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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.

• Rebels conduct new chemical weapons attack in Syria near Turkish border – report

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

  

  The rebels used chemical weapons in north-eastern Syria near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, a Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen reported. The toxic shell exploded near a Kurdish defense forces’ checkpoint close to the border with Turkey in the city… Read More ›

• “Riots always begin typically the same way”: Food stamp shutdown looms Friday

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

  

  The head of the largest food bank says the $5 billion annual cut will take a week of meals off millions’ plates BY JOSH EIDELSON Food stamp recipients face a massive benefit cut set to kick in when stimulus funds expire… Read More ›

• Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

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

  

  by SETH ABRAMOVITCH At CNN’s Tea Party-indulging debate on Monday, Ron Paul, a medical doctor, faced a pointed line of questioning from Wolf Blitzer regarding the case of an uninsured young man who suddenly found himself in dire need of intensive health care…. Read More ›

• Almost 30 million people worldwide live as slaves – report

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

  

  Nearly 30 million people across the globe live as modern-day slaves, according to a new report. Many are forced into being child brides, child soldiers, prostitutes, or laborers. India accounts for nearly half of the worldwide total. The Global Slavery… Read More ›

• The Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay debts

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

  

  Kalai, like many other villages in Bangladesh, appears a rural idyll at first sight. But several villagers here have resorted to selling organs to pay back microcredit loans that were meant to lift them out of poverty. Journalist Sophie Cousins… Read More ›

• Al-Nusra denies leader’s death reported by Syrian TV

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

  

  According to Syria state television the leader of al-Nusra Front – an Al-Qaeda affiliated fighting force in Syria – has been killed. The group however has issued a statement denying the report and saying their leader is “in good health.”… Read More ›

• Outrageous arrest of Palestinian activist in Chicago

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

  

  The American Party of Labor is reprinting and disseminating the following communiqué from the Fight Back News Service. We fully endorse and support the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and stand in complete solidarity with Rasmieh Odeh and with other… Read More ›

• US Invasion of Grenada: A 30-Year Retrospective

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

  

  By Stephen Zunes It has been exactly 30 years since US forces invaded Grenada, ending that Caribbean island nation’s four-year socialist experiment. The island nation no bigger than Martha’s Vineyard, with a population that could barely fill the Rose Bowl, was… Read More ›

• Cuba to open tax free Special Economic Zone

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

  

  Rules for the first development of its kind on the communist island take effect in November, but critics are worried. by Chris Arsenault Communist Cuba is the latest country to plan a “Special Economic Zone”, part of an economic model blasted… Read More ›

• Venezuela: More hoarded products discovered in Opposition Warehouses

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

  

  By News Bulletin. Translation & commentary by Axis of Logic La Iguana TV. Axis of Logic Monday, Oct 21, 2013 Editor’s Comment: The corporate media in the United States and Europe are fond of reporting “shortages” of essential goods available… Read More ›

• Complicating “White Privilege”

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by PAUL C. GORSKI Class, Race and Images of Wilma In my favorite photograph of my Grandma Wilma, taken during her early teens, she stands outside her Kitzmiller, Maryland, house. The house’s exterior, cracking and worn, hints at the working… Read More ›

• Mozambique: 1992 Peace Pact Collapses

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The Renamo opposition movement said Monday that it was abandoning its 1992 peace accord with the governing Frelimo party, raising fears of a renewal of the old conflict. Renamo, which entered politics through the peace pact, ending the 1975-92 war,… Read More ›

• Stress of Childhood Poverty May Have Long-Term Effect on Brain

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Nicole Ostrow Children raised in poverty or in orphanages experience chronic stress early in life that can have long-lasting effects on the brain, setting them up for future mental and physical ailments as adults, two studies found. The stress of… Read More ›

• Tajikistan pines for old Soviet Union strength

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Polls reveal that up to 70 percent of the Tajikistan population longs for the Soviet Union era. Industrial output is a fraction of 1990 levels, and some 2 million Tajiks have emigrated to Russia in search of work. By Iason Athanasiadis… Read More ›

• Editorial: Malala Yousafzai and the White Saviour Complex

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Assed Baig An edit of this article was first published on the Huffington Post website When Malala Yusufzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen simply because she wanted to gain an education it sent shockwaves around the world. The Western media… Read More ›