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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.

• As details of massacre emerge, Afghan man who lost 11 relatives says: ‘We want justice’

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Richard Leiby and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL — The U.S. military’s decision to formally charge Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in the killing of 17 Afghan villagers on Friday did nothing to dampen the anger of Mohammed Wazir, who lost… Read More ›

• U.S. official: Bales to be charged with 17 counts of murder

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a… Read More ›

• Robert Bales, Accused in Afghan Deaths, Hires Flashy Lawyer John Henry Browne

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

  

  Before the public even knew the name of the Army staff sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghans in cold blood, his lawyer John Henry Browne, a 6-foot-5 Seattle attorney who’s defended Ted Bundy and the ‘Barefoot Bandit,’ was busily trying… Read More ›

• Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony, Leader Of Rebel Militia Accused Of Atrocities

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Joseph Kony, the African strongman who is suddenly a major villain thanks to a viral video about his atrocities, has a friend in Rush Limbaugh. In 2011, President Obama sent American troops to fight Joseph Kony, the leader of the… Read More ›

• Lawyer describes talk with Afghan killings suspect

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By GENE JOHNSON FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a… Read More ›

• Modern Chain Gangs: the Profitability of Prison Labor Today

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  States are increasingly utilizing prison labor to plug budget holes, but public employee unions aren’t happy. BY: Russell Nichols The Cañon City Correctional Complex in southern Colorado is a veritable city of prisoners. More than 8,000 inmates are housed in… Read More ›

• Investigation of Neighborhood Watch Captain Who Shot Teen Trayvon Martin Reveals Questionable Police Conduct

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

  

  By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and SENI TIENABESO ABC News has uncovered questionable police conduct in the investigation of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain in Florida, including the alleged “correction” of at… Read More ›

• Shootings further dent Americans’ support for war

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

  

  By ANNE GEARAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The weekend massacre of Afghan civilians, allegedly carried out by a U.S. soldier, further undermines the rationale for a war that a majority of Americans already thought wasn’t worth fighting. But the Obama administration… Read More ›

• U.S. Army Massacres 16 Afghan Civilians: ‘Several drunk troops behind bloodbath, laughed on shooting-spree, burned corpses’

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Gruesome new details are surfacing after 16 Afghan villagers including nine children were shot in their houses by at least one US serviceman. Witnesses to the atrocity now say that several drunken American soldiers were involved. Neighbors at the village… Read More ›

• Eastern Libya declares autonomy; Libyan leader vows to keep Libya together by force

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

  

  Eastern Libya declares autonomy Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of major tribal… Read More ›

• Kony 2012 campaign criticized for dumbing down conflict

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

    In perhaps the most ambitious viral marketing campaign in the history of the internet, Kony 2012 looks to use the web and social media to hunt down and arrest an indicted war criminal before year’s end. Critics have accused… Read More ›

• On “Kony 2012” and Invisible Children

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

  

  You must have heard of the viral video created by Invisible Children (IC), a U.S. organization that has launched a one-year campaign (expires December 31, 2012) to eliminate Joseph Kony, the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel… Read More ›

• Invisible Children called out for its policies and monetary distribution

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

  

  March 7, 2012 by Bryne Yancey A new blog post from at Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada) sociology and political science student Grant Oyston has called into question the practices of non-profit Invisible Children. In the post, Oyston highlights the… Read More ›

• Miami Valedictorian Gets Support In Fight Against Deportation

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  A federal judge’s decision to deport a high school valedictorian who has lived in the United States since she was 4 has sparked her Miami community to rally around her. And now student Daniela Pelaez, 18, also seems to have… Read More ›

• Update on Menominee girl punished for speaking native language in classroom

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

  

  MILWAUKEE – While the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has apologized to the Menominee Tribe and the family of a seventh-grader who was punished for using her native language at school, the girl’s mother said Tuesday that she still wants… Read More ›