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June Vass (she/her) is the editor-in-chief of the Red Phoenix, the Director of the Information Bureau of the American Party of Labor, and a member of the National Writers Union. She is based in Orlando, FL.
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Indonesia and Suharto: how imperialism secures neo-colonies in blood
In his book “The Polical Economy of Growth”, Paul Baran reminds us that from the standpoint of the bourgeoisie, feudalism provided wastefulness because of its socioeconomic organization and parasitic functionaries and institutions, while from the standpoint of the feudalist, essential,… Read More ›
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I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave
My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine. —By Mac McClelland “DON’T TAKE ANYTHING that happens to you there personally,” the woman at the local chamber of commerce says when I tell her that tomorrow I start working at… Read More ›
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Majority in former Soviet states believe breakup was harmful mistake – poll
More than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed a majority of citizens in the independent states believe that the split brought nothing but harm, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup a research-based, global performance-management consulting company released a… Read More ›
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Maoist Insurgency Spreads to Over 40% of India. Mass Poverty and Delhi’s Embrace of Corporate Neoliberalism Fuels Social Uprising
By Asad Ismi On May 25, 2013, Maoist insurgents in the Indian state of Chattisgarh wiped out almost the entire leadership of the Congress Party in that state by killing 28 of its members in an ambush. The Congress Party forms… Read More ›
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Numsa withdraws support for ANC in South Africa
South Africa’s biggest trade union has announced that it is withdrawing its support for the ANC ahead of next year’s election – a big blow to the governing party. The 330,000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said… Read More ›
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Israel opens dam, flooding Gaza Strip with rainwater
Israel has opened the Wadi Sofa Dam east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, flooding dozens of houses and leaving hundreds of people homeless. The head of the Gaza government’s Information Office, Ihab Al-Ghusain, told Arabic Sky News that… Read More ›
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Korean Central News Agency Press Release on the Execution of Jang Song Thaek
Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed Pyongyang, December 13 (KCNA) — Upon hearing the report on the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the service personnel and people throughout the country… Read More ›
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“Dreadful Deceit”: Race is a myth
A historian argues that one of the defining elements of American culture is merely a “social fiction” by LAURA MILLER Jacqueline Jones’ provocative new history, “Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race From the Colonial Era to Obama’s America,” contains a startling sentence on… Read More ›
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‘Whole families murdered’: Syrian rebels execute over 80 civilians outside Damascus
Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military told RT. Many others were kidnapped to be used as human shields. Government forces are continuing… Read More ›
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China becomes third country to land on moon
China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon on Saturday, according to state media. The event marks the first soft-landing on the moon in three decades, joining the USA and former USSR in achieving the feat. China’s official Xinhua news… Read More ›
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The CUNY Wars: How David Petraeus Turned America’s Most Diverse University Into a War Zone
The general’s presence on campus has sparked protests, arrests and beatings in the streets. By Peter Rugh Want to turn a university into a war zone? Invite General David Petraeus onto campus. Ever since the general showed up at the City… Read More ›
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Al-Qaeda-linked rebels kidnap 120 Syrian Kurds – watchdog
Al-Qaeda linked Islamists have kidnapped at least 120 Kurdish civilians from a village in Aleppo province near the border with Turkey, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing its sources. The fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and… Read More ›
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Mandela ended political apartheid in South Africa, but economic apartheid continues
by Krissy Clark South Africa has declared ten days of official mourning for Nelson Mandela. As people reflect on his legacy, it’s important to remember that his struggle against apartheid was a fight against a system of political and economic oppression. … Read More ›
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African National Congress Statement on the Death of Nelson Mandela
A Nation Mourns: the Passing of Cde Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 5 December 2013 Comrades and friends, The Mandela family, Fellow South Africans, “In the life of every nation, there arise men who leave an indelible and eternal stamp on the… Read More ›
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Uruguay legalizes sale and production of marijuana
Uruguay has become the first country in the world to legalize both the sale and production of marijuana. President Jose Mujica has championed the measure as a way of combatting the illegal drug industry that has decimated parts of Uruguay…. Read More ›
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