By Linda Tirado What we know about poverty is often academic. It’s rare to have a poor person actually explain it on their own behalf. So this is me doing that. There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random… Read More ›
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Butt-groping, bachelorette parties and rape threats: Rob Ford’s non-crack scandals
Yes, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s a crack-smoking, vicious, xenophobic, Tea Party hack. But it actually gets even worse JB STANIFORTH Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s admission yesterday that he smoked crack “in one of [his] drunken stupors” brings a long-awaited end… Read More ›
On the 34th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)
On November 8, 1979 a group of comrades tempered and steeled in the battle against fascism, reaction and revisionism came together and formed what would become the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) – PC (AP). In the three decades that… Read More ›
Rally in Protest at Khalil & Taffy’s Nov. 22 Disciplinary Hearing!
Friday, November 22 @ 9:00AMCity College of New YorkEnter campus at W 137th St and Amsterdam AveIn Front of the North Academic Center On October 28, City College administration suspended Tafadar “Taffy” Sourov and Khalil Vasquez, two students who led… Read More ›
The Chilling 911 Call Where George Zimmerman Tries to Frame His Girlfriend After Attacking Her
We already know at least one member of the jury that acquitted George Zimmerman in the killing of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has had second thoughts about their verdict. If any of them are feeling particularly bad today about their role in… Read More ›
On “Political Correctness”
Few phrases are as empty as the term “politically correct” and its opposite, “politically incorrect.” Although it is used by people of all political stripes, it is most commonly wielded by the right. Labeling something “politically correct” or “PC” is… Read More ›
Drop the Charges against Rasmea Odeh!
To bring down a building, one attacks the pillars – it is the same in a community. Today (Nov. 13), Rasmea Odeh, a pillar of the Palestinian-American community of Chicago will be arraigned in the U.S. District Court, 231 W… Read More ›
Filipino communists step up typhoon relief efforts, condemns Aquino regime’s slow response
Statement by Communist Party of the Philippines Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 11 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Carry out all-out mobilization for relief support to disaster victims The Communist Party of… Read More ›
10,000 feared killed in Philippines by super typhoon Haiyan
An estimated 10,000 people might have been killed in the central Philippine province of Leyte alone, which was almost completely destroyed by the powerful typhoon Haiyan, local authorities said. The typhoon has devastated up to 80 percent of the Leyte… Read More ›
There is no Palestinian issue for Syrian rebels
The Palestinian issue has been uniting all Muslims for 65 years. Syrian rebels succeeded in their mission – they made the world forget about the Palestinian issue. The militants pulled Palestinians out of refugee camps; they are killing them or… Read More ›
Venezuela’s Maduro Goes on the “Offensive” With Package of Economic Reforms
By RYAN MALLETT-OUTTRIM Merida, 7th November 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced a slew of policy reforms aimed at combating speculation and hoarding, along with the creation of new government institutions to regulate trade and oversee foreign currency exchange…. Read More ›
Renamo crisis hits cross-border traders
ZIMBABWEAN cross-border traders doing business in Mozambique have started counting their losses as they are no longer able to travel to the neighbouring country following the recent political clashes between Renamo insurgents and government troops. JOHN NYASHANU STAFF REPORTER In… Read More ›
My Lai and the Black Blouse Girl: The Forgotten Story of Sexual Assault Behind the Famous Vietnam War Photo
While the My Lai Massacre is widely recognized as a military atrocity and an act of mass murder committed on civilians and non-combatants, true appreciation of the event as an act of mass rape and sexual abuse has never clearly… Read More ›
Record number of nations oppose US embargo of Cuba in UN vote
In an overwhelming UN vote, 188 countries have called on the US to lift its 53-year trade embargo on Cuba. Havana has slammed the financial sanctions as a flagrant violation of human rights and said they are tantamount to genocide…. Read More ›
Georgia to enforce ban on communist symbols
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is planning to fine the use of communist symbols with 1 000 lari (USD 600). The use of communist symbols was prohibited by the previous government, but it failed to define the sanctions that apply, and the law… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 