I have become so much more important in the past 20 years | Mickey Z.

From quickmeme.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan 23, 2018 When I was younger… …if I wanted to play basketball with my friend Frank but my Mom was using the family phone, I’d have to run the risk ...

It's All Right Ma... I'm Only Bleeding! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 16, 2018 Many thanks to Bob Dylan's great song of the same name. What rankles me is how so many of my friends, neighbors and acquaintan ...

What is 'activism' when we’ve already passed the point of no return? | Mickey Z.

Image from Planet of the Apes movie Mickey Z. -- World News Trust For years, whenever I gave public talks, I’d provide some gloom-and-doom factoids in a misguided attempt to jolt people into “action. ...

10 steps to be a better activist in 2018 | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 28, 2017 2017 is over. And what a year of rebellion it was! You can rest assured that the Trump-Pence regime knows we mean business! Our fists and our voices have b ...

Systems That Suck Less | John Michael Greer

Dec. 27, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last week’s post on political economy attracted plenty of disagreement. Now, of course, this came as no surprise, and it was also not exactly surprising that most of ...

Must be the Season of the RICH | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 25, 2017 Many thanks to singer/songwriter Donovan's Season of the Witch for inspiration. As New Year 2018 is before us, we are truly in ...

An Introduction to Political Economy | John Michael Greer

Adam Smith. By Unknown. Public Domain.Dec. 20, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last month, when I looked across the vast gray wasteland of the calendar page ahead and noted that there were five Wednesdays in ...

Amerika's Jacob's Ladder | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 16, 2017 In Adrian Lyne's 1990 drama, Jacob's Ladder, Tim Robbins plays a haunted Vietnam War vet mourning his dead son, while sufferin ...

The Silence of the (Empire's) Lambs | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2017 In Jonathan Demme's superb 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, homicidal manic Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) asks FBI agent ...

Hey Landlord... Take a Hike! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 28, 2017 In 2016, the last time accurate statistics were given, there were over 43 million housing units occupied by renters, up from 3 ...

Empire of Cards | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2017 Just finished viewing the final season's episodes of Netflix's House of Cards, based on the British miniseries of the same nam ...