Reinventing Activism, Part 2: What Would a Personal Trainer Do? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 29, 2020 (Part 1 of this series can be found here) The first line of the book, Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies, reads as follows: “W ...

Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an Anglo ...

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

June 22, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to tri ...

Live from Planet Norte | Joe Bageant

Totalitarian democracy and the politics of plunder Joe Bageant -- World News Trust June 27, 2010 WINCHESTER, Va. -- Starting with the Homeland Security probe at Washington's Reagan Airport, arrival b ...

The Great Reset | World Economic Forum

The Great Reset: A Unique Twin Summit to Begin 2021 “The Great Reset” will be the theme of a unique twin summit in January 2021, convened by the World Economic Forum. “The Great Reset” is a commitmen ...

Pandemic dreams of New York egg creams | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 12, 2020 A legit New York egg cream contains neither eggs nor cream. It’s a fountain drink consisting of carbonated water, milk (animal or p ...

Here’s What A White Ally Looks Like (part I) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 11, 2020 In 1937, baseball was a segregated, primarily Eastern sport… but in the off-season, major leaguers often competed against Negro Lea ...

Amidst the racial strife, we’re ignoring a pandemic (no, not THAT pandemic) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 8, 2020 What if I were to tell you about a virtually ignored state of emergency, a lethal pandemic of which the exact numbers will never be ...

Mohamed El-Erian: I’m ‘Uncomfortable’ Betting On Continued ‘Huge Recovery’ In The Stock Market | Matthew J. Belvedere

Mohamed El ErianJune 8, 2020 CNBC KEY POINTS Mohamed El-Erian, who in early March correctly called a coronavirus-driven bear market, told CNBC he’s reluctant to buy the recent reopening rally. “For m ...

It's Official: U.S. Economy Is In A Recession | NPR

June 8, 2020 (NPR) -- It may seem obvious, with double-digit unemployment and plunging economic output. But if there was any remaining doubt that the United States is in a recession, it's now been re ...

When Profits and Politics Drive Science: The Hazards of Rushing a Vaccine at 'Warp Speed' | Ellen Brown

Image source: stat.comJune 4, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- More than 100 companies are competing to be first in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine to market. It’s a race against time, not because the death ...