Commentary
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Wars Aren’t Won with Peacetime Economies | Joseph E. Stiglitz
pexels.comSince launching his war of aggression in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his barbaric project as a confrontation with the entire West. But while Western governments have responded politically and diplomatically, they have yet to do what is needed economically. Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Project Syndicate Oct. 17, 2022 NEW YORK – Politically, the G7 and likeminded coun ...
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Strangers Behind the Trees: On the Death of Rayan Suliman and His Fear of Monsters | Ramzy Baroud
7-year-old Palestinian boy Rayan Suliman. (Photo: via Social Media) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 12, 2022 Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but of Israeli soldi ...
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How to Green Our Parched Farmlands & Finance Critical Infrastructure | Ellen Brown
Drought-stricken farmland in California. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Sept. 2, 2022 There are work-arounds the United States can use to fund affordable housing, drought responses, and other urgently-ne ...
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The Road to Fascism: How the War in Ukraine is Changing Europe | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2022 As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by Eu ...
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Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy?: Three Possible Answers | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. (Photo: UNRWA) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 29, 2021 At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Ban ...
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‘Previously Unknown Massacres’: Why is Israel Allowed to Own Palestinian History? | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian refugees were forced by Zionist militias to flee their homes during the 'Nakba' - The Catastrophe - of 1948 . (Photo: via UNRWA) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 22, 2021 Haaretz’s i ...
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The Revolt of the Imagination, Part One: Notes on Belbury Syndrome | John Michael Greer
Feb. 2, 2022 (EcoSophia.net) --Maybe it’s true that life really does imitate literature. Over the last week or so, certainly, a detail from one of my favorite works of imaginative fiction played out ...
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The Unmanageable Future | John Michael Greer
Jan. 19, 2022 (EcoSophia.net) -- Explorers into unknown territory face plenty of risks. One that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves is the possibility that they know less about the country ...
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Tomorrowland Has Fallen! | John Michael Greer
Jan. 5, 2020 (EcoSophia) -- Has anyone else noticed just how odd it is that so many people on the progressive end of our cultural landscape are frantically trying to convince everyone that the Omicro ...
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Medicine: From John D. Rockefeller to Bill Gates & Beyond — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 3, 2022 I wrote about this a year ago but take a good look around. Obviously, I need to say it again (and again and again and…) On September 29, 1916, John D. Roc ...
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Notes On The Lemurian Deviation | John Michael Greer
Dec. 29, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- It’s been more or less standard practice on this blog for a while now that, whenever there are five Wednesdays in a month, I ask my readers what they want to hear abo ...
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