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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.

• Ohio Votes Against Union-Busting Bill

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state’s new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment. In a political blow to GOP Gov. John Kasich, voters handily… Read More ›

• Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15 people

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The ranks of America’s poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs… Read More ›

• Israeli Navy raids another aid flotilla to Gaza

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Pro-Palestinian activists say Israeli naval forces are boarding their two ships in international waters, as they were trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Twitter accounts associated with the activist groups running the flotilla said Friday that Israeli forces were… Read More ›

• Update on Occupy Oakland

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

    Crowds are beginning to gather and Occupy Oakland campers are crawling out of their tents this morning to join what has been billed as the nation’s first general strike since 1946. Protesters began organizing the citywide strike after last… Read More ›

• Qatar admits it had boots on ground in Libya

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 28, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  DOHA: Qatar revealed for the first time Wednesday that hundreds of its soldiers had fought alongside Libyans in their battle to topple longtime despot Moammar Gadhafi. “We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on ground were hundreds in… Read More ›

• IDF training Israeli settlers ahead of ‘mass disorder’ expected in September

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  West Bank settlers to receive tear gas and stun grenades to prepare for ‘Operation Summer Seeds’. By Chaim Levinson The IDF has conducted detailed work to determine a “red line” for each settlement in the West Bank, which will determine… Read More ›

• Bachmann’s New Hampshire Staff: We Quit!

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By Lucas Grindley It looks like Michele Bachmann’s emphasis on the social issues needed to win Iowa is starting to get her in trouble with some Republicans. All of Bachmann’s staff in New Hampshire has quit, according to a report… Read More ›

• Rebels-in-waiting: The children as young as SEVEN being trained to fight on the front lines against Gaddafi

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  With smiles on their faces, these young boys could be playing soldiers with their friends. But the youngsters are in fact helping rebel fighters in Libya to overcome Colonel Gaddafi’s troops as the bitter civil war rumbles on. Boys as… Read More ›

• It’s Not “Corporatism,” It’s Not “Crony Capitalism,” It’s Capitalism!

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Chances are if you are reading this, you have spent a fair amount of time discussing the recent “Occupation” demonstrations which have sprung up all around the country. Anyone with a basic familiarity with the protests is aware that the… Read More ›

• Occupy Wall Street shows muscle and prepares for next step, raising $300K plus other donations

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 18, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  NEW YORK — The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday… Read More ›

• Review of “The Great Dictator”

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Plot Summary The Great Dictator, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, who also stars, is a compelling movie. The film begins in a setting that resembles World War I. Charlie Chaplin plays a private in the Tomainian military, and also… Read More ›

• Rick Perry ‘Niggerhead’ Rock: Is GOP Candidate Racially Insensitive?

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON — When Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) took friends, fellow legislators or campaign donors to his hunting camp, they passed the word “Niggerhead” painted on a rock. As the Washington Post reported Saturday, “Niggerhead” stood for the long-ago name of… Read More ›

• Privately-Owned CCA-Run Prison Remains Idaho’s most Violent Lockup

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  (AP) BOISE, Idaho — In the last four years, Idaho’s largest privately run prison has faced federal lawsuits, widespread public scrutiny, increased state oversight, changes in upper management and even an ongoing FBI investigation. Yet the Corrections Corp. of America-run… Read More ›

• From Cheney to Perry: Racist Hunting Clubs

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The flap over the racist name of the hunting lodge that Texas Governor Rick Perry’s family leased is not the first time hunting and racism have conspired to tar a politician. In 2007, a New York Daily News photographer spotted… Read More ›

• Immigrant rights groups want radio hosts John and Ken off the air

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a longtime immigrant rights activist, is used to being called to task for his views. But when radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou recently gave out his cellphone number on the air in a campaign against the… Read More ›