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APL: Afghanistan and the Task of Working Class Activists in the United States
“Communist” Forces Take Sides Against the Working Class While Imperialists Continue Their Work The radical liberalism of the Western “Left” which has dominated the organizational drive of radical politics over the past 60 years continues to show it’s disgusting, selfish, and utterly liberal persona in the face of the tragedy of the return of theological…
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ICMLPO: What Is Happening in Afghanistan Proves Once Again That the Imperialists Cannot Be Trusted
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AFGHANISTAN PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT THE IMPERIALISTS CANNOT BE TRUSTED! Dramatic events are taking place in Afghanistan for the workers and people. The Taliban have militarily occupied the country, including Kabul, its capital. The puppet government supported by the US and the imperialist countries of Western Europe fled quickly and shamefully. In reality, it was the North Americans themselves who…
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Justice for Heaven and Ava: Baby Dies in Gainesville After Police Refuse to Help Mother in Labor
By: Andrea Johnson, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Florida Note: Heaven is the victim’s preferred name, though other media outlets use Erica. The morning of August 12 2021, baby Ava passed away in her mother Heaven’s arms at a hospital here in Gainesville, FL. Heaven was picked up for a traffic infraction the evening before and forced…
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A Working-Class Perspective on the COVID Crisis in Texas
By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix Correspondent Texas Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year Texas has seen a total of 3.22 million confirmed cases with a death toll of over 53,000 as of the beginning of August 2021. Texas Governor Gregg Abbott has made the news a lot in the past several months…
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A Healthcare Worker Speaks on Potential Vaccine Mandate
Isabelle B is a healthcare worker in the Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. She wrote to the Phoenix with her thoughts on the need for a vaccine mandate given her experience working in healthcare. The question of vaccine mandates has been hotly contested within healthcare labor unions, with the largest nurses…
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Unionist On Trumka’s Legacy: A Life Lived for the Workers, But More Democratic Unions Needed
By: Mark Han Mark Han is a union organizer in the Pacific Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. With the unexpected passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the American Party of Labor joins the American Labor Movement in reflecting on Trumka’s legacy. As a longstanding and influential president of the AFL-CIO, it…
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Final Declaration of the XXV International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America
The following statement was composed at the 25th International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America. The American Party of Labor signed this declaration, and The Red Phoenix carried extensive coverage of the presentations on our twitter. The Social Struggle and the Role of the Left in Latin America A new period…
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APL Presentation at the 25th SIPRAL: The United States—An Empire in Crisis
The Secretariat of the American Party of Labor prepared the following presentation that was given in Spanish by Spokesperson Alfonso Casal at the 25th International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America held by the ICMLPO in Quito, Ecuador. You can read our coverage of the presentations at the seminar here. While…
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Members of the APL: What a Revolutionary Pride Means to Us
We asked members of the American Party of Labor from across the country to tell us what pride means to them, as Marxist-Leninists in the heart of US imperialism. We give their answers here, without revision. June Vass, California For me, Pride means righteous anger. My celebration for the incremental progress we have made is…
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A Socialist Autopsy on Biden’s First Hundred Days
By: Red Nesbitt The first 100 days have shown us what a Biden presidency will look like—abandoned promises, and the continuing separation of American political life from the desires of working people. The first 100 days of an American president’s term can set the tone of the entire administration, it can be a crucial litmus…
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