Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 29, 2020 Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the United States, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people fr ...

The King’s Man: Blinken’s Appointment Reassures Israel that Little Will Change under Biden | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 29, 2020 Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nothing to worry about: the man who will directly handle America’s foreign poli ...

A Faint Whiff of Lemonade | John Michael Greer

Dec. 2, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last week’s post here on Ecosophia, we talked about the Great Reset, an allegedly new and innovative proposal for global economic reform currently being promoted wi ...

How Woke Seattle Dismantled Systemic Racism — Mickey Z.

Demonstrators listen to speakers on June 1, 2020, at Seattle City Hall. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times) Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 27, 2020 There are several theories as to why so many Ame ...

Moving Past Apartheid: One-State is not Ideal Justice, but It is Just and Possible | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 24, 2020 Once again, Europe's top diplomats expressed their "deep concern" regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking ...

Expansion and Mass Eviction: Israel ‘Takes Advantage’ of Trump’s Remaining Days in Office | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 22, 2020 In a few words, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, summed up the logic behind the ongoing frenzy to expand ...

‘Total Reset’ is Wishful Thinking: The Daunting Task of Reordering US Foreign Policy | Ramzy Baroud

President-elect Joe BidenRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2020 A new term has imposed itself on the conversation regarding the impending presidency of U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden: “The T ...

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 ...

Future of American Democracy: On Inequality, Polarization and Violence | Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy Baroud4Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 4, 2020 In January 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s Democracy Index downgraded the state of democracy in the United States from “ful ...

A philosopher’s 350-year-old trick to get people to change their minds | Olivia Goldhill

Blaise Pascal, Palace of Versailles. Artist unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Sept. 11, 2016 (Quart ...

‘Playing for Time’: The Non-strategy of Mahmoud Abbas | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 8, 2020 “If we are going to live another four years with President Trump, God help us, God help you and God help the whole world.” These were the ...