Tackling the Infrastructure and Unemployment Crises: The 'American System' Solution | Ellen Brown

Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Dec. 18, 2020 A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solv ...

Make Panama Great Again? (31 years ago this week) — Mickey Z.

A U.S. Army M113 in Panama — DoD photo by PH1(SW) J. Elliott (public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 17, 2020 (It’s been a while since I indulged my political history snark and this tim ...

Happy un-Thanksgiving! (that time American Indians occupied Alcatraz) — Mickey Z.

(Screenshot from YouTube) Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 23, 2020 "We hold The Rock," proclaimed Richard Oakes, the occupiers' spokesman. His words became their motto. "The occupiers," wrote B ...

As Israel Destroys EU Projects in Palestine, European Foreign Policy Remains Impotent | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2020 Belgium is furious. On Nov. 6, the Belgian government condemned Israel’s destruction of Belgian-funded homes in the Occupied Palestinian ...

European Hypocrisy: Empty Words for Palestine, Deadly Weapons for Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2020 In theory, Europe and the United States stand on completely opposite sides when it comes to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. While t ...

Dying Alone: When We Stopped Caring for Palestinian Prisoners | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 11, 2020 “No one cares about the prisoners.” Over the past few years, I have heard this phrase -- or some variation of it -- uttered many times b ...

Despite Ambiguity in International Law, Palestinians are Winning the ‘Legitimacy War’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 7, 2020 "International law" remains one of the most discussed terms in the context of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. It is almost always pr ...

Black Lives Should Always Matter: Delinking Social Justice from Seasonal US Politics | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 4, 2020 After viewing the first U.S. Presidential debate on Sept. 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among ...

Antifa in Theory and in Practice | Diana Johnstone

Photo by jcrakow | CC BY 2.0 (Editor's note: This CounterPunch story is from three years ago. -Francis Goodwin) “Fascists are divided into two categories: the fascists and the anti-fascists.” – Ennio ...

My Dad, the Mafia, and Machine Guns in the Kitchen | Mickey Z.

My Dad (lower right) and his crew back in the day Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 29, 2020 Preface: I must’ve been about thirteen or so. My family was still living in a fourth-floor walk-up. ...

Make Language Great Again (all words matter) | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 27, 2020 And the world looks just the same/And history ain't changed Because the banners, they are flown in the next war (“Won’t Get Fo ...