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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 Los Angeles, CA.

• Arafat poisoned to death: Medical journal

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A report by one of the world’s leading medical journals has supported earlier findings that Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was poisoned to death nearly a decade ago. According to British journal the Lancet, Arafat was… Read More ›

• PM kidnapping fiasco: ‘Liberated’ Libya is chaos-state

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Although the detention of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan only lasted a few hours, it was a bold indication of the country’s deepening instability since the civil war that toppled strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.  In the early hours of… Read More ›

• Flesh-Eating Drug Krokodil Is Now Attacking Chicago Suburbs

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The flesh-eating drug Krokodil made its horrifying United States debut two weeks ago in Arizona, but as many feared, its use has spread: there have now been three reports of the drug in a Chicago suburb. Krokodil, the inexpensive “heroin substitute” that is really… Read More ›

• Trucker Protest Gets Crazier with Lady Who Believes Obama Is Osama

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by CORD JEFFERSON Can this on-again, off-again trucker protest in D.C. get any fucking weirder than it already is? Yes, because anything is possible with speed. Despite one of the protest’s organizers saying yesterday that the “Truckers Ride for the Constitution”… Read More ›

• The Sarin Mysteries: Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 7, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Michael Parenti The Sarin Mysteries Following Kerry, President Obama announced that the situation in Syria had changed irredeemably since August 21. The United States would have to attack. But, on second thought, Obama decided to leave the decision up… Read More ›

• Editorial: Greece On The Verge? Military Special Forces Have 15 Demands… Or Else

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Greek government authorities are on alert after a union of Greek army reservists of Special Forces issued a statement urging the Greek administration to step down and make way for a national unity government. As Keep Talking Greece notes, the statement on the… Read More ›

• Despite lobbyist claims, piracy not killing media industry, study shows

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Online piracy is not the scourge of the media industry, as proponents of a crackdown on copyright infringement claim, says a new study. Creative business is doing well, with those embracing the new realities of digital sharing even flourishing. The… Read More ›

• An Obituary for General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013)

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by CARLOS BORRERO The Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap has died. Throughout what was once known as the Third World as well as among those with revolutionary consciousness in the centers of imperialism, we pay tribute to one of the… Read More ›

• Saudi Black Ops Team Behind Syria Gas Attack: Diplomats

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency. “Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be… Read More ›

• Gov’t Crackdown on Golden Dawn Won’t Defeat Greek Fascism

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Costas Lapavitsas: The only way to defeat the Golden Dawn and Greek fascism is through popular mobilization that persuades Greek working people and the middle class that democracy and social change can create a just economy –   October 3, 13 JAISAL… Read More ›

• Herman Wallace Dies Just Days After Being Released from 40+ Years in Solitary

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Democracy Now! has learned from supporters and loved ones of Angola 3 member Herman Wallace that he passed away early this morning, on Friday October 4, just three days after being released from prison in Louisiana after 42 years in… Read More ›

• Flesh-eating Russian opiate drug called ‘krokodil’ arrives in Arizona

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By David Ferguson A potentially lethal, flesh-eating narcotic compound is catching on in parts of Arizona. Users inject the drug to get high, and the scaly, rotten patches of necrotic flesh it can leave behind have led to the drug… Read More ›

• China’s State Council: ‘Let the market play its own role’

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Li Jiabao (China Daily) State Council’s latest move reduces intervention and facilitates business The central government announced on Wednesday it will give up more administrative power to let the market better play its role, streamlining procedures for administrative approvals… Read More ›

• Head of Barilla pasta company: Gays can eat someone else’s pasta

  By Editor-in-Chief on September 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By David Ferguson Guido Barilla, president of the family-owned Barilla pasta company, said in a radio interview on Wednesday that his company only supports “the traditional family” and that LGBT people “can go eat someone else’s pasta.” According to John Aravosis… Read More ›

• Pope Francis Excommunicates Australian Priest Who Advocated For Gay Marriage and Female Clergy

  By Editor-in-Chief on September 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Hunter Stuart On the heels of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking remarks faulting the Roman Catholic Church for being overly focused on homosexuality and abortion, news has emerged that the pontiff ordered the excommunication of a priest who advocated for women’s rights and gay marriage…. Read More ›