A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

June 17, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A word or two about history before we proceed. Two weeks ago, in response to my discussion of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, I fielded the inevitable comment fro ...

PA Political Circus: Why Abbas Must Hand the Keys over to the PLO | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 21, 2020 The painful truth is that the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas has already ceased to exist as a political body that hold ...

Mask-less in Astoria: Covid Complacency from Coast-to-Coast | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 16, 2020 (Please click on all the hyperlinks for added context… and motivation.) I’ve been confined to my neighborhood of Astoria for a litt ...

The ‘Palestinian Chair’: Exposing Israel’s Direct Role in US Violence | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 14, 2020 The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, ...

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 ...

Palestine Bleeds: Execution of Autistic Man is Not an Exception but the Norm | Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 7, 2020 A 32-year-old man with the mental age of an 8-year-old child was executed by Israeli soldiers on May 30, while crouching behind his teache ...

A Chronicle Of A Lost Decade Foretold | Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis, Berlin 2015June 1, 2020 -- ATHENS (YanisVaroufakis.eu) -- To exorcise my worst fears about the coming decade, I chose to write a bleak chronicle of it. If, by December 2030, develop ...

Activism Could Make A Difference If Protestors Would Abandon Obsolete Tactics | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 3, 2020 As I scanned reports of the latest spasms of anti-racist protests and police brutality, I promised myself I’d resist writing any art ...

What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini

Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experie ...

As a White Writer, Here’s Everything of Value I Can Add to the #BlackLivesMatter Discussion | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 Mickey Z. can be found on Instagram here. He is also the founder of Helping Homeless Women - NYC, offering direct relief to women on ...

Coronavirus and the Cost(co) of Freedom | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 29, 2020 Screenshot from TMZ In this time of lockdowns and quarantines, how far are you willing to go to display your liberated spirit? Let’s say you had to drive to ...