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• Reports of massive chemical attack near Damascus as UN observers arrive in Syria

  By The Red Phoenix on August 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Conflicting reports emerged of recent chemical weapons use in Syria. This comes on the same day that the UN inspectors arrive in Damascus to investigate allegations of use of toxic arms. The casualty figures range from dozens to almost 1,300… Read More ›

• Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison

  By The Red Phoenix on August 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A US military judge has sentenced Army Private Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison. Manning faced up to 90 years behind bars, while prosecutors sought to put the whistleblower away for a minimum of six decades. Manning will be… Read More ›

• CIA admits role in 1953 Iran coup against democratically-elected Mosadeq

  By The Red Phoenix on August 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has for the first time published a document that confirms Washington’s role in the 1953 coup d’état against the democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq. The open acknowledgment by the US intelligence community comes… Read More ›

• CIA admits to helping overthrow Iran’s democratically elected leader in 1953

  By The Red Phoenix on August 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Saeed Kamali Dehghan The CIA has publicly admitted for the first time that it was behind the notorious 1953 coup against Iran’s democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, in documents that also show how the British government tried to… Read More ›

• There Has Been No Improvement in the Hires Rate in Two Years

  By The Red Phoenix on August 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Heidi Shierholz The June Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics paint a grim picture of job opportunities in today’s labor market. The “hires rate”—the share of total employment accounted for by… Read More ›

• Million-Muslim March on 9/11 anniversary planned in DC

  By The Red Phoenix on August 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  On the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the American Muslim Political Action Committee will host a gathering of one million people in Washington, DC, denouncing “FBI traps” and urging the government to reveal “the truth” about 9/11. With… Read More ›

• Islamists Debate Their Next Move in Tense Cairo

  By The Red Phoenix on August 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK CAIRO — Gathering Thursday morning around a mosque used as a morgue for hundreds killed the day before, many Islamists waited confidently for a surge of sympathetic support from the broader public. But it failed to materialize…. Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: Slaughterhouse of Egypt

  By The Red Phoenix on August 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

• Egyptian Junta Imposes Martial Law Amid Bloody Crackdown

  By The Red Phoenix on August 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier The bloody massacre and imposition of emergency rule carried out yesterday by Egypt’s military junta testifies to the ruthlessness of efforts of the Egyptian ruling class and its imperialist backers in Washington and Europe to drown the… Read More ›

• SNAP Kept Over 2 Million Children Out of Poverty

  By The Red Phoenix on August 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Elise Gould Government programs can effectively reduce poverty among children in the United States. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)—a more comprehensive measure of economic security than traditional poverty thresholds—the figure below illustrates the strength of the government to mitigate… Read More ›

• A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a… Read More ›

• Alcohol or Not Vote, as Nebraska Town, Population 10, Sells 13,000 Cans of Beer Daily to Oglala Sioux

  By The Red Phoenix on August 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Tribal leaders say 90 percent of the crime on Pine Ridge is related to drinking, as are most accidents, suicides and preventable diseases. Nebraska calls this a village: two blocks, one dusty road and six or so buildings, squat and… Read More ›

• Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law

  By The Red Phoenix on August 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  CREDIT: WSBTV News Fifteen-year-old Anthony Stokes has less than six months to live unless he receives an emergency heart transplant. But his family has been told that Anthony doesn’t qualify for the transplant list because he has a “history of… Read More ›

• The California Prisoners Hunger Strike: The Truth

  By Editor-in-Chief on August 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Responding to Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) By Joe Veale Four weeks ago, 30,000 people in prisons in California and surrounding states went on a hunger strike to protest their conditions, in particular in… Read More ›

• Video: More Than Half Of Teachers Report Buying Hungry Students Food With Their Own Money

  By The Red Phoenix on August 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  We often hear about U.S. teachers being paid poorly for all the work they do to educate children. But did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with their own money? That’s… Read More ›

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