The man who allegedly murdered six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee yesterday, identified in media reports as Wade Michael Page, was a frustrated neo-Nazi who had been the leader of a racist white-power band. In 2010, Page,… Read More ›
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Handcuffed Arkansas man shot to death in the back of police car
A 21-year old man was fatally shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car in Arkansas. The police claim it was a suicide but victim’s family has a hard time believing it. Chavis Carter was… Read More ›
CIA Manages drug trade, Mexican official says
The Central Intelligence Agency’s involvement in drug trafficking is back in the media spotlight after a spokesman for the violence-plagued Mexican state of Chihuahua became the latest high-profile individual to accuse the CIA, which has been linked to narcotics trafficking… Read More ›
CIA drone strikes violate Pakistan’s sovereignty, says senior diplomat
Islamabad’s high commissioner believes the US should hand over control of the attacks to his government One of Islamabad’s most senior diplomats is warning that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas are weakening democracy and risk pushing people towards… Read More ›
Handcuffed man shot twice by San Francisco police – witness reports
Officers with the San Francisco Police Department in Northern California shot a man believed to have a knife this morning, but preliminary reports suggest that the victim was in handcuffs while the authorities opened fire. Police officers with the SFPD… Read More ›
Obama authorized secret support for Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known… Read More ›
Study Shows That Police Kill Black Person Every 40 Hours
“Report on Extrajudicial Killings of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012.” Every 40 hours in the United States one Black woman, man or child is killed by police, and by a smaller number of security guards and self-appointed vigilantes…. Read More ›
Saudi Arabia mulls buying nuclear weapons from Pakistan: Report
A report has unveiled that Saudi officials are trying to strike “a secret deal” with Pakistan to buy nuclear weapons from the Asian country. Citing the recent meeting between King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez… Read More ›
Hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from land
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli Defense Ministry wants to evict hundreds of Palestinians from eight hamlets in a West Bank area the military has designated as a firing zone, rights activists said Tuesday, portraying the decision as a new… Read More ›
Al-Qaeda Taking Deadly New Role in Syria’s Conflict
By ROD NORDLAND CAIRO — It is the sort of image that has become a staple of the Syrian revolution, a video of masked men calling themselves the Free Syrian Army and brandishing AK-47s — with one unsettling difference. In… Read More ›
Iraqis Evicted from Damascus by “Free Syrian Army”
By Rami Ruhayem BBC News, Baghdad In the late evening, a busload of Iraqis arrived in Baghdad after a 12-hour journey across the desert. With a mixture of anger and resignation, they said that they had been forced to leave… Read More ›
Assad hands control of Syria’s Kurdish areas to PKK, sparking outrage in Turkey
By Roy Gutman ISTANBUL — President Bashar Assad, facing a growing rebel presence in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and its commercial hub, has turned control of parts of northern Syria over to militant Kurds who Turkey has long branded as… Read More ›
Review of “Animal Farm” (1954 & 1999 Films)
Introduction Hailed by capitalist literary critics, Trotskyites and anarchists as a masterpiece, the mediocre book Animal Farm has served a very important role in distorting the history of socialism in the Soviet Union. Modern editions of the book hail author… Read More ›
Under Israeli blockade of Gaza, books are a rare, cherished commodity
Israel does not explicitly ban importing books to Gaza, but the blockade makes it extraordinarily difficult to do so. The shortage amounts to a kind of censorship, Gazans say. By Ruqaya Izzidien, Contributor Gaza City, Gaza The Israeli blockade of… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 