Never Again? The Semantics of “Holocaust” | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Yes, one of the common definitions of the word “holocaust” is “destruction or slaughter on a mass scale” and yes, I’m revisiting a topic I wrote ...

Washington Is Arming Against The Public | John Whitehead

John Whitehead asks the questions every American should be asking Why Should Anyone Trust a Government That Kills, Maims, Tortures, Lies, Spies, Cheats, and Treats Its Citizens Like Criminals? June 1 ...

Non-violent? Don’t Flatter Yourself | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 1, 2014 “Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.” -Naomi Klein Thesis: Debating violence vs. nonvio ...

Climate Change: Chickens Coming Home to Roost | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “This death culture cannot imagine solutions that do not bleed.” - Diane di Prima Here’s a small sample of how the global animal-agriculture indu ...

The Social Cost of GMOs | Paul Craig Roberts

From sonofafarmer.com May 22, 2014 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Ecological economists such as Herman Daly write that the more full the world becomes, the higher are the social or external costs of produ ...

A 24/7 Global Holocaust | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 21, 2014 Holocaust (noun): destruction or slaughter on a mass scale One of the least discussed obstacles we face in the struggle against sp ...

John Maynard Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren

John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (1930)* I. We are suffering just now from a bad attack of economic pessimism. It is common to hear people say that the epoch of enorm ...

Our Way of Life/Death | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 15, 2014 When Barack Obama was first inaugurated in January 2009, he clearly and firmly announced to the planet: “We will not apologize for ...

Business-as-Usual = Animal Abuse | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 25, 2014 "Not to know is bad. Not to wish to know is worse." —African proverb There are many ways to deal with atrocity, e.g: expose it, con ...

Stay Hydrated, Challenge Corporate Power, Defend All Earthlings | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 10, 2014 “If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it ...

How Much is Too Much Pain to Bear? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 25, 2014 “As we go on with our lives, we tend to forget that the jails and the hospitals and the madhouses and the graveyards are packed.” - ...