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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.

• What a Government Shutdown Means for Working People

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

  

  Barring a last minute agreement, the federal government will shutdown all services it deems “non-essential” on April 9th, making this the first time such a shutdown has occurred since 1995. While the Republican legislators, in particular the Tea Party faction,… Read More ›

• Photos show US soldiers in Afghanistan posing with dead civilians

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 21, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The face of Jeremy Morlock, a young US soldier, grins at the camera, his hand holding up the head of the dead and bloodied youth he and his colleagues have just killed in an act military prosecutors say was premeditated… Read More ›

• Thousands Protest in Annapolis Over Attack on Pensions

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 14, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

    Thousands of union members rallied before the State House on Monday night, vowing to protect their employee pensions and public school funding. Protesters filled Lawyer’s Mall, immediately in front of the State House, where they stood among the shrubs… Read More ›

• Confirmed: Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O’Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union-Affiliated Members

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  From AlterNet: In spite of their criticism of unions in Wisconsin, AlterNet has confirmed that leading right-wing pundits are American Federation Television and Radio Artists union members. When it comes to the Wisconsin union fights, right-wing pundits Bill O’Reilly, Sean… Read More ›

• Ohio Committee to Vote on Bill that Eliminates Right to Strike

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

  

  (Reuters) – An Ohio senate labor committee is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would curtail the collective bargaining powers of public sector workers and eliminate their right to strike. More than 8,000 protesters converged on Ohio’s… Read More ›

• Workers Stand Up to Wisconsin Union-Busting

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

  

  Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions. Union supporters organized rallies from New York to Los Angeles in a… Read More ›

• The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 in Perspective

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  On Dec. 13th, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, a law that, according to the White House press release on the subject, “authorizes funding for federal school meal and child nutrition programs and increases access to… Read More ›

• Statement of Solidarity with Georgia Prisoner Strike

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 21, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Sign the Statement! A Moment for Movement-Building: Statement of Solidarity with Georgia Prisoner Strike On December 9, 2010, thousands of prisoners in at least six Georgia state prisons initiated the largest prisoner strike in U.S. history, uniting across racial boundaries… Read More ›

• Who Was Richard Holbrooke?

  By Editor-in-Chief on December 15, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

    “He is simply one of the giants of American foreign policy,” President Obama said of him on Monday. Upon the news of the sudden death of Richard Holbrooke on December 13th, 2010, an elaborate state funeral was quickly arranged,… Read More ›

• American Progressivism

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  A growing trend in American reactionary thought is painting progressivism as “the cancer of America,” often even misusing the term as a synonym for socialism and radicalism. Progressivism can be loosely defined as reformist “welfare state” capitalism. These days the… Read More ›

• A Marxist Perspective on Human Nature

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 21, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Of all the reactionary squawking against the theory of Marxism, of the need for and viability of revolution, no worry is more prevalent than that of “human nature.” According to the capitalist, human beings are fundamentally greedy, ego-centric beings who… Read More ›

• North Korea Accused of Sinking South Korean Warship

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 8, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Accusations of Warmongering On March 26th, the Cheonan, a South Korean warship was sunk close to the disputed maritime border. The 1200-ton vessel was split into two and sunk 8 miles from North Korea and 150 from the South Korean… Read More ›

• Confederate History Month: The Right’s Whitewashing of a Racist Regime

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 15, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia declared this April as Virginia’s “Confederate History Month.” Virginia is not the first state to practice this. The states of Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia all commemorate the Confederate States of America. The… Read More ›

• Videotape of Imperialist Massacre Revealed

  By Editor-in-Chief on April 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Tape Released, CIA Seeks to Shut Down Website On Monday April 5, 2010, the website Wikileaks.org released a video showing American forces firing at civilians and journalists on a Baghdad street. On the lead-up to the leak, the American Intelligence… Read More ›

• A Meeting of Two Liberal Sacred Cows

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  Obama Meets Theocratic Ex-Dictator On the 18th of February President Obama met with the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, at the White House. The tradition of meetings between U.S. presidents and the Dalai Lama goes back to George H.W. Bush…. Read More ›