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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.

• Iraq, 2013: The Horrors Remain the Same — Rape, Executions and Torture Abound

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

  

  [Trigger Warning: Graphic Discussion of Sexual Violence and Torture] In today’s Iraq, it is unfortunately all too easy to find Iraqis who have had loved ones who have been detained and tortured, and the trend is increasing. Baghdad – Heba al-Shamary… Read More ›

• Paula Deen On Her Dream ‘Southern Plantation Wedding’

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

  

  by HUNTER WALKER Last month, Food Network chef Paula Deen gave a videotaped deposition as part of a discrimination suit she’s facing in which she discussed her desire to have a “very southern style wedding” for her brother modeled after a… Read More ›

• It’s Juneteenth 2013. More Black people are in prison than were slaves and Paula Deen wants to bring slavery back

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

  

  Today is June 19, or Juneteenth. While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863, slaves in Texas didn’t find out slavery was over until June 19, 1865, hence commemorating this date as the end of legal slavery in… Read More ›

• Hacker who exposed Steubenville rape case could spend more time behind bars than the rapists

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

  

  [Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence] By Tara Culp-Ressler The Steubenville rape case, in which two high school football players were convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl at a party, helped spark a national conversation about consent, victim-blaming, and rape culture. The case gained national attention… Read More ›

• McD’s worker sues: Don’t pay by debit card

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

  

  By Bill O’Boyle All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said. Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald’s Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from April 24 to May 15. When she… Read More ›

• McCain Excuses Syrian Rebel War Crimes, Suggests He’d Tolerate Extremist Takeover of Syria

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

  

  By Ben Armbruster Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Monday downplayed atrocities being committed by Syrian rebel forces and suggested that he would be willing to tolerate extremists taking over Syria because they would most likely not be allied with Iran. McCain… Read More ›

• NSA whistleblower disappears from sight in Hong Kong

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

  

  By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to… Read More ›

• Excuse Me, But Israel Has No Right To Exist

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

  

  By Sharmine Narwani The phrase “right to exist” entered my consciousness in the 1990s just as the concept of the two-state solution became part of our collective lexicon. In any debate at university, when a Zionist was out of arguments,… Read More ›

• Obama to increase aid to Israel: $4 billion per year beginning 2017

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

  

  Written by Justin Raimondo The President, on his trip to Israel, presented Netanyahu with a new ten-year aid “package” totaling some $40 billion – a $10 billion increase over the last such agreement. AntiWar.com – Given the kind of society we have… Read More ›

• Undercover: Police Officer Connected to “NATO 5” Case Still Spying on Protest in Chicago

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

  

  By Steve Horn and Chris Geovanis On March 27, Chicago teachers and their supporters – including parents, students and community residents – rallied against the largest mass public school closure in US history. News of the mobilization sparked huge public interest before the demonstration… Read More ›

• Red lines and other double standards

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

  

  By Stephen Gowans According to the White House, Israel has the right to defend itself (1). I would argue that it doesn’t. Based on the theft of another people’s land and denial of their right to return to the homes… Read More ›

• Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide – Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Guilty of Mayan Genocide

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

  

  By Robert Parry More than any recent U.S. president, Ronald Reagan has been lavished with honors, including his name attached to Washington’s National Airport. But the conviction of Reagan’s old ally, ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt, for genocide means “Ronnie” must face… Read More ›

• Jaw Dropping Air Force Brochure Advises Rape Victims to ‘Submit’ Instead of Resisting

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  BY SPENCER ACKERMAN An Air Force brochure on sexual assault advises potential victims not to fight off their attackers. “It may be advisable to submit [rather] than resist,” reads the brochure (.pdf), issued to airmen at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina,… Read More ›

• Dad who died during arrest ‘begged for his life’; witness videos seized

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

  

  BY LAURA LIERA AND JASON KOTOWSKI Californian staff writers lliera@bakersfield.com; jkotowski@bakersfield.com Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and… Read More ›

• Nazi cop runs a police state in Arizona town

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

  

  Some residents in a small Arizona city are saying that the term “police state” is more than just a metaphor for the authoritarian rule they feel that they are being more and more subjected to in tiny town just east… Read More ›