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• Police Move to Evict Occupy Oakland Protesters

  By The Red Phoenix on November 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Oakland police handed out eviction notices at an anti-Wall Street encampment and officials elsewhere urged an end to similar gatherings as pressures against Occupy protest sites mounted in the wake of three deaths in different cities, including two by gunfire…. Read More ›

• Council of Europe Condemns Deportation of French Roma

  By The Red Phoenix on November 10, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  France violated the human rights of Roma who were forcibly expelled from the country last year, the Council of Europe said Thursday, asking Paris what steps it was taking to remedy the action. The council, a rights watchdog for its… Read More ›

• US-Trained Mexican Marines Routinely Rape, Torture, Harass and Murder Civilians

  By The Red Phoenix on November 10, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In its report, New York-based Human Rights Watch documents 234 cases which the group says represent serious abuse by U.S.-trained marines and other security forces in several Mexican states. By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times November 10, 2011 Reporting from… Read More ›

• Remembering America’s Eugenics Program

  By The Red Phoenix on November 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967. The state ordered that… Read More ›

• On “Dogmatism”

  By The Red Phoenix on November 6, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  It is common within the fields of academia, politics and religion to hear the word “dogmatism” utilized in the pejorative. Many people have heard, used or have been called “dogmatic” with many carelessly hurling the term around for one reason… Read More ›

• Apartheid and the occupation of Palestine

  By The Red Phoenix on November 5, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  As the Russell Tribunal convenes to discuss apartheid, Israel has already surpassed South Africa’s racist era. This week, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will consider the question of whether Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) constitute the crime… Read More ›

• Oakland police beat and hospitalize another veteran

  By The Red Phoenix on November 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police… Read More ›

• Video: Occupy Oakland Movement Tries to Flex Muscle With General Strike

  By The Red Phoenix on November 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

• Police Fire Tear Gas as Occupy Oakland Protesters Close Port

  By The Red Phoenix on November 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Police in riot gear fired tear gas and other projectiles and arrested several people after Occupy Oakland protesters closed the city’s port. “Operations are effectively shut down in the maritime area of the Port of Oakland,”… Read More ›

• At least 4,000 are at the gates to the Port of Oakland

  By The Red Phoenix on November 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By Kristin J. Bender, Cecily Burt and Sean Maher Oakland Tribune OAKLAND — Protesters have effectively shut down maritime operations at the Port, Director Omar Benjamin said at a media briefing Tuesday, as more than 4,000 people are at the… Read More ›

• Scott Olsen’s journey from soldier to activist

  By The Red Phoenix on November 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In downtown Oakland, California, where protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrated on Wednesday, a makeshift shrine honors Scott Olsen, an Iraq war veteran who has become an accidental symbol of their cause. Pictures of Olsen in his… Read More ›

• US, UK and Israel threaten to attack Iran

  By The Red Phoenix on November 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Netanyahu trying to persuade cabinet to support attack on Iran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are trying to muster a majority in the cabinet in favor of military action against Iran, a senior Israeli official has… Read More ›

• Crowd swells at Occupy Oakland general strike rally

  By The Red Phoenix on November 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  OAKLAND — Hundreds have gathered for a mostly peaceful rally this morning in downtown Oakland to launch the general strike called by the Occupy Oakland movement, with nary a police officer in sight. Several businesses, including the Men’s Wearhouse and… Read More ›

• Oakland’s General Strike: Let’s Not Forget What Caused This

  By The Red Phoenix on November 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By David D. Today is Nov 2, 2011. It’s the day of a General Strike here in Oakland, California. Hopefully it’s a day that we’ll look back on years from now and see as a watershed moment in history. Hopefully… Read More ›

• Israel prepares for another massacre in Gaza

  By The Red Phoenix on November 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Israeli military officials confirmed today that the Netanyahu government has given them a green light to launch any attacks on the Gaza Strip necessary to stop rocket fire, “including ground operations” inside the constantly besieged strip. Though Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›