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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.

• 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 ›

• Report: huge increase in US troops in South Korea

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

  

  Both USFK and SK Ministry of National Defense dispute figures that show troop levels far above the agreed upon 28,500 By Kim Kyu-won and Gil Yun-hyung, staff reporters USFK troop levels, which have remained consistently in the 26,000 to 29,000… Read More ›

• Huge Drop in Workers at City-Sized US Embassy in Baghdad

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

  

  Cost-Cutting to See 10,000 Withdraw This Year by Jason Ditz A Vatican-sized fortress along the Tigris River, the US Embassy to Iraq is the stuff of legends, a $730 million testament to the runaway overspending of the occupation era. Ten years after… Read More ›

• Syrian Rebels Angry Over US Aid: ‘Only Thing We Want Is Weapons’

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

  Non-Lethal Aid Doesn’t Conquer Countries, Gen. Idris Insists by Jason Ditz General Salim Idris, the Chief of Staff of the Syrian rebels’ Supreme Military Council, reacted with anger toward the US announcement of additional aid for his forces, insisting that the promise… Read More ›

• Autopsy: Palestinian Prisoner Died of ‘Extreme Torture’ in Israeli Custody

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

  Arafat Jaradat, a father of a 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, worked as a gas station attendant and his wife, Dalal, is pregnant. Craig Brown, staff writer An autopsy on the body of Arafat Jaradat, a 30-year-old father of two,… Read More ›

• British have invaded nine out of ten countries – so look out Luxembourg

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

  

  By Jasper Copping Every schoolboy used to know that at the height of the empire, almost a quarter of the atlas was coloured pink, showing the extent of British rule. But that oft recited fact dramatically understates the remarkable global reach… Read More ›

• Rod Richardson: the mystery of the protester who was not who he claimed

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

  

  Paul Lewis and Rob Evans The mother of the real Rod Richardson, who died at two days old, fears an officer assumed his identity to pose as an activist Rod Richardson celebrated his 29th birthday in style on 5 January 2002. After… Read More ›

• CIA Admits Full Monitoring of Facebook and Other Social Networks

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  February 8, 2013 – Most people use social media like Facebook and Twitter to share photos of friends and family, chat with friends and strangers about random and amusing diversions, or follow their favorite websites, bands and television shows. But… Read More ›

• South Korea warns of pre-emptive strike against North over nuclear tests

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

  Republic of Korea out AFP Photo / Dong-A Ilbo South Korea will launch a pre-emptive strike against Pyongyang if the antagonist to its north moves to test a nuclear weapon. Seoul said a first strike would be preferable to North… Read More ›

• REPORT: Prominent Conservative Leader Once Ran White Supremacist Group

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

  James B. Taylor By Josh Israel A new report by Mother Jones reveals that James B. Taylor, a prominent conservative movement leader and board member for the Young America’s Foundation, once served as vice president of a white supremacist group. Taylor’s bio notes that he… Read More ›

• The Right-to-Exploit

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

  

  by ROBERT HANHAM Right-to-Work Laws as Weapons of Class War No sooner had Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ (RTW) law passed, than supporters were out in force crowing about their success and the prospect of other states falling victim. Non-RTW states Alaska, Illinois,… Read More ›