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• Red lines and other double standards

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

  

  By Stephen Gowans According to the White House, Israel has the right to defend itself (1). I would argue that it doesn’t. Based on the theft of another people’s land and denial of their right to return to the homes… Read More ›

• Outrage over disgusting “cripple Stephen Hawking” jokes after he joins boycott of Israel

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

  

  By: Charlotte Meredith WORLD renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has faced a barrage of vile abuse today from people furious over his boycott of Israel. The tirade of criticism came after the highly-respected Cambridge professor joined an academic embargo by refusing… Read More ›

• Analyzing Barack Obama

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

  

  Among the many accusations leveled against Barack Obama by the political right, few have become so commonly accepted as the claim that he is a socialist and even a Marxist. Even in what passes for mainstream political discourse one can… Read More ›

• Almost half of the world’s food thrown away, report finds

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

  

  by Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent Figures from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers show as much as 2bn tonnes of food never makes it on to a plate As much as half of all the food produced in the world – equivalent to… Read More ›

• Rebels film execution of 11 Syrian soldiers, as Obama continues anti-Assad rhetoric

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

  

  As a new video is published showing fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they say are Bashar Assad’s soldiers, Obama talks to Turkey’s Erdogan, renewing threats of action against the Syrian government. The video,… Read More ›

• Map: Closing Schools Are Overwhelmingly in Minority Neighborhoods

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

  

  I’ve written before about the unequal geographical distribution of D.C. Public Schools’ planned school closures, with wards 5 and 7 bearing the brunt. But here’s a map that puts the closures in a new light: The map was created by University of… Read More ›

• US chalks up more first-day newborn deaths than rest of industrialized world combined – report

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

  

  The number of babies dying in their first day of life remains significantly higher in the United States than 33 other leading industrialized nations combined, an annual report compiled by Save the Children reveals. The London-based charity’s “State of the… Read More ›

• “Rapid descent into sectarian violence”: Video shows Syrian rebel biting into soldier’s heart

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

  

  A disturbing video which shows a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into it shows that the country’s civil war has rapidly descended into sectarian violence and revenge killings, Human Rights Watch said on… Read More ›

• Ancient Mayan pyramid destroyed by construction company in Belize

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

  

  One of the oldest and most famous Mayan pyramids has been destroyed by a construction company in Belize, while digging for crushed rock for a road they were building. The authorities reported on Monday that the company was using bulldozers… Read More ›

• 1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped

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

  

  [TRIGGER WARNING: DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE] By Ole Ole Olson According to NPR, “In 2003, a survey of female veterans found that 30 percent said they were raped in the military. A 2004 study of veterans who were seeking help for post-traumatic stress… Read More ›

• Fast Food Strikes Hitting Fifth City: Milwaukee

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

  

  by Josh Eidelson Two updates, including the filing of Unfair Labor Practice charges yesterday against companies, appear below. Hundreds of Milwaukee workers plan to walk off the job starting at 6 Central Time this morning, launching the nation’s fifth fast… Read More ›

• Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide – Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Guilty of Mayan Genocide

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

  

  By Robert Parry More than any recent U.S. president, Ronald Reagan has been lavished with honors, including his name attached to Washington’s National Airport. But the conviction of Reagan’s old ally, ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt, for genocide means “Ronnie” must face… Read More ›

• Jaw Dropping Air Force Brochure Advises Rape Victims to ‘Submit’ Instead of Resisting

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  BY SPENCER ACKERMAN An Air Force brochure on sexual assault advises potential victims not to fight off their attackers. “It may be advisable to submit [rather] than resist,” reads the brochure (.pdf), issued to airmen at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina,… Read More ›

• Mali under indefinite occupation

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

  

  France Parliament Votes to Extend Combat Mission While UN Security Council Readies a Policing Force by Roger Annis France’s National Assembly and Senate have voted to extend the country’s military intervention in Mali. A resolution passed both houses of parliament on April… Read More ›

• Under the black flag of al-Qaeda: the Syrian city ruled by gangs of extremists

  By The Red Phoenix on May 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Richard Spencer Islamists are tightening their grip in the power vacuum in the uprising, reports Richard Spencer. The black flag of al-Qaeda flies high over Raqqa’s main square in front of the governor’s smart new palace, its former occupant… Read More ›

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