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The West’s silence over Bahrain smacks of double standards
The absence of pressure on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will only deepen the gulf of distrust between Iran and the west The European Union and
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Study: Gitmo Doctors Ignored Signs of Torture
< Officials Shrugged Off Data Suggesting Beatings by Jason Ditz, April 26, 2011 A newly released study details a number of cases in which government
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Wikileaks revelations about Gitmo bad news for Obama
In May 2009, when U.S. President Barack Obama was defending his decision to close Guantanamo’s prison, he vowed to review the intelligence files of every
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Review of “Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis”
In any society, police forces and other agents of organized repression do their work on behalf of that society’s ruling class. In capitalism, the police
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Chicago May Day 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On May Day, as millions of people around the world celebrate workers’ rights, a coalition of grassroots immigrant rights activists, anti-war organizations,
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Alleged Subaru Ad in Israel Depicts Running Down Palestinian Children
This story is still developing. The Red Phoenix reprints this article for informational purposes, although some of its claims are disputed. We will provide updates
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Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth
by Michael Parenti I. For Lords and Lamas Along with the blood drenched landscape of religious conflict there is the experience of inner peace and
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Strongman Michigan Governor & Emergency Manager Seize Dictatorial Power; Fire over 5,000 Teachers
The Emergency Financial Manager for the city of Benton Harbor has stripped power from all elected officials of the city in a move sure to
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America’s Plantation Prisons
by Maya Schenwar On an expanse of 18,000 acres of farmland, 59 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, long rows of men, mostly African-American, till the
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Review of “The Theory of the Leisure Class”
“The history of all hitherto society is a history of class struggle.” These words, from Marx’s Manifesto of the Communist Party, assert an essential truth
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