Media & Culture
Working Class perspective on books, movies, video games and other art.
Going commando: IDF ‘hitman/assassin’ posts disturbing pictures on FB, Instagram
image from http://electronicintifada.net IDF is yet again on the defensive over its troops’ use of social media, after an elite regiment soldier posted pictures of himself half-naked, and smoking drugs on his Instagram, and boasted about killing an Arab… Read More ›
Photoshopping away police torture in Greece
By Leonidas Oikonomakis Greek police may vainly try to photoshop away the torture of four alleged bank robbers, but they cannot gloss over the radicalization of Greek youth. The story is as follows. On February 1st 2013, an attempted… Read More ›
JFK secretly freed rapists, drug dealers and Mafia hitmen to kill Castro and curb threat of Communism, claims explosive new book
Revelations made by journalist Bill Deane in new book ‘Smooth Criminal’ It tells story of alleged CIA spy and ‘one-man crime wave’ Dave Riley Claims criminals allowed on ‘crime sprees’ in US when not working for CIA Deane: ‘Riley was typical recruit:… Read More ›
Editorial: A-Paul-Calypse Now – Bitter War in Libertarian Bizzaro World!
Seems like trouble is brewing for Ron Paul and his liberty-loving acolytes. In two separate incidents this week, it appears that Rep. Paul is proving things aren’t always as sunny as they seem in Paul-idise. The first situation started when… Read More ›
Leave it to the Market?
For more than twenty years now, the “free market” has been the rallying cry of American politics. Conservatives sing its praises while occasionally betraying it when it suits their constituency, liberals won’t criticize it but claim that it needs to… Read More ›
CIA Admits Full Monitoring of Facebook and Other Social Networks
February 8, 2013 – Most people use social media like Facebook and Twitter to share photos of friends and family, chat with friends and strangers about random and amusing diversions, or follow their favorite websites, bands and television shows. But… Read More ›
Chile judge orders exhumation of Pablo Neruda’s remains
A judge in Chile has ordered the exhumation of the remains of the poet Pablo Neruda, as part of an inquest into his death in 1973. The left-wing Nobel Prize winner died 12 days after a military coup replaced the… Read More ›
Native American Shuts Down Anti-Illegal Immigrant Protest: ‘Y’all Are All Illegal!’
By Abena Agyeman-Fisher At a Tucson, Ariz., anti-illegal immigrant rally, a group of self-righteous protesters were literally put on mute after a Native American decided to drop some knowledge on who the real “illegals” are. Pushing a toddler in a stroller,… Read More ›
REPORT: Prominent Conservative Leader Once Ran White Supremacist Group
James B. Taylor By Josh Israel A new report by Mother Jones reveals that James B. Taylor, a prominent conservative movement leader and board member for the Young America’s Foundation, once served as vice president of a white supremacist group. Taylor’s bio notes that he… Read More ›
APL Speech from 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protest against Golden Dawn in Chicago
Greetings fellow anti-fascists and comrades. Welcome to this solidarity action with immigrant rights groups and anti-fascists in Athens, across Greece and around the world. We have a few speakers today who will talk about Greece’s critical struggle against the rising… Read More ›
A Call for International Solidarity for the 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protests against Golden Dawn
Chicago/Greece Anti-Fascist Working Group Press Contact: Chris Geovanis, chrisgeovanis@gmail.com, NoGoldenDawnChicago@gmail.com, 312-446-4939 https://www.facebook.com/NoFascistGoldenDawnPartyInChicago | http://on.fb.me/Xck0Nf | @NoGoldenDawnChi | #antifa19jan #Greece January 19, 2012 Greetings from Chicago, comrades. We write as workers, immigrants, artists and activists from a host of backgrounds with one message… Read More ›
MLK Day: the Lessons of Pacifism & the Civil Rights Movement
Today is the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States. While it is ostensibly celebrated to promote the Civil Rights Movement, one wonders why MLK, among all other more active and progressive civil rights… Read More ›
Homeless Man Choked to Death by Store Manager for Stealing Toothpaste
CVS – the once thought of drug and convenience store will now be known as the store that defends its manager’s rights to kill shoplifters…even those that are caught taking a single tube of toothpaste. Death for toothpaste. Would anyone ever exchange… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 