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Political Cartoon: On the Death of Osama Bin Laden

By The Red Phoenix on May 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

Report: Nearly Half of Detroit Adults “Functionally Illiterate”

By The Red Phoenix on May 6, 2011 • ( 0 )

DETROIT (WWJ) – According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who… Read More ›

Study: Gitmo Doctors Ignored Signs of Torture

By The Red Phoenix on April 28, 2011 • ( 0 )

< Officials Shrugged Off Data Suggesting Beatings by Jason Ditz, April 26, 2011 A newly released study details a number of cases in which government doctors at Guantanamo Bay ignored strong evidence of torture and other signs of detainee abuse…. Read More ›

Wikileaks revelations about Gitmo bad news for Obama

By The Red Phoenix on April 27, 2011 • ( 0 )

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 ›

Review of “Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis”

By Editor-in-Chief on April 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

In any society, police forces and other agents of organized repression do their work on behalf of that society’s ruling class. In capitalism, the police are the reserve army of capital, protecting bourgeois property and society from working people and… Read More ›

Strongman Michigan Governor & Emergency Manager Seize Dictatorial Power; Fire over 5,000 Teachers

By The Red Phoenix on April 18, 2011 • ( 0 )

The Emergency Financial Manager for the city of Benton Harbor has stripped power from all elected officials of the city in a move sure to make citizens believe they voted to shatter any illusions of democracy. The Governor of Michigan,… Read More ›

America’s Plantation Prisons

By The Red Phoenix on April 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

by Maya Schenwar On an expanse of 18,000 acres of farmland, 59 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, long rows of men, mostly African-American, till the fields under the hot Louisiana sun. The men pick cotton, wheat, soybeans and corn. They… Read More ›

What a Government Shutdown Means for Working People

By Editor-in-Chief on April 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

Barring a last minute agreement, the federal government will shutdown all services it deems “non-essential” on April 9th, making this the first time such a shutdown has occurred since 1995. While the Republican legislators, in particular the Tea Party faction,… Read More ›

Libya and the World of Oil

By The Red Phoenix on April 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

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 ›

Trial opens for NYPD cops Kenneth Moreno, Franklin Mata accused of raping East Village woman

By The Red Phoenix on April 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

A city cop on trial for allegedly raping a drunk East Village woman is claiming he didn’t have sex with her – he only counseled her about the dangers of booze. Officer Kenneth Moreno “kissed her shoulder” and rubbed the… Read More ›

Libya and the Suspicious Rush to War

By The Red Phoenix on March 24, 2011 • ( 0 )

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 ›

Kansas Republican Suggests Shooting Immigrants from Helicopters

By The Red Phoenix on March 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

The Lawrence Journal World reports: A legislator said Monday it might be a good idea to control illegal immigration the way the feral hog population has been controlled — with hunters shooting from helicopters. … After one of the committee… Read More ›

Stop the U.S. War Against Libya and Bahrain!

By The Red Phoenix on March 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

The International Action Center calls on all anti-war and social justice activists to call Emergency Response STOP THE U.S. WAR AGAINST LIBYA AND BAHRAIN actions in their areas on Friday, March 18 or Saturday, March 19, or to mobilize support… Read More ›

Imperialists Seek War With Libya

By The Red Phoenix on March 18, 2011 • ( 0 )

From The Nation: The UN Security Council on Thursday authorised the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya, paving the way for air and naval attacks against the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as he vowed to… Read More ›

Thousands Protest in Annapolis Over Attack on Pensions

By Editor-in-Chief on March 14, 2011 • ( 0 )

Thousands of union members rallied before the State House on Monday night, vowing to protect their employee pensions and public school funding. Protesters filled Lawyer’s Mall, immediately in front of the State House, where they stood among the shrubs… Read More ›