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180,000 UPS part-timers left out of Teamsters’ deal
Biden pressured Teamsters to settle early By Mike Elk for Payday Report, July 25, 2023. Earlier today, the Teamsters announced they had reached a “historic” tentative agreement. The Teamsters have not released the legal language contract, but only a few highlights. “We changed the game,” tweeted the Teamsters. “Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement…
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Vilnius: A summit of war and rearmament
By Communist Platform of the Proletariat of Italy, Scintilla #135, July/August 2023. The annual summit of NATO took place on July 11 and 12, 2023 in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, practically on the borders of the Russian Federation — a clear sign of the escalation of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. During the summit…
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EU supports dictator in Tunisia financially in the fight against refugees
A declaration by the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO). In mid-July, the European Union (EU) reached an agreement with Tunisian dictator President Kais Saied under which the Tunisian government will help keep refugees out of the EU. The Tunisian government is to receive around 1 billion euros in return, if it will…
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Peru: Notes on the National Strike of July 2023
Statement of the Peruvian Communist Party (M-L). Since December 7, 2022, a civilian-military dictatorship has been established that has been nothing more than a temporary agreement between the two factions of the bourgeoisie that have been in conflict for years: the big financial bourgeoisie and the middle bourgeoisie. They decided together to form an alliance…
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“National police, militia of capital” — Success of rallies, demonstrations in France
Published by the Workers’ Communist Party of France (PCOF), July 9, 2023. Paris: success of the rally and demonstration of July 8 at the Place de la Republique The rally and demonstration in support of “Truth and Justice for Adama” committee brought together some 2,000 people. The 95th police prefect had forbidden the march of…
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Hollywood shuts down, actors join writers on strike
By V. Valentino, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. In what can be seen as an act of camaraderie, members of the Screen Actors Guild will join striking Writers Guild of America members on picket lines throughout Los Angeles and across the country. The last time both the writers’ and actors’ unions were on strike simultaneously was…
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The electricity market and the lie of “green” capital
By S. Argun, Red Phoenix correspondent, Seattle. The critical transition to renewable energy sources has been set up to fail by the economic restructuring of the electricity sector, which prioritizes market profits over anything else. The plummeting costs and rising profits of renewable sources have led much of the media to believe that the long…
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The anti-Marxist nature of Queer-Antagonistic Revisionism
Ian Ocx and R. Nesbitt | LGBTQIA+ Commission of the American Party of Labor — Introduction In his report to the Eighth Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania, comrade Enver Hoxha stated, “The Marxist-Leninists are not conservative and fanatical, as the revisionists and the bourgeois charge. On the contrary, they are the most…
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In defense of Foster from the slander of “Settlers”
By Leon V., Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Published in the 1980’s, J. Sakai’s Settlers has enjoyed a cult following among portions of American revisionists. Sakai pulls no punches in attacking everything he considers an aspect of “settler-colonialism,” some of which are worthy of criticism and others which are nothing but boldly inaccurate. Sakai’s conception and…
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PCOF: No to police violence and impunity!
Published by the Workers’ Communist Party of France (PCOF), June 27, 2023. Once again, a youth has been killed by a police officer “for refusing to comply.” This happened in Nanterre on the morning of June 27 and the scene was filmed. It is circulating widely and invalidates the version that he was endangering police…
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