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Comrade Walter Zuleta (“Chicho”) Has Died.
Yesterday, we received a communique from the Revolutionary Communist Party of Bolivia (PCR) that Comrade Walter Zuleta died of COVID-19 February 18th. Comrade Walter was a life-long communist whose revolutionary activity spanned decades. All his life Walter fought for the revolution and socialism. Comrade Walter gave his all for the liberation of the working and oppressed…
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American Party of Labor: “Let the People Be Trump’s Judge and Jury!”
The American Party of Labor condemns the acquittal of Donald Trump, who clearly wanted and started a racist white middle class riot in Washington DC. Ultimately, though, we know justice will never be procured from within the American state, and that American democracy has always been and will always be subservient to the interests of…
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Unlawful Sweeps of Homeless Encampments Continue in Sacramento
By Peter Charles Kraljev Red-Phoenix Correspondent, Sacramento On July 17 2020, after a several month-long legal battle with the Sacramento Homeless Union lead by its president Crystal Rose Sanchez, the Superior Court of Sacramento passed a court ruling that prohibits sweeps of homeless encampments on public property during the pandemic. This was seen as win…
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2020 Is Over, But the Urgency of Our Revolutionary Organizing Only Grows
By: Andrea Johnson, a PhD student, Union Member, and member of the American Party of Labor. It’s been a rough year in America. Coronavirus arrived in the United States in January, which quickly manifested into country-wide lockdowns in March, massive layoffs, and the deaths of more than 282,000 Americans as of late. On May 25,…
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Jack Shulman: Testimony of an American Communist. Part One: Spain (1937-1939)
The following interview was conducted with veteran American communist Jack Shulman, an early anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist, shortly before his passing in 1999. This section, dealing with Comrade Shulman’s experience as a member of the anti-fascist Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, will be the first of three testimonies. Part two will focus on his…
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Californian Workers March to Assemblyman’s House to Demand Eviction Protection
By: Peter Kraljev, Red Phoenix Correspondent Sacramento On Wednesday December 16 2020, 20 people and a caravan of SUVs gathered in Sacramento, California to put on a posada, a theatrical tradition popular in Latin American and other Catholic majority nations that reenacts the biblical story of the birth of Jesus. Joseph and his pregnant wife…
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American Party of Labor: This Holiday Season, We Remember Those Lost, and Fight for a Working Class Future
The American Party of Labor wishes a happy end of the year to all the 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…
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A “Return to Normal” With Biden Means Continued Suffering for Palestine
While millions of Americans take a sigh of relief or celebrate the electoral defeat of Donald Trump, it is critical to recognize the great degree of continuity that exists between US presidential administrations. The transfer of power from Trump to Joe Biden will be no exception. The power of capitalism and imperialism will remain entrenched,…
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In A Storied Alabama Union District, Amazon Workers Prepare to Hold Union Vote
By: Jay Hyde, Red Phoenix Correspondent Alabama This November, Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama made an unprecedented move by notifying federal labor authorities of their plan to hold a unionization vote, due to poor working conditions exacerbated even further by the COVID-19 epidemic. Workers at the fulfillment center outside of Birmingham plan to form a…
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Election Aftermath Underlines Need for Real, Working Class Democracy
On Nov. 3rd and in the following days, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party emerged as the victors of the 2020 presidential election, but despite the record turnout, in the midst of a historic pandemic no less, peace and quiet eludes these United States. Even before the results were announced, the Trump…
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