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República Dominicana: No habrá reelección ni regreso al modelo de gobierno del PLD.
By the Communist Party of Labor (PCT), Dominican Republic. Notes on the situation In this political period in the country, leaders of the PLD (Party of Dominican Liberation1), former officials of the government of Danilo Medina (2012-2020), have been arrested on charges of corruption by the Attorney General’s Office. This is the most relevant political…
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Las dos academias: una respuesta a la ilusión de movilidad ascendente en la educación superior.
When I first saw the headline for Amos Dewy’s article “The illusion of upward mobility in higher education,” I was excited to read it. A sober, class analysis of the US university is desperately needed to cut through right wing claims that teaching empathy is brainwashing, and liberal romanticism that sees college as the great…
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Minneapolis intenta apaciguar a los civiles con un acuerdo policial.
By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. Minneapolis has just agreed to a settlement with its Department of Human Rights to “eliminate” racist practices in the police force. This agreement goes further than the now-dead HF 1078 by targeting various common racist practices, such as Stop-and-Frisk, Use of Force, Lack of Accountability, and Training to…
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Mes Nacional de la Poesía: Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)
“I have always wanted the hands of people to be seen in poetry.” By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. Introduction and short precis of Neruda’s life Recent reports about Neruda’s death have re-sparked interest in this great Chilean poet. A short precis of his life is followed with details of his death and legacy.…
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El complejo militar-industrial es un motor clave de la acumulación capitalista.
By Leonard Zorfass, Red Phoenix correspondent, New Jersey. The tragic events that unfolded in the early hours of October 3, 2015, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, illustrate the brutal and inhumane nature of imperialism in its current form. The airstrike that resulted in the destruction of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital and the deaths of at…
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La ilusión de la movilidad ascendente en la educación superior.
By Amos Dewy, Red Phoenix correspondent, Georgia. Higher education has long been considered the pathway to upward mobility and class advancement in the United States. Of course, this is a lie perpetuated by the bourgeoisie. Recent research from the journal Nature Human Behaviour shows the extent to which this fantasy is false, and the extent…
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Convocatoria a la conferencia del 50 aniversario de NAARPR
By the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Apr. 10, 2023. We issue this call to our third National Conference, this November, following our re-founding national conference in 2019 and our last conference in 2021. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first founding of our national organization. We issue this call to…
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Puede suceder aquí: Tres museos de Los Ángeles destacan el 75 aniversario de la Lista Negra de Hollywood.
By Ed Rampell, Red Phoenix guest contributor. Three museums are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist, the darkest period in Tinseltown history. What happened during this period of rightwing repression? As actor Humphrey Bogart put it: “We saw it—and said to ourselves, ‘It can happen here.’ We saw American citizens denied the right…
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¡La lucha para acabar con la violencia contra las mujeres es la lucha contra el fascismo!
By Indira Xavier and Larissa Maymi, Coordination of the Olga Benario Women’s Movement. Published in A Verdade #267, March 2023. Earlier this March, research published by Datafolha and the Brazilian Forum on Public Security showed that in 2022, every six hours a woman was killed in Brazil. There were 1,410 women murdered because they were…
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2023, un año de desaceleración e incertidumbre para los colombianos.
By the Central Executive Committee of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Colombia. March 31, 2023. Introduction: To all readers and analysts who follow international events from this journal, we present these lines that summarize the main considerations of our party in this situation, the challenges and tasks of Marxist-Leninists in Colombia. The opinions raised here…
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