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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.
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Eight Are Charged With Chilean Singer’s 1973 Murder After Military Coup
By PASCALE BONNEFOY SANTIAGO, Chile — Eight retired army officers were charged on Friday with the murder of a popular songwriter and theater director, Víctor Jara, who was tortured and killed days after the 1973 military coup in a stadium that… Read More ›
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US Marine reduced to lower rank and fined for urinating on dead Afghans
A US Marine has had his rank reduced and been fined $500 fine for urinating on corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan after pleading guilty at a special court martial in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Staff Sgt Joseph W. Chamblin… Read More ›
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Top Conservative Publication: Shooting Occurred Because Women Ran The School
If there were fewer women and more “male aggression” in Sandy Hook Elementary School, the massacre there never would have taken place, according to a contribution to a leading conservative magazine. National Review, whose in-house editorial suggested Newtown was the price… Read More ›
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Army Seeking Death Penalty in Massacre of 16 Afghans
By KIRK JOHNSON SEATTLE — The United States Army will seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Sergeant Bales’s court-martial will consider 16 counts of premeditated murder, six… Read More ›
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EU to consider ‘all options’ to aid rebels as Syria asks for humanitarian help
EU leaders have called on their foreign ministers to consider all options to support the Syrian opposition and put pressure on the Syrian leadership. It comes as the Syrian FM blames sanctions for the country’s humanitarian crisis, asking for UN… Read More ›
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Florida cops tase man for trying to put out fire on his own house
After a Florida man picked up a garden hose to try to extinguish a fire that engulfed his neighbor’s house in flames, he was brutally tasered by police in front of his two children. After laying in a puddle while… Read More ›
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Dark Secret of the US Military — Neo-Nazis and Criminals Are Filling Its Ranks
How the armed services have become a sanctuary for racists and the mentally unfit. The following is an excerpt from “Irregular Army: How The US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, And Criminals To Fight The War On Terror,” by Matt… Read More ›
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Religious exemption at some Florida children’s homes shields prying eyes
They shaved him bald that first morning in 2008, put him in an orange jumpsuit and made him exercise past dark. • Through the night, as he slept on the floor, they forced him awake for more. • The sun had not… Read More ›
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US Using Bad Info for Drone Strikes Like It Did for Detainees
Just as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq, the CIA and U.S. military act on bad intel when designating targets for drone attacks. As when the United States greased the skids for war with Iraq, it’s ratcheting up tensions with… Read More ›
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The Reality of Obama’s Security State
Big Brother, Kill Lists, and Secrecy: What to Expect From Obama’s Second Term by Christian Stork Following Barack Obama’s significant electoral victory, the ways in which the President will interpret his new “mandate” are still very much up for debate…. Read More ›
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“Free Syrian Army” Threatens Red Crescent
Sources of the Syrian Red Crescent told “al-Intiqad” website it had received a threat from the so-called “Free Syrian Army”, forbidding their vehicles from hospitalizing Syrian army soldiers. The source confirmed that those who threatened the Red Crescent were the… Read More ›
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Bales ignored ‘We are children!’ shouts, Afghan witnesses say
The Afghan children awakened in the dead of night with a terrifying warning: An American soldier was in their village, and he had shot at least one man to death. “He killed my man,” their neighbor’s wife cried as she… Read More ›
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Where did America’s missing millions go? Holodomor Lessons
The posting of this article does not imply endorsement of the views of the author. — The Red Phoenix Editorial Board. U.S. history contains a serious crime against its own people – the Great American Holodomor of 1932/33, which cost… Read More ›
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4000 “Free Syrian Army” Militiamen Attack Damascus: Minorities, Palestinians Among Those Attacked
The upsurge of violence in Syria since the last week seems more and more to be an attempt to surround the Syrian capital from different axes. Three days later, it proved to be a failure. However, by bombed-car attacks, explosives… Read More ›
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Turkey indicts IDF commanders over Gaza flotilla deaths
Relations between Jerusalem and Ankara have deteriorated since Israeli marines stormed the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010 and killed nine Turks in clashes with activists on board. Turkey is putting four former Israeli military commanders, including the head… Read More ›
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