Queen Elizabeth II has begun her tour of Ireland. Many bourgeois press sources have been lavish in their praises of this trip, lauding the Queen’s visit to Ireland as a “step forward” in relations between the two countries. However, in… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Nakba protests bring “Arab Spring” to Israel’s doorstep
The unprecedented Arab protests on Israel’s borders, pegged to the 63rd anniversary of Israel’s declaration of statehood, resulted in at least 10 dead and hundreds wounded. By Ariel Zirulnick Israel got its first real taste of the Arab spring Sunday… Read More ›
Celebrate International Workers’ Day 2011!
Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
The West’s silence over Bahrain smacks of double standards
The absence of pressure on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will only deepen the gulf of distrust between Iran and the west The European Union and the Obama administration have made a splendid art of double standards by imposing sanctions on… Read More ›
Wikileaks revelations about Gitmo bad news for Obama
In May 2009, when U.S. President Barack Obama was defending his decision to close Guantanamo’s prison, he vowed to review the intelligence files of every remaining detainee. “We’re cleaning up something that is, quite simply, a mess — a misguided… Read More ›
Alleged Subaru Ad in Israel Depicts Running Down Palestinian Children
This story is still developing. The Red Phoenix reprints this article for informational purposes, although some of its claims are disputed. We will provide updates as they become available. … A new advertisement in Israel, meant to show the “power… Read More ›
Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth
by Michael Parenti I. For Lords and Lamas Along with the blood drenched landscape of religious conflict there is the experience of inner peace and solace that every religion promises, none more so than Buddhism. Standing in marked contrast to… Read More ›
Libya: Popular Uprising, Civilian War or Military Attack?
Interview: Grégoire Lalieu & Michel Collon After Tunisia and Egypt, has the Arab revolution reached Libya ? What is happening at the moment in Libya is different. In Tunisia and Egypt, the lack of freedom was flagrant. However, it was… Read More ›
Libya and the World of Oil
By Noam Chomsky Last month, at the international tribunal on crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone, the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor came to an end. The chief prosecutor, U.S. law professor David Crane, informed The… Read More ›
Serbia-Kosovo Talks Must Not Forget the Roma
Officials from Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels last week for a second round of negotiations aimed at establishing a formal relationship. Because of the potential for the talks to be politically fraught, negotiators have agreed to limit themselves to… Read More ›
Review of Jean-Luc Godard’s “La Chinoise” (The Chinese)
Film Synopsis La Chinoise follows five young people in late 1960’s France who form a revolutionary Maoist organization and live together in a loft. They name their organization “Aden Arabie” (English: Aden, Arabia), named after a novel by French writer… Read More ›
Israel Threatens “Unilateral Steps” if UN Recognizes Palestinian State
Israel informed the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council last week, as well as several other prominent European Union countries, that if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain recognition in September as a state within… Read More ›
Report on the Anti-War Protest in Atlanta
On the afternoon of the 19th of March, 2011, determined people from all walks of life gathered together at the Midtown Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia to protest the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya. Represented were many groups from… Read More ›
Libya and the Suspicious Rush to War
An editorial from the Guardian: After many more deaths we are likely to see the partition of Libya – why has there been such a consensus for this military action? The House of Commons is debating the government stance on UN… Read More ›
Photos show US soldiers in Afghanistan posing with dead civilians
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 ›
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