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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.

• 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 ›

• Secrets of the billionaire backing Gingrich’s shot at the White House

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

  

  Sheldon Adelson is not running for office – but his cash could swing Tuesday’s Florida primary Paul Harris Abraham Foxman, the amiably chatty director of the Jewish civil rights group, the Anti-Defamation League, has a story to tell about his… Read More ›

• Libya: UN alarmed over failure to stop torture of detainees

  By Editor-in-Chief on January 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Medicins Sans Frontieres, the medical charity, is suspending operations in Libyan detention centres because they were being asked to make torture victims fit for further interrogation. The UN has expressed its alarm over the failure of the Libyan government [the… Read More ›

• FileSonic shutters: Another file-sharing site bites the dust

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

  

  By Zack Whittaker Summary: Only days after the Megaupload website was taken offline by U.S. authorities, similar businesses are scrambling to protect themselves before any action is taken against them. File-sharing site FileSonic has announced that it is has disabled… Read More ›

• Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs was described by one of his comrades as homicidal, as “evil incarnate”

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

  

  Leader of “Kill Team” Pleads Not Guilty by John Glaser, October 31, 2011 The US Army staff sergeant in charge of the notorious “Kill Team” in Afghanistan admitted in court on Monday to cutting the fingers off of the corpses… Read More ›

• Turkey president, premier express regret over airstrike that killed 35 civilians

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 31, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Two Turkish F-16 fighter-bombers fired at a group of Turkish civilians, who were mistaken for Kurdish rebels, crossing the Iraqi border. Turkey’s president and prime minister expressed their regret and condolences Friday over the airstrike that killed 35 Turkish civilians,… Read More ›

• IDF chief: Gaza war against Hamas was an ‘excellent’ operation

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Second round of fighting in Gaza is not a matter of choice for Israel; it must be initiated by Israel and must be ‘swift and painful,’ Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz says. By Amos Harel Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff… Read More ›

• How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico’s murderous drug gangs

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignored. Ed Vulliamy The… Read More ›

• An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports

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

  

  We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day. We have been elected by committees of our co-workers at the Ports of Los Angeles, Long… Read More ›

• Romney got permission to destroy 150 boxes of records

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

  

  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON | Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:13pm EST (Reuters) – In the final weeks of Mitt Romney’s term as Massachusetts governor, his office sought and received permission to destroy 150 boxes of paper records of his tenure,… Read More ›

• Us Justice Department Condemns Joe Arpaio for “Unconstitutional Policing”

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

  

  Arizona Sheriff’s Office Targeted Latinos, Justice Department Says PHOENIX — In a harshly worded critique of the country’s best-known sheriff, the Justice Department has accused Joe Arpaio of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office of engaging in “unconstitutional policing” by unfairly… Read More ›