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EMEP’s election statement: United people’s struggle will overthrow the one-man regime
Labour Party of Turkey (EMEP) made a statement on the presidential and parliamentary elections held on 14 May. EMEP called on all laborers to mobilize to overthrow the one-man regime in the second round. “Despite the ruling party’s use of state facilities and resources to implement all kinds of restrictions, provocations, censorship and threats against…
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Palestine bleeds and the world watches
On May 9, 2023, the Israeli Defense Force conducted a two-hour aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to attacks by Hamas after a political prisoner, Khader Adnan, passed away from a hunger strike. Although there had been a fragile, week-long ceasefire from the exchanges of fusillades, this accord did not stop a brutal,…
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The continued danger and tragedy of America’s gun violence
On Saturday May 6, 2023 a self-described neo-Nazi named Mauricio Garcia (33, he/him), who was wearing a vest with the abbreviation R.W.D.S. (“Right Wing Death Squad”) arrived at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, just outside of Dallas, and proceeded to brutally murder eight people with his AR-15 assault rifle. His victims, whom Garcia killed…
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Supporters of Palestine will gather worldwide this weekend
A press release from Samidoun (Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network). Editor’s note: This press release was written for New York City. Please visit the global event calendar to find an action near you. Supporters of Palestine from across the New York City area will gather in the Palestinian-American community of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn for a Palestine…
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On homosexuality in the USSR
By Alfonso Casal, National Chair of the American Party of Labor. The fact that homosexuality was criminally sanctioned under Soviet law is something that is often thrown in the face of communists in general, and used to “discredit” Comrade Stalin in particular. Indeed, “Stalin hated gays” is something I’ve seen posted online numerous times by…
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Artificial intelligence, art, capitalist contradictions
By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. What is the Marxist-Leninist perspective on Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated art? Firstly what is art? Bourgeois academics and artists alike tell us that art is beauty, truth, something which captures an idea, something that represents skill, hard work, something valuable that should be paid for. And what is…
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Indigenous people of Sumatra protest P&G deforestation at Ohio May Day
By Robin H., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. On May Day, activists with the Rainforest Action Network, The Blackbird Collective, and Study Group for the People’s Initiative Development (KSPPM), and representatives from the Pargamanan-Bintang Maria community of Sumatra, Indonesia, marched in Cincinnati to protest against Procter & Gamble for going against their word and continuing to…
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Sex education overhaul endangers Florida youth and public health
By the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor. The Florida House and Senate have passed HB 1069—a bill to overhaul sex education in schools—amidst a nationwide wave of legislation targeting reproductive rights and the LGBTQIA+ community. Florida has been leading the charge on this front, passing several regressive bills with the endorsement of…
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On women’s rights and abortion in the USSR
By Alfonso Casal, National Chair of the American Party of Labor. The status of women under socialism: (Constitution of the U.S.S.R., Article 122.)Commentary by J. Stalin. “Women in the U.S.S.R. are accorded equal rights with men in all spheres of economic, government, cultural, political and other public activity. The possibility of exercising these rights is…
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Kent State Massacre: If you dare to struggle, you dare to win
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of student demonstrators who were on strike against President Richard Nixon’s announcement to expand the Vietnam War into Cambodia. The Kent State University students in Ohio had assembled a protest on university grounds of some 2,000 people, and the National Guard attempted to…
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