News Analysis
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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 ...
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Some ‘Rumble Fish’ Make Their Own Way Back to the River | Mickey Z.
YouTube screenshot of a scene from Rumble Fish (1983) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 14, 2020 When I was in grade school, my classmates and I were introduced to the writer, S.E. Hinton. We wer ...
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In 1492, (buff) Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue | Mickey Z
Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 11, 2020 Below the elevated platform at the Astoria Boulevard/Hoyt Avenue N train station, my neighborhood plays host to Columbus Square — which ...
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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 ...
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My Remembrance of Edward Van Halen | Mickey Z.
Edward Van Halen (probably early 1980s) — credit unknown Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 8, 2020 Edward Van Halen (EVH) was my favorite guitarist of all-time. As a disciple of what is now calle ...
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That Time When Negro League Legend Josh Gibson Hit a Ball Out of Yankee Stadium | Mickey Z.
Josh Gibson scoring a run for the Homestead Grays in a game against the Newark Eagles at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1942. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Z. -- World News Tr ...
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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 ...
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Cabs and Cab-Nots | Mickey Z.
Still photo of Robert DeNiro on the set of “Taxi Driver” (credit unknown) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 4, 2020 Until recently, yellow cabs were a major part of the NYC experience. Thanks to ...
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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 ...
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The Mask of Disenchantment | John Michael Greer
Illustration: Kai and Sunny. The Guardian Sept 30. 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I noticed at the beginning of the month that September had five Wednesdays, and I didn’t have anything in mind to post ...
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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. ...
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