News and Analysis from the United States
By Patrick Martin The Libyan National Council, the Benghazi-based group that speaks for the rebel forces fighting the Gaddafi regime, has appointed a long-time CIA collaborator to head its military operations. The selection of Khalifa Hifter, a former colonel in… Read More ›
Ogden • Wearing red T-shirts and waving black-and-white signs, an estimated 800 people rallied in Ogden’s Liberty Park on Thursday to protest the city school district’s decision to not negotiate a contract with its teachers union. Those joining the crowd… Read More ›
Reprinted from Final Call newspaper By Askia Muhammad – Senior Correspondent Photos by The Red Phoenix WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) – Buoyed by what they cite as reports from military analysts as well as rebel forces in Libya, hundreds of protestors organized… Read More ›
Los Angeles (CNN) — Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday he had signed a bill that will require public schools in the state to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The bill, believed… Read More ›
What is the Tea Party? Who are they? Who funds them? What are their goals? The Tea Party Movement first began on January 24, 2009. It was launched by Trevor Leach, chairman of the organization “Young Americans for Liberty” in… Read More ›
UN Ambassador Rice reportedly had said drug was being used in systematic rapes UNITED NATIONS — There is no evidence that Libyan military forces are being given Viagra and engaging in systematic rape against women in rebel areas, US military… Read More ›
By Colin Benjamin Misrata Ethnically Cleansed of Blacks Says Wall Street Journal… The implication is bewildering. Could it be true the Libyan “rebels”—who we’re told are fighting to protect innocent civilians—are now committing mass murder, lynching and terrorizing Black Libyans… Read More ›
ADDIS ABABA — While much of the world’s attention is focusing on crude oil prices and the Libyan pipelines in the east of the country– human right groups say rebels are committing crimes against humanity. In east Libya, African hunt… Read More ›
On a glorious day in July, thousands upon thousands of immigrants and their supporters took a stand against the new racist bill passed in Georgia. Starting around ten in the morning, the march continued until the afternoon, a fitting testament… Read More ›
By Col. Mu’ummar Qaddafi; Translated by Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D. Recollections of My Life: Col. Mu’ummar Qaddafi, The Leader of the Revolution. April 8, 2011. April 09, 2011 “Information Clearing House” – In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the… Read More ›
“I Received ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy at Marcus Bachmann’s Clinic” Truth Wins Out (TWO) Exclusive Investigative Report by John M. Becker The date was Thursday, June 30, 2011. I turned on the television and listened half-heartedly to the commercials as I busied… Read More ›
I wrote on Wednesday about one potential spoiler in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign: her husband, Marcus. Marcus is a non-certified Christian therapist who operates a clinic called Bachmann & Associates, which has been accused of practicing “reparative” therapy to… Read More ›
Mass action at the White House This Saturday, July 9, there will be a mass protest at the White House in Washington, D.C. to demand: Stop Bombing Libya. Buses, vans, carpools and more are coming to D.C. from cities and… Read More ›
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skid Row resident Dadisi Komolafe points indignantly to the sign reading “Union Rescue Mission,” and grumbles that the name no longer fits since the shelter started charging for a nightly stay. “They should change it to… Read More ›
Women’s rights campaigners see the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women as a new front in the culture wars over abortion. Rennie Gibbs is accused of murder, but the crime she is alleged to have committed does not sound like an… Read More ›
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