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The day the people of Turkey rose up — in pictures
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 ›
Cheerios Ad Starring Interracial Family Ignites Racist Hate Storm
by Jorge Rivas We’ve seen interracial couples on television for decades but corporate companies have largely stayed away from including them in advertising. The sitcom “I Love Lucy,” which premiered in 1951, was the first television program to feature an interracial couple starring… 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Police in Istanbul have withdrawn from Taksim Square, allowing the mass protest to continue unabated, Turkish media report.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 ›
Outrage over disgusting “cripple Stephen Hawking” jokes after he joins boycott of Israel
By: Charlotte Meredith WORLD renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has faced a barrage of vile abuse today from people furious over his boycott of Israel. The tirade of criticism came after the highly-respected Cambridge professor joined an academic embargo by refusing… Read More ›
Rebels film execution of 11 Syrian soldiers, as Obama continues anti-Assad rhetoric
As a new video is published showing fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they say are Bashar Assad’s soldiers, Obama talks to Turkey’s Erdogan, renewing threats of action against the Syrian government. The video,… Read More ›
“Rapid descent into sectarian violence”: Video shows Syrian rebel biting into soldier’s heart
A disturbing video which shows a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into it shows that the country’s civil war has rapidly descended into sectarian violence and revenge killings, Human Rights Watch said on… Read More ›
Michigan GOP Pass Bullying Bill Giving ‘License To Bully’
by DAVID BADASH Michigan Senate Republicans have passed a bullying bill — not an anti-bullying bill — that actually gives license to bully. In an Orwellian twist, the bill, which passed 26-11, with zero Democratic votes, allows kids to be bullied… Read More ›
Obama administration bypasses CISPA by secretly allowing Internet surveillance
Scared that CISPA might pass? The federal government is already using a secretive cybersecurity program to monitor online traffic and enforce CISPA-like data sharing between Internet service providers and the Department of Defense. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has obtained… Read More ›
Islamic Cleric Issues Fatwa Allowing for Syrian Rebels to Rape Non-Sunni Women
By Cheryl K. Chumley An Islamic cleric has cleared the path for rebels in Syria, who are trying to oust President Bashar Assad, to rape women, so long as they’re non-Sunni. Salafi Sheikh Yasir al-Ajlawni, who hails from Jordan but who lived in Damascus for… Read More ›
Of Flags & Butter: An Analysis of American White Supremacy Through Symbols
American racism and white supremacy is not limited to the physical realm, but is also a mental phenomenon – it is possible for the mind to be colonized by racist and white supremacist ideology, just as it is possible for… Read More ›
Why Socialism?
by J. Bialek The spectre which once haunted Europe long ago in 1848, materialized in corporeal form in 1917 and was seemingly exorcized in 1991 has returned in force. This time the “spectre of communism” is haunting the entire world. In… Read More ›
DPRK’s “State of War” Declaration Is a Faulty Translation: Not an Official Policy Statement from Kim Jung Un
By Scott Creighton “from that time” becomes “from this time on” and “from this moment“… little change, big difference As much as our leaders would like them to have taken the bait, North Korea has not declared war on the South or the U.S. in response to our unprecedented… Read More ›
George Zimmerman’s Brother Goes on Racist Twitter Tirade
Zimmerman compares Trayvon Martin to a black teen who murdered a baby. By Alyssa Figueroa On Saturday, the media reported that De’Marquise Elkins, a 17-year-old teen, along with another 14-year-old had been detained as suspects for shooting and killing a mother named Sherry… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 