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Chicago Teachers Fight Back, and Win, Against Reckless Reopening
As school districts and universities across the country are being pressured into opening by Trump, and even liberal ally Anthony Fauci, teachers in Chicago have already begun to fight back, and win, against school administrators and reckless reopening. The Chicago Public School system announced today that it will now be fully remote at the beginning…
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George Floyd’s Death Reignites Uprising In Hoover, Alabama: First Hand Accounts
By: Jay Hyde, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Alabama As George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the police is igniting uprisings across America, and creating international solidarity and demonstrations in opposition to police violence abroad, protests against the Hoover Police Department over the murder of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. have hit a new fever pitch. In…
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“A Lot of People Are Going to Die, and It’s Because of Capitalism:” First Hand Accounts from Florida
By Kallista Mirobel As Governor Ron DeSantis prepares to fully reopen the state of Florida in spite of the surging number of cases in the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers across Florida who have already been on the front lines of the virus’s first wave brace for yet another one as the death toll worldwide…
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The Banner of Black Lives Matter: Summer 2020
Originally published in Evrensel Daily: US student Toivo Asheeke wrote on the ongoing protests: “It was the first time to discuss the financial resources of the police, who emerged as slave hunters.” Toivo ASHEEKE Student at Binghamton University. With protests, mass rallies, occupations, and armed militant actions taking place across over 100 cities and towns…
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Expect Nothing: Police Collaboration and the Liberal Left in St. Louis.
Following the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department, militant protests have broken out across the United States around the issue of police brutality against Black people. From California to New York, there have been hundreds of rallies condemning police brutality and many have turned into local militant uprisings against the system that…
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ICMLPO: Social Outburst at the Heart of the Imperialist Capitalist System.
Statement of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organization on the uprisings in the United States. In the United States of America there has been a social outburst unprecedented in many years, both because of the extent of the protests and because of their expressions of combativeness. The assassination of George Floyd by the…
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Spending a Night in a Freezing, Cramped Cell: A Story from a Huntsville Protester
Editors Note: The following statement was submitted to the Red Phoenix by a protester in Huntsville, AL who was arrested after being attacked by local police there. In it, they describe their experiences in jail, with extortionate bail, and general mistreatment. So, I won’t go too much into detail about the events of the protest,…
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“We Found Strength in Each Other”: Three Workers Tell Their Stories from Orlando
Editor’s note: Three workers from Orlando, Florida submitted the following accounts to the Red Phoenix about their experiences facing unprovoked aggression from the militarized police in the city over the past few days. Find them unfiltered below. For more, please follow the Orlando Workers League on Facebook and Twitter. From Delilah: When we arrived to…
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Statements of Solidarity from Mexico, Spain, and Ecuador Come In for the US Movement
Below you can find statements of solidarity (in Spanish) from Mexico, Spain, and Ecuador. Mexico Spain Ecuador
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Letter from Huntsville, Alabama: Minutes After Mayor Kneeling Photo-Op, the Police Attacked Us
Editor’s Note: A protest of over a thousand people gathered on Monday in Huntsville, Alabama, after protests over the weekend. On Monday, peaceful protesters were attacked by police with no provocation. This is that story. Submitted by Xiao Long I was there very nearly the entire time, the protest officially started at 3 pm, I…
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