By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier The bloody massacre and imposition of emergency rule carried out yesterday by Egypt’s military junta testifies to the ruthlessness of efforts of the Egyptian ruling class and its imperialist backers in Washington and Europe to drown the… Read More ›
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Press Releases and official statements from the American Party of Labor.
Alcohol or Not Vote, as Nebraska Town, Population 10, Sells 13,000 Cans of Beer Daily to Oglala Sioux
Tribal leaders say 90 percent of the crime on Pine Ridge is related to drinking, as are most accidents, suicides and preventable diseases. Nebraska calls this a village: two blocks, one dusty road and six or so buildings, squat and… Read More ›
Video: More Than Half Of Teachers Report Buying Hungry Students Food With Their Own Money
We often hear about U.S. teachers being paid poorly for all the work they do to educate children. But did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with their own money? That’s… Read More ›
Al Sharpton Accused of Helping Lead FBI to Assata Shakur
By Ron Howell, Newsday, Friday 21 October 1988 The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has worked as a federal informant, tried to set up a meeting with black fugitive radical JoAnne Chesimard in 1983, according to activists who said they were… Read More ›
Another trial involving a Florida man who fatally shot an unarmed black teen
By Eric W. Dolan CNN’s Ryan Smith on Monday highlighted an upcoming trial in Florida that is eerily similar to the Trayvon Martin case. In both cases, an unarmed 17-year-old black male was left dead. “I’m not an eye for… Read More ›
Bradley Manning Found Guilty On Most Counts, Acquitted of ‘Aiding the Enemy’ — Faces Over 100 Years in Prison
The military intelligence analyst was found not guilty on the most serious charge of “aiding the enemy,” but was found guilty of violating the Espionage Act. The military intelligence analyst who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks and… Read More ›
S. Korea hits Pyongyang with ‘final proposal’ on Kaesong industrial zone
Seoul is set to close all production lines in the troubled Kaesong industrial zone if negotiations with Pyongyang bring no positive fruit. Suspended production in Kaesong has left 53,000 North Koreans jobless and caused $935 million losses to business. After… Read More ›
Saudi prince defects from royal family
Prince Khalid Bin Farhan Al-Saud has announced his defection from Al Saud royal family through a statement, calling on other princes to break their silence and reveal the truth for sake of God. In his statement on Saturday, the Saudi… Read More ›
The First Death
We received the following letter just this morning. We deeply morn the loss of ‘Guero,’ the first to die in the hunger strike. He died for more than himself. Killed by his conditions, by this system, we remember him. It… Read More ›
Russian Neo-Nazi Groups Tricking and Torturing Gay Male Teenagers, the Blood is on Putin’s Hands
[TRIGGER WARNING: GRAPHIC ANTI-LGBTQ VIOLENCE, HOMOPHOBIA] by Adrian Garcia President Putin’s crusade against LGBT community in Russia has taken a new disturbing turn. Russian Neo Nazis have been advised by a top-ranking supremacist to create fake profiles on a popular Russian… Read More ›
George Zimmerman’s heroic car crash rescue appears to be a fraud
This was a suspicious story from the beginning. We have seen news reports of protesters doing thousands of dollars of damage to be wrong. The claims of separate attacks by protesters over the Zimmerman verdict turned out to be false…. Read More ›
Juror Says ‘George Zimmerman Got Away With Murder’
A woman who sat on the all-female jury that acquitted George Zimmerman said in an interview set to air Friday that the former neighborhood watch captain “got away with murder” in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. … Read More ›
Cuba announces new anticancer drug
HAVANA, July 21 (Xinhua) — Cuban scientists have developed a new anticancer drug which, unlike other cytostatics, does not damage healthy cells, local daily Juventud Rebelde reported Sunday. The drug penetrates the nucleus membrane of the malign cell and necrotizes… Read More ›
Israel Admits Harvesting Organs From Dead Bodies Without Permission
(AP) JERUSALEM – Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families. The issue emerged with publication of an interview with the then-head of Israel’s Abu Kabir forensic… Read More ›
Over 500 ‘Al-Qaeda militants’ escape Iraq’s Abu Ghraib in violent break-out
A manhunt is underway in Iraq for hundreds of convicts, including senior Al-Qaeda terrorists, who broke out of Abu Ghraib prison after a military-style raid to free them, authorities said on Monday. The militant Islamist organization has claimed responsibility for… Read More ›