News Analysis
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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 ...
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Take Your Job and Shove It — Mickey Z.
Meme found online Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 4, 2020 Back in June 2012, as part of the Occupy Wall Street “Summer Disobedience School” (please, don’t ask), I was marching with about 75 of ...
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Why the Fed Needs Public Banks | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Dec. 3, 2020 The Fed’s policy tools -- interest rate manipulation, quantitative easing, and “Special Purpose Vehicles” -- have all failed to revive local economies sufferin ...
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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 ...
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The Great Leap Backward | John Michael Greer
Nov. 25, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- If you happen to read the edgier end of the internet these days, you’ve probably seen talk about something called the Great Reset. I’ve been asked several times alrea ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Philosophical thoughts for the future | David Bradley
The School of Athens (1509-11) Raphael. Location: Stanza della Segnatura (Signature Room), Vatican. CC0 Public Domain Nov. 20, 2020 (Inderscience) -- Science, philosophy, and religion all attempt to ...
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‘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 ...
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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 ...
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Friends and Other Strangers — Mickey Z.
Urban Graffiti (Ryan McGuire, Gratisography) Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 13, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, I made plans to hang out with a friend in the city. (Reminder: Every New Yorker who ...
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