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Comrade Roberto Sánchez Has Died
It is with the deepest grief that the Secretariat of the American Party of Labor reports that we received the following communique from our comrades of the Dominican Communist Labor Party: Comrades and friends: With much sadness and pain, we inform you that Comrade Roberto Sánchez, a member of the Central Committee of our Communist…
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Imperialist Escalation and Calculations Threaten Working Peoples of Eastern Europe
By: Louie B. Parker, New York The peoples of the region have no interest in the war. The provocateurs of war are imperialists and their collaborator governments, who condemn the people to capitalist exploitation, worsening working conditions, unemployment, poverty and a precarious future. The working people of Eastern Europe and Eurasia are being dragged into…
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The Tragic Fire in the Bronx: Who is Responsible?
From a Red Phoenix Contributor in New York City As has been in the news regularly in New York, and probably also in the rest of the country, on Sunday, January 9, a fire in the Bronx killed 17 people, including 8 children. The majority of those killed, as well as others who are still…
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CTU Attacked By Media Because They Have and Use Worker’s Power
By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois The Chicago Teachers Union, for many years one of the strongest and most active remaining unions in the country, is once again in the crosshairs of the corporate media and moderate democrats led by Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot. This week, the CTU voted to continue working remotely while…
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Illinois Hospitals, and Health Care Workers, Strain Under Omicron
By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois With the recent surge of the omicron variant, hospitals in every part of the US are reaching and surpassing capacity levels. Across the country, about 75% of all intensive care unit beds are in use, with only four states below 70% capacity. About 30% of those beds are…
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APL on 2021: With Paralysis at the Top, Working Class Movements Rising to the Task
The American Party of Labor wishes a happy end of the year to all working class and oppressed people in the United States and around the world, and a happy celebration of all religious and secular holidays marked at this time of year. At the end of this tumultuous year of struggle, we bring attention…
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Midwestern Tornadoes Stress Need for Workers Power, Ecological Action
By: The APL Labor Commission. To join our commissions, visit bit.ly/JoinTheAPL From December 10th to the 11th, a large tornado storm swept across the five states of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois. The storm claimed the lives of 88 people, counting only those known at this time. In the state of Kentucky alone, there…
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On The Rittenhouse and Arbery Verdicts: Our Despair Will Be Ended Only By the Broadest Unity of the People
By: Louie B. Parker, New York, New York, December 14th No matter what characterizes the Jan. 6th events, it was clear that the Jan. 6 will be utilized as a platform for more attacks on socialist, anarchist and progressive activists, oppressed nationalities, women, LGBTQ+ communities, and the working class in general. It has reached the…
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Gender, Gender Roles, and the Unity of the Working Class
By: The APL LGBTQIA+ Commission. To join our organizing commissions, click here. “Marxist-Leninists are not conservatives. On the contrary, they are the most progressive of people. Resolute fighters against all that is backward and outdated.” -Enver Hoxha There is an absence of principled, Marxist-Leninist analysis on gender, gender norms and sex in the present discourse,…
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APL Labor Commission: An Authentic Labor Movement Cannot Be Busted by Corporations
From the APL Labor Commission. To join our commissions, visit here. On November 29th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered a new vote for the Amazon workers of Bessemer, Alabama after finding that Amazon employed illegal union-busting methods to successfully undermine the union drive. From 2016 to 2017, 41.5% of union drives collapsed under…
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