Author Archives

• Iraqis Hold Million-Strong Demo on Anniversary of War

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

  

  ABOUT a million loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have rallied in southern Iraq decrying poor services and rampant graft on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. Protesters flooded the centre of the southern port city of… Read More ›

• Trayvon Martin Killing’s Youngest Witness, 13, Still Can Hear The Screams

  By The Red Phoenix on March 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  SANFORD, Fla. — Austin McLendon hasn’t been the same since that night three Sundays ago when Trayvon Martin was killed. His mother says he’s been arguing with his siblings more than usual. His 8th grade teachers have called home saying… Read More ›

• There Are 24 Empty Houses for Every Homeless Person in America

  By The Red Phoenix on March 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  18.6 Million Empty Houses in America That is what the census says. Andrew Leonard in Salon notes that it is a bit misleading, that “4.7 million are for “seasonal use” only, the Census tells us — unoccupied vacation homes, in… Read More ›

• Massacre Fatigue in Afghanistan

  By The Red Phoenix on March 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by ALEXANDER COCKBURN In the wake of the lethal rampage by a US sergeant who killed 16 Afghans in the early hours of March 11, the Taliban have put a halt to talks with the Americans and President Hamid Karzai… Read More ›

• Dharun Ravi Guilty of Hate Crimes for Suicide of Tyler Clementi in Webcam Spy Trial

  By The Red Phoenix on March 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By KATE ZERNIKE NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student was convicted on Friday on all 15 charges he had faced for using a webcam to spy on his roommate having sex with another man, a verdict poised… Read More ›

• St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish Struggle

  By The Red Phoenix on March 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  St. Patrick’s Day is typically portrayed as a day for drinking, festivities and revelry. However, we in the American Party of Labor believe that revolutionaries should set aside some time every year to remember the tragedy of discrimination the Irish… Read More ›

• The World is a Ghetto: Global Slums – Out of Sight and out of Mind: Deterioration of the Human Condition

  By The Red Phoenix on March 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been estimated that more than one to two billion human beings live in slums or shanty towns all over the world. One in every three people in the world will live in slums in the next coming twenty… Read More ›

• On Emotionalism

  By The Red Phoenix on March 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  When we come together to discuss the problems of our world, their solutions and the means by which we can achieve these ends, it is often that emotions come to the forefront. This is understandable, since it is impossible to… Read More ›

• Santorum Doesn’t Seem to Mind Offending Puerto Rico

  By The Red Phoenix on March 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Eric Randall Campaigning in Puerto Rico, Rick Santorum doesn’t show any signs that he wants to pander Wednesday, telling voters (erroneously) that they must declare English their only official language to achieve statehood. You’d think Santorum would want to… Read More ›

• Is a required ultrasound a barrier to abortion?

  By The Red Phoenix on March 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Anna Werner Abortion is being debated once again on the campaign trail and in state capitals. Lawmakers in Virginia could vote as early as Wednesday on a law that would require women to have an ultrasound before getting an… Read More ›

• Homeless mother who sent six-year-old son to better school in the wrong town jailed for five years

  By The Red Phoenix on March 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Graham Smith A mother who pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her six-year-old son in the wrong school district has been sentenced to five years in prison. Tonya McDowell sent her son to an elementary school in Norwalk, Connecticut, instead… Read More ›

• Kissinger: We should ignore intelligence and assume Iran wants nukes

  By The Red Phoenix on March 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Agence France-Presse March 11, 2012 Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger said in an interview Sunday that the United States should assume that Iran is actively preparing to build nuclear weapons. Kissinger, 88, was asked on the CNN… Read More ›

• Netanyahu threatens unilateral strike against Iran ‘in months’

  By The Red Phoenix on March 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the specter of war by saying unilateral strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are possible within months. Speaking with local media for the first time since returning from Washington earlier this week, Netanyahu said… Read More ›

• Central Africa: Don’t Elevate Joseph Kony

  By The Red Phoenix on March 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  ANALYSIS Put yourself in Joseph Kony’s shoes: imagine you are a fugitive leader of a rebel band in the forests of central Africa, travelling on foot and avoiding encounter with any organized military force. You have spurned peace talks and… Read More ›

• Army rule: Egyptian military doctor acquitted for ‘virginity tests’

  By The Red Phoenix on March 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The decision by a military court today disappointed rights groups who saw the case as a chance to curtail the Egyptian military’s culture of impunity. By Kristen Chick, Correspondent / March 11, 2012 Cairo A military court today acquitted an… Read More ›