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Germany ‘tracks down 50 suspected Auschwitz guards’
Fifty alleged former Auschwitz guards may face prison terms in Germany, sixty-eight years after the end of World War II, local media have reported. The former Auschwitz guards, who’ve never faced prosecution for their posts, were tracked down by the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in Ludwigsburg. The suspects may be…
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Fidel Castro: The Duty to Avoid War in Korea
A few days ago I mentioned the great challenges humanity is currently facing. Intelligent life emerged on our planet approximately 200,000 years ago, although new discoveries demonstrate something else. This is not to confuse intelligent life with the existence of life which, from its elemental forms in our solar system, emerged millions of years ago.…
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North Korea: What’s Really Happening
Are we primed for war? Here’s everything you need to know about our current — and past — relationship with DPRK BY TIM SHORROCK We all know it’s a crisis. Every night this week, NBC, CBS and every other media outlet in the country have led their evening newscasts with increasingly grim news out of Korea. It’s gone…
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Israel appropriates 82% of Palestinian water
A Palestinian water expert has criticised the 1993 Oslo Peace Agreement signed between the Palestinians and the Israelis for giving Israel the right to control Palestinian water. The Director of the Association of Palestinian Hydrologists, Abur-Rahman Al-Tamimi, said: “The Oslo Agreements gave control over basic water resources to the Israelis. The role of the Palestinian…
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Israel strikes Gaza for the First Time since Truce
Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has said Tel Aviv will not tolerate any fire from Gaza on its territory. The statement comes after the first major exchange of fire since November. Two rockets fired by Palestinians have gone off in an Israeli border town. Hours earlier, Tel Aviv fired rockets into Gaza, following a round…
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The Red Phoenix Interview with Alfonso Casal
The protests against Golden Dawn around the world gained much media attention, including the one in Chicago where you were the key note speaker. What happened at this Jan. 19th event? Well, I was the “MC” for want of a better term. The event was held for, essentially, two reasons: Golden Dawn announced that there…
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U.S. B-52 Bombers Simulated Raids over North Korea During Military Exercises
By Bill Gertz United States B-52 bombers carried out simulated nuclear bombing raids on North Korea as part of ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises, Pentagon officials said on Monday. Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters that B-52 bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted a training mission over South Korea March 8 during war games known as Exercise Foal Eagle. “It’s not any secret that…
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North Korea enters ‘state of war’ with South – state media
North Korea has entered a “state of war” against its Southern neighbor, stating that from now on any issues between the two countries will be resolved in a “wartime manner.” “From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will…
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Second NYPD officer testifies on stop-and-frisk quotas, racial targeting
Following a leaked recording seeming to prove the existence of an NYPD arrest quota system, a second police officer has come forward to explain to a federal judge why he decided to record his superiors as they directed him to increase “stop-and-frisks.” Officer Pedro Serrano, an 8-year veteran of the New York Police Department, held…
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Palestinian hunger striker released, exiled to Gaza
A Palestinian prisoner has been exiled to Gaza for ten years, after a long-term hunger strike led the Israelis to sign a deal, releasing the inmate from prison, after holding him without charge for months. “Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike since mid-July, has reached a deal with the Israeli side…
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