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Día Mundial de las Personas con Discapacidad: ¡La lucha por la igualdad de derechos aún no ha terminado!
Each year on Dec. 3, the countless struggles and adverse conditions of disabled people are brought to light by observing World Disability Day. (Formally, the “United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities.”) The disabled make up the largest and most diverse of any minority. It is also the only minority population which any person…
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La muerte del criminal de guerra Kissinger: Hay que darle al diablo lo que se merece.
R. Nesbitt, Red Phoenix guest contributor, Maryland. On Nov. 29, former Secretary of State of the United States, Henry Kissinger passed away in his home in Connecticut at the age of 100. News of his demise has elicited repudiation of his legacy and cultural standing, not least from those peoples who suffered the most under…
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“Acciones de solidaridad a nivel nacional de la ”Rebelión de la Taza Roja” en apoyo a los trabajadores de Starbucks.
Victor Vaughn, Red Phoenix corespondent, Maryland. Starbucks workers nationwide organized strikes and customer solidarity actions against the company’s unfair labor practices on its busiest sales day, Red Cup Day, Nov. 16. Following a year-long struggle, over 360 Starbucks stores with more than 8,500 workers have voted to unionize, seeking a voice in workplace decisions concerning…
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¿Qué es ese olor? La "Ciudad del Caucho" de Louisville sigue contaminando la comunidad.
M. A. Booth / Kentucky. For decades, “Rubbertown” in Louisville, Kentucky, has been a major source of concern for residents of the city. Despite the local government and corporations telling us that the level of Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) in the area has dropped by 80% since 2005, the noxious odors can still be smelt…
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No a la declaración de unidad de APEC
No To APEC Steering Committee At the close of our People’s Counter Summit Against APEC, we issued a unity statement to summarize the positions of the No To APEC Coalition during our 2023 campaign culminating in the 800+ person Counter Summit. The statement is titled “People and Planet against Profit and Plunder: Towards a World…
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La solución de dos Estados ya no es viable en Palestina.
By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. Since Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Flood commenced on Oct. 7, Israel has escalated the continuous genocidal war against Palestinians. Many of the facts of this genocide are already well known, but let us review some of the prominent facts since Oct. 7: This genocide has been funded and supplied…
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La huelga de Amazon, liderada por el sindicato, se extiende a los almacenes de Baltimore.
By Victor Vaughn, Red Phoenix correspondent, Maryland. Striking Amazon workers led by members of the Teamsters union picketed two Amazon warehouses in Baltimore (BWI2 and BWI5) on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 8, joining the nationwide protest initiated by unionized Amazon drivers in Palmdale, California. Dozens of other union workers and members of the Baltimore…
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Día Internacional de la Memoria Transgénero 2023: ¡Arriba la Liberación!
By Ian Ocx, LGBTQIA+ Commissioner of the American Party of Labor. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day that all of us in the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies use to bring attention to the previous and ongoing struggles faced by our transgender and gender-nonconforming comrades. Over the years, gender — and other subjects…
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Ciudadano palestino comunista israelí arrestado por organizar una protesta.
By Artyom S., Red Phoenix correspondent, Maryland. On the morning of November 9, 2023, leading member of the Israeli Communist Party (Maki), former leader of Hadash, and chairman of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, Mohammad Barakeh, was arrested alongside members of the Balad party: Sami Abu Shehadeh, Mtanes Shehadeh, Haneen Zoab,…
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Las fuerzas que casi me asesinan se reúnen hoy en San Francisco.
I was almost killed by Philippine troops upholding the global economic order on display at this week’s APEC Summit. Brandon Lee via The Nation Today, I will come face to face with the forces who nearly killed me. In 2019, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines attempted to assassinate me in response to…
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