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• Leave the Vladimir Lenin’s Monuments where they are! Hands off Lenin!

  By The Red Phoenix on November 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Petition by ILYA BORTNIKOVSosnovoborsk, Russian Federation Reputable mister President! Vladimir Vladimirovich!  Russian lawmakers believe it’s time to remove monuments to the leader of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Vladimir Lenin, from town and city squares across the country.  We, who… Read More ›

• 10,000 US troops to stay in Afghanistan past 2014 deadline

  By The Red Phoenix on November 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Ten thousand US troops will stay in Afghanistan past 2014, senior officials say, despite earlier demands from President Barack Obama to end the war during the second year of his upcoming term. Most of the 66,000 or so troops currently… Read More ›

• 100,000 Egyptians protest as ‘Pharaoh’ Morsi digs heels in over power grab (PHOTOS)

  By The Red Phoenix on November 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Police in Cairo used teargas against protesters after clashes erupted on Tahrir Square, leaving one dead. The violence came before a 100,000-strong rally demanding the country’s Islamist president withdraw decrees vastly expanding his power. Police fired tear gas after hundreds… Read More ›

• Free Leonard Peltier!

  By The Red Phoenix on November 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National Day of Mourning, to be held in Plymouth, Mass., will once again honor Peltier, a hero-in-the-struggle who has been unjustly… Read More ›

• Religious exemption at some Florida children’s homes shields prying eyes

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  They shaved him bald that first morning in 2008, put him in an orange jumpsuit and made him exercise past dark. • Through the night, as he slept on the floor, they forced him awake for more. • The sun had not… Read More ›

• The Absolute Right of Palestinian Resistance

  By The Red Phoenix on November 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Political, Social and Human Right of Self-Defense by Lynda Burstein Brayer Once again the bombs are falling on the Gaza Strip, a stretch of territory excised from Palestine proper as a result of continuing illegal and illegitimate actions by Israel…. Read More ›

• Wal-Mart Plays Down Labor Protests at Its Stores

  By The Red Phoenix on November 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Wal-Mart faced not only a throng of shoppers on Black Friday but what a union-backed group said was the biggest wave of protests that the retailer had ever seen, a contention the company disputed. The group, OUR Walmart, said there were protests at… Read More ›

• US Using Bad Info for Drone Strikes Like It Did for Detainees

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Just as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq, the CIA and U.S. military act on bad intel when designating targets for drone attacks. As when the United States greased the skids for war with Iraq, it’s ratcheting up tensions with… Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: Gaza Oppressor Oppressed

  By The Red Phoenix on November 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

• Likening Palestinians to Blades of Grass

  By The Red Phoenix on November 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Exclusive: Israeli hardliners joke about the periodic need to decimate each new generation of Palestinian militants as “mowing the grass,” a process underway again in new bombardments of Gaza. This ugly metaphor has also penetrated the think-tank world of Official Washington, as ex-CIA analyst Elizabeth… Read More ›

• Journalists injured in Israeli attack

  By The Red Phoenix on November 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Israeli war planes have struck two media buildings in Gaza City, injuring at least eight journalists, including one who lost his leg, medical officials say. Separately, Israeli air strikes continued in other parts of Gaza, including the north, where two… Read More ›

• Walmart Workers Gear Up for Black Friday Strike; California Workers Announce Second Strike

  By The Red Phoenix on November 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Yana Kunichoff, Truthout Black Friday’s shopping bonanza brings people out to line up in front of stores for hours before it begins. It has trampled people, but not profits for companies that reap a large chunk of their annual sales on the day… Read More ›

• The Reality of Obama’s Security State

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Big Brother, Kill Lists, and Secrecy: What to Expect From Obama’s Second Term by Christian Stork Following Barack Obama’s significant electoral victory, the ways in which the President will interpret his new “mandate” are still very much up for debate…. Read More ›

• Israel Kills More Civilians as Gaza Attacks Escalate

  By The Red Phoenix on November 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Israeli warplanes attacked the Interior Ministry today in the Gaza Strip and killed two senior Hamas military commanders in some of what were ultimately at least 200 distinct attacks against the tiny strip today alone. Other strikes hit refugee camps in the strip, and several… Read More ›

• “Free Syrian Army” Threatens Red Crescent

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Sources of the Syrian Red Crescent told “al-Intiqad” website it had received a threat from the so-called “Free Syrian Army”, forbidding their vehicles from hospitalizing Syrian army soldiers. The source confirmed that those who threatened the Red Crescent were the… Read More ›

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