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• IKEA becomes largest foreign landowner in China

  By The Red Phoenix on July 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  In line with the belief that retail outlets built on its own land is integral for the complete materialization of its business concept, IKEA China has insisted on operating only on property it wholly owns since it entered the country… Read More ›

• US preparing for military action in Syria, top US general says

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  President Barack Obama is considering using military force in Syria, and the Pentagon has prepared various scenarios for possible United States intervention. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Obama administration is deliberating whether… Read More ›

• Israeli soldiers have depraved “fun” making “Rachel Corrie pancakes”

  By The Red Phoenix on July 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Ali Abunimah Israeli soldiers had a “fun” time making what they called “Rachel Corrie pancakes.” Photos of the event were posted on the Facebook page of the “Heritage House,” a settlement in occupied East Jerusalem that houses so-called “lone soldiers,”… Read More ›

• Canadian government withheld food from hungry aboriginal kids in 1940s nutritional experiments, researcher finds

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

  

  by BOB WEBER Recently published historical research says hungry aboriginal children and adults were once used as unwitting subjects in nutritional experiments by Canadian government bureaucrats. “This was the hardest thing I’ve ever written,” said Ian Mosby, who has revealed… Read More ›

• Miami Considers Jailing Homeless People For Eating, Sleeping In Public

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

  

  By Scott Keyes Being poor could soon be a crime in the city of Miami. As though life weren’t already difficult enough for people who can’t afford regular housing, they could soon find themselves thrown in jail and their possessions confiscated… Read More ›

• White Privilege shapes the U.S

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

  

  by Robert Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 1998 Here’s what white privilege sounds like: I’m sitting in my University of Texas office, talking to a very bright and very conservative white student about affirmative action in college admissions, which he opposes and I support…. Read More ›

• American Party of Labor Statement on the George Zimmerman Verdict

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

  

  George Zimmerman is a murderer. On February 26, 2012 Zimmerman stalked and shot his victim, 17-year-old High School student Trayvon Martin, unarmed and on his way home from a convenience store. On July 13, 2013 he succeeded in escaping justice… Read More ›

• Who Will March for Marissa Alexander?

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Marissa Jackson On the morning after the Morning After, the racial tension in this country could be popped with a needle. If the prevailing narrative is to be believed, Black America is furious, outraged and depressed about George Zimmerman’s… Read More ›

• Inmates claim prison guards are retaliating against hunger-strikers in California

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

  

  California prison inmates engaged in a nearly two-week-long hunger-strike say that jailers are beginning to retaliate for what has become an item of embarrassment for state officials. At least 1,457 inmates across the state of California remained engaged in an… Read More ›

• Will California prison hunger strike lead to Gitmo-style force-feeding?

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

  

  Amid a massive hunger-strike being waged across the state of California by thousands of prisoners in several facilities, officials may move to begin force-feeding inmates if it could prevent a larger uprising from occurring. California is one of only three… Read More ›

• Detroit files for federal bankruptcy, marking largest case in US history

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

  

  The city of Detroit has filed for federal bankruptcy, or Chapter 9 protection, which could mean municipal employees are laid off, assets sold and services like trash collection, which have already been cut to the bone, further scaled back. Detroit… Read More ›

• Video: George Zimmerman Claims African Americans Should Apologize to Him

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

  

  Now that the George Zimmerman trial has concluded, and he has been set free with no conviction for killing the 17 year old, unarmed, Trayvon Martin, it seems an appropriate time to recap Zimmerman’s interview with Sean Hannity. An unrepentant… Read More ›

• Prisoner Hunger Strike Continues, Californians Gather From Across the State to Show Support and Continue Pressuring Gov. Brown and CDCR to Meet the Demands

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

  

  For Immediate Release—July 15, 2013 Prisoner Hunger Strike Continues, Californians Gather From Across the State to Show Support and Continue Pressuring Gov. Brown and CDCR to Meet the Demands Press Contact:   Kamau Walton Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Ph.  510.444.0484… Read More ›

• McDonalds Tells Workers To Budget By Getting A Second Job And Turning Off Their Heat

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

  

  By Annie-Rose Strasser McDonalds has partnered with Visa to launch a website to help its low-wage workers making an average $8.25 an hour to budget. But while the site is clearly meant to illustrate that McDonalds workers should be able to live on… Read More ›

• 71-year-old black man found guilty of manslaughter, jury rejects ‘Stand Your Ground’ claim

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

  

  by Abdul Sada A Tampa jury has found Trevor Dooley, a 71-year-old black man,  guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his white neighbor, 41-year-old David James, in front of James’ then-8-year-old daughter Danielle. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the jury… Read More ›

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