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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.

• A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a… Read More ›

• The California Prisoners Hunger Strike: The Truth

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

  

  Responding to Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) By Joe Veale Four weeks ago, 30,000 people in prisons in California and surrounding states went on a hunger strike to protest their conditions, in particular in… Read More ›

• 2013: A Short Story

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Willis Smith awoke to the sound of his radio alarm and rose from his bed. So began another day living under the System. There was no time to have breakfast, given the demanding hours required by his employer. Given the… Read More ›

• More bodies of immigrants being found near Texas border

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

  

  by Ricky Jervis Each year dozens of illegal immigrants are found dead along the U.S.-Mexican border, usually from sweltering heat or from bullets fired by human smugglers FALFURRIAS, Texas – Deputy Rolando Gutierrez knew he’d be breaking up domestic disputes… Read More ›

• US preparing for military action in Syria, top US general says

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

  

  President Barack Obama is considering using military force in Syria, and the Pentagon has prepared various scenarios for possible United States intervention. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Obama administration is deliberating whether… Read More ›

• Who Will March for Marissa Alexander?

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

  

  by Marissa Jackson On the morning after the Morning After, the racial tension in this country could be popped with a needle. If the prevailing narrative is to be believed, Black America is furious, outraged and depressed about George Zimmerman’s… Read More ›

• The Zimmerman Jury Told Young Black Men What We Already Knew

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Cord Jefferson Tonight a Florida man’s acquittal for hunting and killing a black teenager who was armed with only a bag of candy serves as a Rorschach test for the American public. For conservatives, it’s a triumph of permissive… Read More ›

• Zimmerman acquitted of Trayvon Martin murder

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A jury in Florida has ruled that George Zimmerman is not guilty of all charges relating to the murder of unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. The high-profile case sparked a massive national debate on race and guns in the United… Read More ›

• A Disturbing Sign of the Times

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

  

  Recently a news story about a McDonald’s worker suing her employer has started making the rounds on the internet. Twenty-seven year old Natalie Gunshannon of Dallas Township (Pennsylvania) found that instead of receiving her first paycheck via direct deposit or… Read More ›

• ‘Not Your Colony’: Bolivia Threatens Shutdown of US Embassy

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

  

  South American leaders flank the Bolivian President as he rails against US air piracy in manhunt for Snowden – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened Thursday to shut down the U.S. embassy in his country after a forced… Read More ›

• Cop cleared of wrongdoing after shooting kittens in front of screaming kids

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

  

  An Ohio policeman shot to death a litter of kittens on Wednesday, telling a group of screaming children that the animals would be going to “kitty heaven”. But instead of firing the officer, the local police department cleared him of… Read More ›

• ‘I watch him bleed out:’ Drone operator who helped kill 1,626 targets reveals trauma of watching them die on a computer screen

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

  

  Brandon Bryant, 27, served as a drone operator from 2006 to 2011 at bases in Nevada, New Mexico and Iraq He could clearly see his targets through thermal images on a computer  When he was recruited to the job, he… Read More ›

• Egypt’s ‘full military coup:’ How it happened

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

  

  Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was ousted in a military coup Wednesday, with security forces forbidding him from leaving the country, arresting a number of top Muslim Brotherhood officials, and raiding media outlets in the midst of broadcasts. Saad El-Katani, the… Read More ›

• ‘Game Over’: Morsi ousted, constitution suspended, army in control

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

  

  President Mohamed Morsi was stripped of his power and detained by the Egyptian army as the constitution has been suspended. Those gathered on Cairo’s Tahrir Square welcomed the news with cheers, although post-coup Egypt remains highly unstable. Morsi has reportedly… Read More ›

• Editorial: The Wonderful American World of Informers and Agents Provocateurs

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

  

  by Todd Gitlin and Tom Engelhardt Back in the early 1970s, I worked for Pacific News Service (PNS), a small antiwar media outfit that operated out of the Bay Area Institute (BAI), a progressive think tank in San Francisco.  The… Read More ›