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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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Letter: As A Former Soldier, Today I Remember the Victims of Imperialism
The Red Phoenix received the following letter from Hannah, a former soldier now working as a nurse, on her thoughts on this Veteran’s Day. The Red Phoenix reproduces letters without editing their content. This letter contains graphic accounts of US war crimes in Iraq. Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi was a 14 year old girl who…
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Kamala Harris and Her Circumstances: Virtudes Alvarez (Communist Workers Party) on the Election of Harris
By Virtudes Alvarez, Translated by J. Palameda // November 8, 2020. The recently concluded electoral process in the United States of America is an obligatory topic in the analysis of international politics. All its aspects are important, including the election of Kamala Harris as Vice-President. She is the first woman vice president-elect in the United…
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Class Consciousness and the Fight for Civil Rights in the NBA
By Frank Nawrot, Edited by R.E. Rule “[Racism] is a product of the system and…is the intention of the way this system was built…in order for things to change…there needs to be some dismantling of how things are currently.” -Malika Andrews, ESPN reporter on Get Up The shutdown of the NBA season on March 11th…
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Battle for the Battleground State: Voters in Florida Speak Out
Red Phoenix correspondent Kallista Mirobel spoke to several Floridians on how they felt going into the 2020 election in the state that is often the nexus of national attention on November 3rd. By Kallista Mirobel A month before the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election is set to take place, across the country, hundreds of thousands have…
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