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• Hand of Egypt’s military rulers grows heavier

  By The Red Phoenix on November 1, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  CAIRO (AP) — Growing in confidence after eight months in power, Egypt’s military generals appear more determined than ever to crush the protest movement that ousted Hosni Mubarak and has turned critical of their rule. This week, they detained Alaa… Read More ›

• Oakland braces for Occupy movement’s call for general strike

  By The Red Phoenix on November 1, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  All eyes will be on Oakland Wednesday as the Occupy movement calls for a citywide general strike in the wake of last week’s heavy police response to protesters speaking out against the razing of the City Hall encampment. Businesses, city… Read More ›

• Myths About Socialism: Redistribution of Wealth?

  By The Red Phoenix on October 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Probably one of the most common right-wing arguments against social welfare spending is that it constitutes “redistribution of wealth” or “sharing the wealth,” and is thus a road to socialism. Indeed, “socialism” is often defined by these reactionaries as the… Read More ›

• Occupy Update: Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Occupy Denver protesters

  By The Red Phoenix on October 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  DENVER – Denver Police fired rubber bullets on Occupy Wall Street protesters in downtown Denver and arrested seven in a tense showdown. The Saturday afternoon standoff started when some protesters tried to march up the steps of the Colorado Capitol…. Read More ›

• Western Companies See Prospects for Business in Libya

  By The Red Phoenix on October 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON — The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO’s military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the… Read More ›

• Occupy Oakland: As injured Iraq vet recovers, occupiers promise to ‘shut the city down’

  By The Red Phoenix on October 28, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Occupy Oakland participant Scott Olson, an Iraq vet who was critically injured by a tear gas canister at a protest on Tuesday night, is now awake and lucid. Protesters have announced a Nov. 2. general strike in the city. An… Read More ›

• Occupy Denver: Five people hospitalized for exposure to the cold

  By The Red Phoenix on October 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Update, 3:11 p.m. October 26: Occupy Denver’s most recent report, via its Twitter account, is that a total of five people have been hospitalized within the past day. The group is urging people to contact Mayor Michael Hancock’s office to… Read More ›

• Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen to undergo brain surgery

  By The Red Phoenix on October 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Olsen’s condition upgraded from serious to fair after an incident that has prompted calls for Oakland mayor’s resignation Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the… Read More ›

• Rick Perry Voted Against Sanctions On Apartheid-Era South Africa

  By The Red Phoenix on October 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservatives concerned about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s Democratic past may have one less reason to worry. From Perry’s past comes a crucial rebellion: a vote against a Democrat’s proposal to sanction Apartheid-era South Africa. In 1985, another… Read More ›

• NATO puts off end to Libya air patrols

  By The Red Phoenix on October 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  (CBS/AP) BRUSSELS – NATO postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued Wednesday with the U.N. and the country’s interim government over how and when to wind down the operation. Last week, the alliance… Read More ›

• Industrial Hemp: A Useful Opportunity

  By The Red Phoenix on October 25, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Practical Uses for Industrial Hemp Hemp is a form of cannabis that can be used for the benefit of the working class. Hemp can be used as a food product, clothing, body care, paper, textiles, fuel, an alternative to plastic,… Read More ›

• Class Warfare Indeed

  By The Red Phoenix on October 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  by Michael Parenti Over the last two decades or more, Republicans have been denouncing as “class warfare” any attempt at criticizing and restraining their mean one-sided system of capitalist financial expropriation. The moneyed class in this country has been doing… Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: Occupy Everywhere

  By The Red Phoenix on October 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

• American Party of Labor Statement on the Killing of Muammar Gaddafi

  By The Red Phoenix on October 23, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  No the Colonization of Libya! With the victory of the NATO-backed rebels and the National Transitional Council, Libya has been colonized once again. Moammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, has been killed according to the country’s rebel… Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011)

  By The Red Phoenix on October 22, 2011 • ( 0 )