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• Syrian rebels seize Lebanese journalist over ‘incompatible’ reporting

  By The Red Phoenix on November 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  In their fervent struggle, a Syrian rebel group has “arrested” a Lebanese journalist in Aleppo saying his “presence as a journalist no longer receives approval in areas controlled by the rebels.” Fidaa Itani, who works for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation… Read More ›

• Israel Admits Assassinating Palestinian Leader in 1988

  By The Red Phoenix on November 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Israel has officially admitted after more than two decades of secrecy that it ordered the Israeli spy agency Mossad to carry out the assassination of Palestinian leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir. Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, founded the Palestine Liberation Organization and the… Read More ›

• How McGovern Tamed the Anti-War Movement

  By The Red Phoenix on November 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  A Bright Shining Illusion? by SARAH BLASKEY and PHIL GASPER Was George McGovern a political saint—a man of such total moral purity that he transcended the day-to-day realities of money and power that usually dominate American politics? That’s certainly the… Read More ›

• Romney Refuses To Comment On Plans To Eliminate FEMA, 14 Times

  By The Red Phoenix on October 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Hurricane Sandy is not turning into a political windfall for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Not only did Romney’s buddy New Jersey Governor Chris Christie go and call President Obama a “great leader” for his storm response but now some… Read More ›

• South Africa’s ruling party endorses anti-Israel boycott

  By The Red Phoenix on October 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Senior members of South Africa’s ruling party have endorsed a boycott campaign against Israel, with former South African deputy president Baleka Mbete calling Tel Aviv ‘far worse than apartheid South Africa’. During an international conference hosted on Sunday by the… Read More ›

• US Pushes Algeria to Support Invasion of Mali

  By The Red Phoenix on October 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  State Dept.: They’re Beginning to Warm to the Idea Algerian officials are still not on board for the international invasion of northern Mali, and that’s a big concern for US officials. Algerian President Bouteflika says he fears the war will… Read More ›

• Bahrain bans all opposition rallies

  By The Red Phoenix on October 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Interior minister cites ‘repeated abuse’ of freedom of speech Bahrain is facing international censure after announcing a ban on all protest gatherings and threatening to take legal action against opposition groups that organise anti-government demonstrations. The order, announced by the interior… Read More ›

• Christian group accuses anti-bullying event of promoting ‘homosexual agenda’

  By The Red Phoenix on October 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Arturo Garcia The American Family Association (AFA) emailed members urging them to keep their children out of school during an anti-bullying event organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). According to The New York Times, the evangelical group’s… Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: What Barack Obama – Mitt Romney Race means to Palestinians

  By The Red Phoenix on October 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

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• US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates

  By The Red Phoenix on October 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Imran Khan is, according to numerous polls, the most popular politician in Pakistan and may very well be that country’s next Prime Minister. He is also a vehement critic of US drone attacks on his country, vowing to order them shot down if he is Prime Minister and leading an… Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: Nazis always thrive amid the economic crisis

  By The Red Phoenix on October 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

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• Political Cartoon: Golden Dawn Nazis in Greece

  By The Red Phoenix on October 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

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• NATO Airstrike Kills Three Afghan Children

  By The Red Phoenix on October 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  NATO officials said they were targeting insurgents and would look into claims that children were killed by John Glaser A NATO airstrike killed three children in Afghanistan‘s Helmand province on Sunday, Afghan officials said Monday. “Two Taliban mine-planters were identified… Read More ›

• ‘War crime’: Gaddafi, his son and over 60 loyalists executed by rebel fighters – HRW

  By The Red Phoenix on October 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Libyan rebels abused and mass murdered Colonel Gaddafi, his son Mutassim, and 66 loyalists, after their capture a year ago, Human Rights Watch says. It calls for an investigation and prosecution of those responsible for what they slam as a… Read More ›

• Sexism and the New Atheism

  By The Red Phoenix on October 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The Atheistic Imperialists by JEFF SPARROW Slate recently published an important piece by Rebecca Watson, in which she describes the sexism she’s encountered during her career as a ‘skeptic’: that is, a member of the anti-faith, pro-science community that overlaps with… Read More ›