The former four-star General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and ISAF Commander in Afghanistan, as well as the Director of the CIA after his exit from the U.S. Army, has been affronted viciously by… Read More ›
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Instead Of Standing By Their Employee, Red Lobster Suspends Waitress Who Received ‘None N****r’ As A Tip
Red Lobster might really be in trouble this time. We just reported on how a waitress, Tori Christina Jenkins, received ‘None, N****r’ instead of a tip this past weekend from racist customers at the Franklin, TN Red Lobster where she… Read More ›
Reformism: the Gateway to Fascism
Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action) Eduardo Artes August, 1998 Some factors to explain the defeat of September 11, 1973 and to advance towards victory. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fascist military coup of September 11, every… Read More ›
Venezuela to hold ‘anti-fascism’ events in honor of Chile’s Allende
President Nicolás Maduro organizes conference with political and cultural activities to pay tribute to former leader Salvador Allende and the 40 year-anniversary of the coup. A number of events will be organized from Sept. 11-13 in Caracas following Venezuelan President Nicolás… Read More ›
Israel confirms plan to deport African migrants to Uganda
Interior minister says Israel will set a deadline by which ‘infiltrators’ will have to leave ‘of their own free will’ Israel plans to soon begin deporting migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, who number more than 50,000, back to Africa via Uganda, officials said. Israel… Read More ›
Allende’s socialist internet
Leigh Phillips tells the story of Cybersyn, Chile’s experiment in non-centralised economic planning which was cut short by the 1973 coup The story of Salvador Allende, president of the first ever democratically elected Marxist administration, who died when General Augusto Pinochet overthrew… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: The Nobel Peace Prize for War
Those who own the wealth of nations take care to downplay the immensity of their holdings while emphasizing the supposedly benign features of the socio-economic order over which they preside. With its regiments of lawmakers and opinion-makers, the ruling hierarchs… Read More ›
California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days
Update (10:32am): The Pelican Bay Short Corridor Collective have issued a statement “suspending” the hunger strike. “To be clear, our Peaceful Protest of Resistance to our continuous subjection to decades of systemic state sanctioned torture via the system’s solitary confinement units is… Read More ›
Hacked e-mails reveal ‘Washington approved’ plan to stage Syria chemical attack
Please note the authenticity of these emails remains in question. — R.P. Editorial Board On Saturday, Cyber War News released a cache of e-mails allegedly hacked by someone in Malaysia from a British private defense contractor called Britam Defence. One of the… Read More ›
Shellie Zimmerman Reveals She Had Left George The Night Before the Shooting
By: Sarah Jones In an interview with ABC, Shellie Zimmerman said that she had left her husband George the night before the shooting. If you don’t know anything about domestic violence statistics, this might not have set off any alarms…. Read More ›
Public Remains Opposed to Syria War as Officials Admit to Shaky Intel
White House: War Reflects US Interests by Jason Ditz Facing growing questions, the Obama Administration is reiterating its claims that attacking Syria would be in keeping with America’s “national interests,” and is even threatening to launch the war without a… Read More ›
Deleted Daily Mail Online Article: “US Backed Plan for Chemical Weapon Attack in Syria to Be Blamed on Assad”
In January 29, 2013, Britain’s most popular Daily Newspaper, in its online version Dailymail.co.uk published an article titled: U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad’s regime’ A few days later they pulled the article…. Read More ›
Angry anti-war protesters besiege John Kerry’s home, banging on doors, windows
On Sunday, anti-war protestors protested the anti-war protestor, and with that, as Shakespeare once said, “the wheel is come full circle.” In the aftermath of Secretary of State John Kerry making a forceful case on Friday for U.S. military intervention in Syria, protesters assembled outside… Read More ›
Woman Says George Zimmerman Molested Her For More Than A Decade
A woman with close ties to George Zimmerman and his family told investigators that members of Zimmerman’s family were boastfully proud racists and that for more than a decade Zimmerman sexually molested her. “It started when I was six,” the… Read More ›
Wave of fast food strikes hits 60 cities
Fast food workers in 60 cities across the U.S. walked off the job Thursday as they protest for higher wages. By Alanna Petroff and James O’Toole Workers from fast food giants McDonald’s, Burger King,Wendy’s and Yum Brands-owned KFC are calling on their employers to… Read More ›
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