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I.C.E. weaponization of family bonds results in barbaric murder of Wael Tarabishi
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In the heart of American fascist tyranny, where the ruling class clings to power through border walls, deportation squads, and endless wars abroad, another family has been shattered by the terroristic machinery of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Wael Tarabishi, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen battling…
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Kansas revokes transgender residents’ driver’s licenses, paving way for heightened state repression
Transgender Kansas residents began receiving lettersfrom the state informing them that their driver’s licenses would be invalidated and that they must surrender them immediately, to be replaced by ones with incorrect gender markers on them. This escalation comes after a repressive anti-trans law, SB 244, was passed in the Midwestern state earlier this month requiring…
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Experts warn U.S. in early stages of transgender genocide, but truth may be worse
Ilektra M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– While conditions for transgender people in the United States have long been suboptimal, the second Trump administration is making clear moves to not only erase what modest progress has been made in the past few decades, but to wholly eliminate transgender people as a population. In the…
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Erasure of Black WWII heroes a blow to historical truth, working-class unity
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In a move that has ignited global outrage, the Trump administration has overseen the removal of two commemorative panels honoring Black American soldiers at the Netherlands American Cemetery, a solemn site dedicated to the memory of over 8,000 U.S. troops who fell during World War II. The…
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In Weld County, capitalist exploitation ignites worker resistance
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– Weld County, CO, sprawls across the northern plains like a vast factory floor for American capitalism. Here, where oil rigs pierce the earth, massive feedlots crowd with livestock, and industrial farms churn out eggs and meat for distant markets, the contradictions of profit-driven production have erupted into…
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PCOF: On the death of a right-wing extremist and its instrumentalization
Workers’ Communist Party of France (PCOF) | Feb. 21, 2026 | Translated for the Red Phoenix by Mike M.– Editor’s Note: Rassemblement National (RN), “National Rally,” is a far-right nationalist party. La France Insoumise (LFI), “France Unbowed,” is a democratic-socialist party. The death of a right-wing extremist, killed in a brawl with anti-fascists in Lyon, has given…
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RYR on Iran: Youth disproportionately affected by violence of imperialism
Statement by Red Youth Rising | Mar. 1, 2026– On Feb. 28, 2026, the fascist American and Israeli states launched an unjustifiable war against Iran and the Iranian people. Red Youth Rising vehemently condemns this act of aggression which was carried out on behalf of the American and Israeli capitalist class for the purposes of war profiteering…
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Oregon Gov. Kotek cuts taxes for rich while workers freeze, planet boils
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– The Democratic Governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, has given the state’s data centers $500 million in tax breaks and seeks to expand this rebate with an upcoming bill in the latest legislative session. The state, and the working people in it, can ill afford such a gift…
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In memory of Chip Berlet (1949—2026), lifelong anti-fascist fighter
Chip Berlet was my friend. Chip Berlet was a good man, a kind and gentle man. He was a man with a deep love of people, of music – especially that of The Roches, of nature, of food and drink, and of life itself. He was, in many ways, one of the most authentic and…
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