousand delegates from…
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Workers, migrants, women join forces at Peoples’ Summit to oppose APEC
On the weekend of July 29–30, members of the John Reed Division of the American Party of Labor attended the Peoples’ Summit against APEC in Seattle, WA. The Peoples’ Summit was organized by the Pacific Northwest People Over Profit Coalition, of which the APL is a sponsoring member. The goal of the Summit was to…
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Niger: The French army must leave
No direct or indirect interference from French imperialism Published by the Workers’ Communist Party of France (PCOF), July 31, 2023. Translated by Leonard Zorfass for the Red Phoenix. In Niger, a military coup has overthrown President Bazoum. High-ranking officials from the armed forces, including General Tchiani, head of the Presidential Guard, have suspended the constitution,…
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The Warsaw Uprising, August 1, 1944
By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. On August 1, 1944 — 79 years ago — the Warsaw Uprising was launched in secrecy. It led to a Polish massacre from the Nazi forces. Why had it been called, and why was it launched in secrecy? Only several historical backgrounds allow these questions to be answered satisfactorily.…
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Disability pride, solidarity, justice
July is Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. It is a celebration of people with disabilities, our struggles, our identities and cultures, and our contributions to society. Disabled people make up the largest and most diverse minority, of between 12-26% of the American population (depending…
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