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• Chaos and carnage as Europe freezes – Death Toll from Freeze Reaches 175

  By The Red Phoenix on February 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  THE big freeze gripping Europe has claimed the lives of 175 people – with forecasters warning: “It’s only going to get colder.” Temperatures have tumbled below -10C in most capital cities, with 38 people dying from frostbite in Ukraine and… Read More ›

• Stephon Watts, Autistic Teen, Fatally Shot By Police In His Home

  By The Red Phoenix on February 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The mother of a 15-year-old boy with autism who was fatally shot by police in his home Wednesday is facing off with suburban Chicago police officers who say the officer acted appropriately. Stephon Watts, 15, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s… Read More ›

• Michael Parenti: An Opinon About the Opinion-Makers

  By The Red Phoenix on February 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Jill Pletcher and Mary Magnuson (two of my favorite FB people) were speculating as to what might be my opinion of Chris Hedges. I think Hedges makes a valuable contribution. He goes over issues and topics that some of us… Read More ›

• Michael Parenti: Free-Market Medicine — A Personal Account

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by Michael Parenti When I recently went to Alta Bates hospital for surgery, I discovered that legal procedures take precedence over medical ones. I had to sign intimidating statements about financial counseling, indemnity, patient responsibilities, consent to treatment, use of… Read More ›

• Koch Brothers Front Group Hosts Sham Occupy Debate

  By The Red Phoenix on February 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  A seemingly normal Occupy event in Bellevue, Nebraska, has taken a bizarre turn. It’s recently come to light that the supposed host organization, Occupy Omaha, had nothing to do with it. The event, slated for Feb. 4 at Bellevue University’s… Read More ›

• Occupy Omaha Disowns Americans for Prosperity Debate

  By The Red Phoenix on February 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Occupy Omaha Disowns Americans for Prosperity Debate Omaha, Nebraska – February 2, 2012 – On Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, Bellevue University is hosting an event advertised as a debate between Occupy Omaha and Americans for Prosperity. Occupy… Read More ›

• Reagan’s Hand in Guatemala’s Genocide

  By The Red Phoenix on February 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Robert Parry Guatemala is taking steps to hold an ex-dictator accountable for genocide committed against Maya-Ixil Indians in the 1980s, even as the United States continues to honor the American president — Ronald Reagan — who helped make that… Read More ›

• Romney: ‘I’m not concerned about the very poor’

  By The Red Phoenix on February 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  All political candidates — just like all non-politicians — make verbal gaffes. On Monday, for example, Republicans jumped on President Obama for saying the word “interesting” when a woman asked him a question about her unemployed husband. (In that exchange,… Read More ›

• The Rise of Rand Paul and the Mainstreaming of the Racist Right

  By The Red Phoenix on February 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Just what is this Rand Paul phenomenon anyways? Shortly after taking on the Republican political establishment– and winning– in the Kentucky Senate primary, Paul has Republicans, Libertarians, and Democrats all wondering if he’s the real deal or not. For starters,… Read More ›

• Anonymous Hacks Neo-Nazis, Finds Ron Paul

  By Editor-in-Chief on February 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by Jessica Pieklo Well this just got interesting. The hacktivist collective Anonymous set out to take down the white supremacist American Third Party (A3P) in what they called “Operation Blitzkrieg” but they may have done much more. In a document… Read More ›

• Christie Finds Himself on Short End With Civil-Rights Remark

  By The Red Phoenix on February 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Terrence Dopp Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Representative John Lewis, a veteran of the U.S. civil-rights movement, joined New Jersey Democrats criticizing Governor Chris Christie after he said blacks in the 1960s would have preferred referendums on desegregation — a… Read More ›

• Ku Klux Klan: a violent history

  By The Red Phoenix on February 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Tom Leonard The organisation – founded by ex-Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War – has long been far more ruthless and violent than any white supremacist group in the UK. Started in 1865 as a secret society (taking… Read More ›

• 47 Killed as Former Libyan Mercs Fight Mali Military

  By The Red Phoenix on February 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Tuareg Spokesman Rejects Claim of Major Military Victory by Jason Ditz, January 19, 2012 The Malian military is reporting that at least 47 people were killed [on Jan. 19th], including 45 rebels, as fighting between troops and ethnic Tuareg fighters… Read More ›

• Homeless hard hit as death toll from severe cold spell in eastern Europe hits 58

  By The Red Phoenix on January 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Dozens of homeless people have died in an Eastern Europe cold snap, and some analysts blame a Soviet-era legacy of viewing the homeless as those who need to be punished instead of helped. Temperatures… Read More ›

• $513 Billion DoD Budget Won’t Budge

  By The Red Phoenix on January 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Top Democrat on House Armed Services Committee vows no further cuts by John Glaser, January 25, 2012 A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday that the $513 billion defense budget for 2013 cannot be negotiated upwards…. Read More ›

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