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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.

• Rev. Moon, religious and political figure, dies in South Korea at 92

  By Editor-in-Chief on September 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon — a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass… Read More ›

• New study says the Cheonan was sunk by mine, not North Korean torpedo

  By Editor-in-Chief on September 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Scientific analysis shows signs of a powerful underwater explosion By Oh Cheol-woo, science correspondent An article has been published in an international academic journal arguing that the explosion that sank the South Korean Cheonan warship in March 2010 may not… Read More ›

• Slap on the Wrist for Troops in Corpse Urination Video

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Common Dreams staff Three of the Marines involved in the video that surfaced in January of soldiers urinating on the corpses of Afghans have received “nonjudicial punishment” on Monday for their roles in the incident. Because they received “nonjudicial punishment,”… Read More ›

• 80 Percent of Public Schools Have Contracts With Coke or Pepsi

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Schools That Limit Junk Food and Soda on Campus Have Lower Obesity Rates By Tom Philpott Is your kid’s public school a Coke school or a Pepsi school? If you don’t know what I mean, consider yourself lucky. Starting in… Read More ›

• “Iran and Everything Else” by Michael Parenti

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Occasionally individuals complain that I fail to address one subject or another. One Berkeley denizen got in my face and announced: “You leftists ought to become aware of the ecological crisis.” In fact, I had written a number of things… Read More ›

• U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Craig Whitlock The State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including a satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country, according to previously undisclosed diplomatic cables. The London-based satellite channel, Barada TV,… Read More ›

• Conn. nursing home workers begin strike at 5 homes

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  HARTFORD, Conn. — About 700 staff members at five Connecticut nursing homes followed through with a threatened strike on Tuesday to protest what they say are labor concessions imposed by the New Jersey company that owns the facilities. Nurses, nursing… Read More ›

• Why Washington and Moscow want a backroom deal over Syria

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The scene is set for a Clinton-Lavrov meeting that could still ring the death knell for the Assad regime Months of futile diplomatic tussling, UN deadlock and finger-pointing over Syria have boiled down to a dramatic, last-ditch effort this weekend… Read More ›

• Troops have withdrawn from Iraq, but U.S. money hasn’t

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Walter Pincus The State Department is planning to spend up to $115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest and most expensive in the world, according to pre-solicitation notices published this month. Remember, it… Read More ›

• Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›

• Michael Parenti: U.S. Aggression & Propaganda Against Cuba

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Why the unrelieved U.S. antagonism toward Cuba? by Michael Parenti In recent times, U.S.-Cuban relations have gone from bad to worse. Under the Administration of George W. Bush, the U.S. boycott has been more stringently imposed. Anti-government agitation within Cuba… Read More ›

• Lost in Translation: Did Iran’s President Call for Israel to be “Wiped Off the Map?”

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Experts confirm that Iran’s president did not call for Israel to be ‘wiped off the map’. Reports that he did serve to strengthen western hawks. by Jonathan Steele My recent comment piece explaining how Iran’s president was badly misquoted when… Read More ›

• Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  A critical document from President Barack Obama’s free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises. The leaked document… Read More ›

• Chicago teachers cast overwhelming strike authorization vote

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  CHICAGO – With Chicago teachers facing a hostile mayor and Chicago Board of Education in negotiations for a new contract, 90% of teachers union members have voted to authorize a strike. “This is not a win,” said Chicago Teachers Union… Read More ›

• Suicides are surging among US troops

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides are surging among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year… Read More ›