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• The man who raised a black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games

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

  

  by Gary Younge When John Carlos raised his fist in a black power salute at the 1968 Olympics, it changed 20th-century history – and his own life – for ever. How does he feel about it now? You’re probably not… Read More ›

• U.S. Army Funding Development of “Robot Soldier”

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

  

  Boston Dynamics’ Petman humanoid soldier looks pretty confident strutting its stuff on the treadmill. by Tim Hornyak Science fact often follows science fiction. Hence, the U.S. Army is funding development of a Terminator-style robot soldier. Boston Dynamics has released new… Read More ›

• Raw Video: Slain Teen’s Parents on Capitol Hill

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

• Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine Could Save Your Life

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

  

  Cuba, famed maker of delicious (and cancery) cigars, may just have an anti-lung cancer vaccine that’s worth getting excited about. CimaVax-EGF isn’t preventative, but it may make this horrible deadly disease just a plain old horrible disease. The newly available… Read More ›

• Gas prices rising: Why GOP won’t address real cause

  By The Red Phoenix on March 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Gas prices are rising not because of increased demand but because Wall Street is betting on higher gas prices. By Robert Reich, Guest blogger Gas prices continue to rise, which is finally giving Republicans an issue. Mitt Romney is demanding… Read More ›

• “The hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was.”

  By The Red Phoenix on March 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Realizing that Geraldo Rivera does not speak on behalf of the Republican party…Fox News does…and I would venture to say that many Fox News viewers i.e. Republican voters really do believe the nonsense that Geraldo Rivera is espousing. Yes –… Read More ›

• Newt Gingrich: Obama’s Trayvon Martin Statement ‘Disgraceful’

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

  

  Newt Gingrich outright denies the murder of Trayvon Martin had anything to do with race or racism in the United States. Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich slammed Barack Obama on Friday, saying the president’s remarks about the fatal February shooting of… Read More ›

• Guatemalan ex-soldier jailed for 6,060 years over Dos Erres massacre

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

  

  Pedro Pimentel Rios is fifth member of elite military force to be imprisoned for role in killings of 201 people in 1982 Agencies in Guatemala City A former Guatemalan special forces soldier has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison… Read More ›

• Trayvon Martin 911 Tape Reveals Possible Racial Slur By Neighborhood Watchman George Zimmerman (VIDEO)

  By The Red Phoenix on March 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By David Moye Law enforcement officials in Sanford, Fla., investigating last month’s shooting of an unarmed black teen by self-appointed neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman say they may have missed a possible racist remark made by Zimmerman to a 911… Read More ›

• Israel won’t co-operate with UN mission on settlements

  By The Red Phoenix on March 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Israel has described as ”hypocritical” a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into the impact of its settlement construction on the human rights of Palestinians. About 500,000 Israelis and 2.5 million… Read More ›

• Army: Soldiers diagnosed with PTSD return to war

  By The Red Phoenix on March 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  SAN DIEGO (AP) — It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being… Read More ›

• Coal deals scandal robs India of billions

  By The Red Phoenix on March 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Mark Magnier, London March 24, 2012 DELHI: India’s parliament erupted in hoots and jeers after a draft report by government auditors estimated the national treasury lost 10,670 billion rupees ($197 billion) by selling coalfields to private excavation companies in sweetheart… Read More ›

• Review of “The Hunger Games”

  By The Red Phoenix on March 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction The Hunger Games (2012), based on the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins, is not an easy film to watch. It follows the story of an adolescent girl named Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) made to fight in a… Read More ›

• Zimmerman, One-Man Lynch Mob, Intended To Kill Trayvon All Along

  By The Red Phoenix on March 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The parents of Trayvon Martin have demonstrated remarkable dignity and composure under duress and one can see why their son’s execution by the one-man lynch mob, George Zimmerman, has garnered global support. Yesterday while in New York City the parents… Read More ›

• Trayvon Martin case: No-confidence vote for Sanford police chief

  By The Red Phoenix on March 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Tina Susman Reporting from Sanford, Fla.— In a tense meeting Wednesday that highlighted growing tensions over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, local officials in Sanford, Fla., passed a vote of no confidence in the police chief… Read More ›