Police forced to retreat from Istanbul’s Taksim square as protests against the authoritarian neoliberalism of Erdogan’s proto-Islamist government grow. For more background, read a solidarity statement here. For an update on the situation on the ground in Istanbul, check our latest… Read More ›
Economic Exploitation
Updates From A Comrade in Turkey
Update as of 6 am (PST) Due to a media blackout, the following updates are hard to confirm, but come directly from comrades on the ground in an undisclosed major city. Vicious attacks from state security Police chased protesters towards… Read More ›
Thousands of protesters pack Istanbul’s Taksim Square, over 900 arrested across Turkey
Police in Istanbul have withdrawn from Taksim Square, allowing the mass protest to continue unabated, Turkish media report. Istanbul and Ankara are entering the third day of violent protests, with tear gas and water cannon deployed and over 900 arrested…. Read More ›
First indigenous map of its kind; U.S. map displays “Our own names and locations”
By Monica Brown, Tulalip News Writer Aaron Carapella, a Cherokee Indian, has taken it upon himself to create a map that shows the Tribal nations of the U.S. prior to European contact. The map is of the contiguous United States… Read More ›
The Real Numbers: Half of America in Poverty – and It’s Creeping Upward
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. A shocking figure. But it’s actually much, much worse. The Census Bureau has reported that 15% of Americans live in poverty. A shocking figure. But it’s actually… Read More ›
“Environmental genocide”: Native Americans quit talks over Keystone XL pipeline
Leaders from 11 Native American tribes stormed out of a meeting with US federal officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they say will lead to ‘environmental genocide.’ Native Americans are opposed to… Read More ›
Analyzing Barack Obama
Among the many accusations leveled against Barack Obama by the political right, few have become so commonly accepted as the claim that he is a socialist and even a Marxist. Even in what passes for mainstream political discourse one can… Read More ›
Almost half of the world’s food thrown away, report finds
by Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent Figures from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers show as much as 2bn tonnes of food never makes it on to a plate As much as half of all the food produced in the world – equivalent to… Read More ›
Map: Closing Schools Are Overwhelmingly in Minority Neighborhoods
I’ve written before about the unequal geographical distribution of D.C. Public Schools’ planned school closures, with wards 5 and 7 bearing the brunt. But here’s a map that puts the closures in a new light: The map was created by University of… Read More ›
US chalks up more first-day newborn deaths than rest of industrialized world combined – report
The number of babies dying in their first day of life remains significantly higher in the United States than 33 other leading industrialized nations combined, an annual report compiled by Save the Children reveals. The London-based charity’s “State of the… Read More ›
Ancient Mayan pyramid destroyed by construction company in Belize
One of the oldest and most famous Mayan pyramids has been destroyed by a construction company in Belize, while digging for crushed rock for a road they were building. The authorities reported on Monday that the company was using bulldozers… Read More ›
Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit
by Josh Eidelson Credit: Detroit15.org. Four updates appear below. Hundreds of Detroit fast food workers plan to walk off the job beginning at 6 am today, making the motor city the fourth in five weeks to see such strikes. Organizers expect participants from at… Read More ›
Abercrombie Says It Would Rather Burn Clothes Than Give Them To Poor People
Abercrombie and Fitch is a popular clothing retailer, but is certainly not loved by all. Many people have a negative impression of the clothing industry giant due to the atmosphere of the store, the prices, or even the clothing themselves…. Read More ›
America’s “Most Wanted” Terrorist: An Open Letter From Assata
My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy… Read More ›
Minimum Wage Would Be $21.72 If It Kept Pace With Increases In Productivity: Study
By Caroline Fairchild President Obama’s call to increase the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour was one of the more significant proposals he laid out in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. But $9 an hour is still a far cry from… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 