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Review: Glenn Beck’s “Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free or Die”
Part V of VI: Castro, Che & Cuba The “Cult of Che” & the Execution of Rojas One of the last parts of Beck’s documentary contains a truly disturbing element far above the mere falsification of history we have seen so far. In this portion, Beck sets his sights on the Cuban Revolution with…
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The Nation
The disunity characteristic of feudal society disappears in the course of capitalist development and a single national market is formed as a result of which nationalities turn into nations. “Nations,” wrote Lenin, “are an inevitable product, an inevitable form, in the bourgeois epoch of social development.” The characteristics of a feudal society disappear in the…
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Tea Party Protesters Show True Colors
“Isolated Incidents?” So it seems that, if one is to believe the endless parade of chattering right-wing pundits on TV, racism is “not a major ideological component” of the Tea Party. Many dozens of supporters have gone on the television to act shocked and offended that one would even suggest such a thing. In other…
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On the “Health Care Reform” Scam
Increasing Capitalist Monopoly & Oligarchy The newly-passed “Health Care Reform” bill is a prime example of how the capitalist state operates to help the capitalists make money above all. This bill is a ploy, a trick to allow insurance companies to continue to profit off the sick and dying. From now on, any sort of…
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Anniversary of the Iraq Occupation
Seven Years of War The 20th of March, 2010 marks the seventh anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. After seven years, over 100,000 dead Iraqi citizens, 700+ billion dollars and almost 5000 US soldier deaths later, what does the American Empire have to show for its expense? Not much. Iraq, even still is a…
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Review of “Extract”
Basic Plot Extract, written and directed by Mike Judge, involves the personal and business struggles of a small business factory owner named Joel Reynolds (Jason Bateman) as he tries to sell his extract business to the General Mills corporation. There are many different conflicts and dynamics in this film, from larger political economy factors such…
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Rwanda, Zaire & Sudan
“Out of Iraq, Into Darfur”: Humanitarian or Warmongering? The ongoing campaign for intervention in Sudan has resulted in the reduction of a complex political problem to a morality tale populated by villains and victims. Newspaper and television reports are a pornography of violence; the Sudanese Civil War is called a genocide falsely as the media…
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Comments On Current Events
News Items A big day in the bourgeois press today, from Americans being arrested arbitrarily to Glenn Becks 9/12 anniversary. While The Red Phoenix has typically addressed just one primary subject in every article, today we are going to be a bit bolder and briefly address some of today’s top stories. First, and most importantly,…
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The Withering Away of the State
The fact that it is necessary to strengthen and develop the socialist state does not mean that it will exist for ever. As socialist statehood develops, […] it will gradually become communist self-government of the people which will embrace the Soviets, trade unions, cooperatives, and other mass organisations of the people.Needless to say, public functions…
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The Mossville Massacre
In recent years, more and more workers have taken notice of the rotten side effects of the capitalist system. In the pursuit of profits the bourgeois class has shown a complete lack of regard for any and every consequence of their actions. Nowhere is the division of classes under capitalism and the consequences of it…
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