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#CountMeIn: Persistent New York Workers’ Struggle Continues To Fight
Photos obtained from CountMeIn Facebook Page Ekim KILIÇ New York On October 11th, union construction workers of the Hudson Yards came out to protest Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau outside of the Joseph Wharton Awards Dinner at the University Club of New York, where he was in attendance. Workers protested CEO Blau because of racism and…
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Mistreatment of Workers in the Rideshare Industry, a Story from Seattle
By L. Giering, Red Phoenix correspondent, Seattle. Lyft, Uber, and other rideshare drivers frequently drive during late night hours when demand is dominated by intoxicated passengers returning home from the bars. These are the most profitable times, but also the most potentially dangerous. Only weeks into her new occupation, Christine, a Lyft driver from the…
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EMEP Chairwoman Selma Gürkan Will Be On Trial Because of Criticising AKP’s War Policies
Originally published in Evrensel (10/08/2018) The Labour Party (EMEP) Chairwoman Selma Gürkan will be on trial, on October 9, because of criticising the Erdoğan government’s war policies. Turkish government started a military intervention in Afrin in January 2018; fanning the flames of war in Syria. This was an operation named ‘Olive Branch’. The Labour Party…
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Democrats Put Cowardice On Display With Supreme Court Confirmation
“And so, the “enlightened” judges of constitutional states are fulminating against all participation of people’s representatives in legal procedure.” -V.I. Lenin When Brett Kavanaugh was nominated by President Trump to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court, yet another dividing line was drawn in the country. At first glance, it was hardly surprising. Brett Kavanaugh has had…
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On the 50th Anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre: 1968-2018, Let us Raise the Flags of the Student Movement
Originally published by the Unión de la Juventud Revolucionaria de México, found here. Translated by Red Phoenix staff. During the 1960s, the government at the time claimed that the country was moving relentlessly toward economic modernity. They called the crumbs that capitalism gave “the Mexican miracle,” but the miraculous economic growth was actually for those at the…
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EMEP: Declaration On Economic Crisis In Turkey
YEP is the proof of a plan to make the public pay for the crisis President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and many government representatives of Turkey, deny the crisis triggered by the drop in the value of Turkish Lira as “foreign manipulation”, saying “there is no crisis, there is psychological problems”. But the mid-term New Economic…
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Interview: Ernesto A. on the Alienation of Disability
Torn between the influence of gangs, drug dealers, prostitutes, thieves, and ethically depraved financial opportunities, Ernest set the goal of Honest Work for himself because he saw the destruction that desperate criminality entailed.
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The Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela Speak at Historical Riverside Church in New York
Ekim KILIÇ New York On Sept.26, The president of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke at the event “Cuba Speaks for Itself”at the Riverside Church in Harlem, New York hosted by the September 25th Welcoming Committee and several solidarity groups from New York and New Jersey. In the wake of the former president of Cuba Fidel Castro…
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“Hold the Burgers, Hold the fries, Keep Your Hands off Our Thighs:” Fight for 15 mobilizes to fight Sexual Harassment in the workplace.
11:45am on a Tuesday is rush hour for many fast food workers. The loud squawk of the headpiece signaling the next onslaught of hungry customers, the overbearing shouts from management, and the spray of grease coating the arms of the nearest worker as someone puts the fry in french fry. All in all, fast food…
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Ukraine: War as a Manifestation of Confrontation of the Imperialist Powers of the United States and Russia
Translated from Proletarskaya Gazeta [The Proletarian Newspaper], Issue 38 of July 2015, and also available in Revolutionary Democracy. Translated by Polina Brik, Edited by Kevin Connolly, September 2018 War and State Terrorism on the Territory of Ukraine as a Manifestation of Confrontation of the Imperialist Powers, Mainly the United States and Russia, for Redistribution of Spheres…
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