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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.

• Zimmerman back to jail; judge says he lied

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

  

  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s shooter must return to jail, a judge ordered Friday in a strongly worded ruling that said George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain bond in a case… Read More ›

• Ephren Taylor Accused of $11 Million Christian Ponzi Scheme by SEC

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

  

  By STEVE OSUNSAMI and KATIE HINMAN Ephren Taylor stepped into the pulpit with the ease of preacher’s son, taking the microphone at the New Birth Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the powerful pastor Eddie Long was introducing him to the… Read More ›

• Four witnesses in Trayvon Martin case change their stories

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Three key witnesses in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman change their accounts in ways that could damage the defendant. The fourth abandons her initial story altogether. By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence released last… Read More ›

• Hacktivist claim: We took down city website because of police violence

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  BY NATASHA KORECKI When the NATO Summit in Chicago was still on the horizon, a group of self-proclaimed “hacktivists” was gearing up. A member of AntiS3curityOPS, which has taken credit for taking the City of Chicago’s website offline on Sunday,… Read More ›

• NATO 3 protesters being held in isolation, lawyer says

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

  

  BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Criminal Courts Reporter Three out-of-state anti-NATO protesters accused of making Molotov cocktails and planning a violent attack during the international leaders’ summit have been kept in isolation in the Cook County Jail, a lawyer for one of… Read More ›

• Police Brutality reported at Chicago Summit Protests

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Protesters rallied outside the Chicago campaign headquarters of President Barack Obama on Monday on the last day of the two-day NATO summit. The peaceful nature of the demonstration came in stark contrast to violent clashes that left protesters and eight… Read More ›

• NATO protests in Chicago: Police van drives into protesters

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  “Occupy” movement participants and an array of protest groups are among those gathering in Chicago this weekend to demonstrate outside the NATO summit. Sunday, protesters are ramping up for the largest demonstration of the weekend. So are police and Homeland… Read More ›

• Video: Chicago NATO Summit Protests

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

• 3 men charged with terror conspiracy ahead of NATO

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By SHANNON MCFARLAND and TAMMY WEBBER CHICAGO (AP) — Three men arrested earlier this week when police raided a Chicago apartment were being held Saturday on terrorism conspiracy charges, accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO… Read More ›

• Video: Protester in Chicago NATO Summit rips NATO banner down

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

• New Trayvon Martin Evidence: 10 Things You Should Know

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The most relevant new pieces of information in the trial of George Zimmerman from the the Florida special prosecutor’s new 183-page report. By Madison Gray The trove of evidence released by Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey seems to shed more… Read More ›

• Trayvon Martin Witness Believes ‘He Intended for This Kid to Die’

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

  

  By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and SENI TIENABESO (@senijr_abc) May 18, 2012 A closer look at the witness statements and audio testimony taken in the immediate aftermath Trayvon Martin’s death provides the first insight into George Zimmerman’s behavior after he shot… Read More ›

• Teamsters close down Coca Cola bottling plant

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

  

  Coca Cola worker in Connecticut walk off the job in response to attempts to reduce pay and benefits, and implement redundancies. Workers from the Teamsters 1035 branch in Connecticut went on strike yesterday over job security, pay rises, health benefits,… Read More ›

• The Subsidized Student Loan Scam

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  How the US Government is Profiteering Off of Struggling Students by DAVE LINDORFF The Senate is currently deadlocked on taking action to prevent the interest on new Stafford guaranteed student loans from rising on July 1 from 3.4% to 6.8%,… Read More ›

• Organizing Against Bank of America

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by LAURA GOTTESDEINER This week, thousands are descending on North Carolina for the Bank of America shareholders’ meeting. The protest comes on the heels of the successful Wells Fargo shareholder event in San Francisco, where thousands of protesters shut down… Read More ›