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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.

• America’s “Most Wanted” Terrorist: An Open Letter From Assata

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

  

  My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy… Read More ›

• Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

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

  

  By Jason Leopold An attorney who represented prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay was found dead last week in what sources said was a suicide. Andy P. Hart, 38, a federal public defender in Toledo, Ohio, apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot… Read More ›

• Bradley Manning is off limits at SF Gay Pride parade, but corporate sleaze is embraced

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A seemingly trivial controversy reveals quite a bit about pervasive political values by Glenn Greenwald News reports yesterday indicated that Bradley Manning, widely known to be gay, had been selected to be one of the Grand Marshals of the annual San Francisco gay pride… Read More ›

• Detroit police accused of ‘kidnapping’ homeless people, leaving them outside city limits

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Following a year-long investigation, the ACLU has filed a complaint demanding that Detroit Police halt what it calls the “disturbing practice” of literally driving away the homeless, often leaving them to fend for themselves in unfamiliar areas. According to complaints… Read More ›

• Obama administration bypasses CISPA by secretly allowing Internet surveillance

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Scared that CISPA might pass? The federal government is already using a secretive cybersecurity program to monitor online traffic and enforce CISPA-like data sharing between Internet service providers and the Department of Defense. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has obtained… Read More ›

• Gitmo is Killing Me

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30… Read More ›

• Editorial: Why North Korea Needs Nuclear Weapons

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  By Stephen Gowans Is North Korea’s recent nuclear test, its third, to be welcomed, lamented or condemned? It depends on your perspective. If you believe that a people should be able to organize their affairs free from foreign domination and… Read More ›

• Islamic Cleric Issues Fatwa Allowing for Syrian Rebels to Rape Non-Sunni Women

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Cheryl K. Chumley An Islamic cleric has cleared the path for rebels in Syria, who are trying to oust President Bashar Assad, to rape women, so long as they’re non-Sunni. Salafi Sheikh Yasir al-Ajlawni, who hails from Jordan but who lived in Damascus for… Read More ›

• Venezuela accuses opposition of plotting coup, seven dead

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Brian Ellsworth and Andrew Cawthorne (Reuters) – Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro accused the opposition on Tuesday of planning a coup against him after seven government supporters were killed in clashes over his disputed election victory. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles… Read More ›

• To Catch Government Workers With Ties to Child Porn, Call the IRS

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Lori Handrahan, Ph.D. Last week the IRS decided to award Bradley Birkenfeld his $104 million dollar share for helping bust UBS bank. Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and his staff were instrumental. Senator Grassley vowed to delay pending Department of Treasury nominations if the IRS… Read More ›

• Missouri Man Arrested at Hospital for Refusing to leave Gay Partner

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

  

  By David Edwards A gay man was arrested at a hospital in Missouri this week when he refused to leave the bedside of his partner, and now a restraining order is preventing him from any type of visitation. Roger Gorley told… Read More ›

• NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly “wanted to instill fear” in Black and Latino men

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

  

  At stop-and-frisk trial, New York state senator and former police captain Eric Adams testifies about 2010 conversation with Kelly by Ryan Devereaux The commissioner of the New York City police department views the controversial practice of stop, question and frisk as a means… Read More ›

• North Korea: What’s Really Happening

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

  

  Are we primed for war? Here’s everything you need to know about our current — and past — relationship with DPRK BY TIM SHORROCK We all know it’s a crisis. Every night this week, NBC, CBS and every other media outlet… Read More ›

• N. Korea suspends access to crucial jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone with South

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

  

  North Korea has suspended access to the Kaesong industrial zone shared with the South – the latest move amid escalating tensions on the peninsula. South Korea’s defense minister warned that all options will be considered if worker safety is at… Read More ›

• Washington’s “Playbook” for provoking North Korea

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

  

  By Stephen Gowans In an April 3 Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. dials back on Korean show of force,” reporters Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes revealed that the White House approved a detailed plan, called ‘the playbook,’ to ratchet… Read More ›