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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.

• The CIA, Cuba and Operation Peter Pan

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

  

  Where’s Captain Hook in NPR’s Fairy Tale? by SAUL LANDAU and NELSON P. VALDES “Los niños nacen para ser felices.” – José Martí On November 19, 2011 NPR broadcast “Children Of Cuba Remember: Their Flight To America.” Reporter Greg Allen… Read More ›

• Oakland police shoot Oscar Grant’s cousin

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

  

  by Jorge Rivas Oakland Police shot and seriously injured Tony Jones, 24, late Sunday. Jones’ mother says he is a cousin of Oscar Grant, whose murder by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle on New Year’s Day, 2009, sparked a movement… Read More ›

• Agent: Informant in militia case got about $31K

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

  

  By ED WHITE The Associated Press DETROIT — An undercover informant was paid about $31,000 in cash for his critical role in an investigation that led to charges against members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting rebellion against the… Read More ›

• Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase

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

  

  The ragtag Occupy Wall Street encampments that sprang up in scores of cities last fall, thrusting “We are the 99 percent” into the vernacular, have largely been dismantled, with a new wave of crackdowns and evictions in the past week…. Read More ›

• Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests

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

  

  (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, at NATO’s main base in the… Read More ›

• Glenn Beck: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Will ‘Kill Everybody’

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

  

  Glenn Beck made several gruesome predictions about where the Occupy Wall Street movement is headed. Speaking on his radio show Monday, Beck made his already-crystal-clear disdain for the protests, which have spread across the U.S., even more plain. He took… Read More ›

• Four wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza

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

  

  GAZA CITY: Three people were wounded early Sunday morning in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, medical sources said, hours after another strike injured one man. According to the sources, the latest air strike, which targeted a home in the… Read More ›

• Rick Santorum Supporter Says Women Should Keep Their Legs Closed for Birth Control

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The comment made by Foster Friess is not simply the case of one man making a chauvinist comment. Rather, it reveals anti-choice campaigners for their inherent patriarchy and misogyny, implying that women should have no right over their own reproduction… Read More ›

• From Pelican Bay: CDCR to offset prison population cut by putting more men in solitary

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Three letters from core hunger strike organizers: Todd Ashker, Mutope Duguma (James Crawford), Arturo Castellanos by Todd Ashker Written Jan. 22, postmarked Jan. 27, 2012 – As soon as I first heard during our face to face meeting with former… Read More ›

• What’s Missing From Black History Month

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

  

  by JON HOCHSCHARTNER In honor of Black History Month, I’d like to briefly highlight two courageous black socialists, Lucy Parsons and A. Phillip Randolph, whose commitment to justice should inspire a resurgent Occupy movement. Lucy Parsons (c. 1853-1942) Lucy Parsons… Read More ›

• Cuba Embargo Turns 50

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

  

  by PETER ORSI  HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing “The Twist.” The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents. The world is… Read More ›

• Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended for Saying “I Love You” in her Native Language

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges. SHAWANO, WISCONSIN – What’s love got to do with it? Not much, especially if you say the words “I love you” in the Menominee language in front of a certain Wisconsin teacher. Seventh grader… Read More ›

• Michael Parenti: Free-Market Medicine — A Personal Account

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

  

  by Michael Parenti When I recently went to Alta Bates hospital for surgery, I discovered that legal procedures take precedence over medical ones. I had to sign intimidating statements about financial counseling, indemnity, patient responsibilities, consent to treatment, use of… Read More ›

• Anonymous Hacks Neo-Nazis, Finds Ron Paul

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

  

  by Jessica Pieklo Well this just got interesting. The hacktivist collective Anonymous set out to take down the white supremacist American Third Party (A3P) in what they called “Operation Blitzkrieg” but they may have done much more. In a document… Read More ›

• Oakland police arrest about 400 Occupy protesters

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

  Editor’s note: the total estimate has risen since this article was published to 400 arrested. OAKLAND (AP) – About 300 people were arrested Saturday during a chaotic day of Occupy protests that saw demonstrators break into City Hall and burn… Read More ›