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• 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 ›

• Jihad Misharawi, BBC Journalist, Loses Son Omar In Israeli Strike On Gaza

  By The Red Phoenix on November 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The infant son of a BBC journalist was killed by an Israeli air strike on Gaza on Wednesday night. The BBC said that Jihad Misharawi, who works for the BBC Arabic service, lost his 11-month son Omar after their house… Read More ›

• Is Israel Escalating War on Gaza to Foil US-Iran Deal?

  By The Red Phoenix on November 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by John Glaser The flare up of violence between Israel and Gaza looks like its about to escalate, with an Israeli airstrike today killing a Hamas commander and Israeli military leadership talking openly about the possibility of an expanded war on Gaza,… Read More ›

• Israel calls up reservists, gets ready for Gaza invasion

  By The Red Phoenix on November 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The IDF announces a widespread campaign on “terror targets” and begins bombing the Gaza Strip, preparing for a ground operation. This comes after the head of Hamas’ military wing Ahmed Jabari was killed in an Israeli airstrike. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES… Read More ›

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