Wake-Up Call: Stop Telling People to “Wake-Up” — Mickey Z.

Zuccotti Park, the site of the original Occupy Wall Street: September 30, 2011 (Photo: Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 15, 2021 The past year has provided us with no shortage of stanc ...

Mom Got Her Chain Snatched, Dad Drove on the Sidewalk, I Learned Plenty — Mickey Z.

(Photos courtesy of Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 12, 2021 (This article is timed to be released on January 12 — 13 years to the day since my mother died and three years to the day ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Remembering the 9/11 Jumpers: When is a Suicide Not a Suicide? | Mickey Z.

screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 7, 2020 Discussions of suicide and violent death to follow. *** “The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of stories, you ...

Some Conspiracies Are Real: The Nazi-CIA Connection | Mickey Z.

meme template Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 19, 2020 So far, the year 2020 has been sort of a grand unified compilation of centuries worth of conspiracies and theories. But I’m not here to tal ...

Chant 'Defund the Police' but Behave Like the Police? | Mickey Z.

Image: Revolutionary Desire (blog) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 1, 2020 “A cop sleeps inside each one of us. We must kill him.” (Situationist graffiti) It was a life-altering moment when I fi ...

When Did Things Get So Violent in Portland? | Mickey Z.

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 28, 2020 So, it seems the Department of Homeland Security recently posted about “Day 50 of Contin ...

American Democracy Will Die in 100 Days | umair haque

Photo: Medium …Unless Americans Start Understanding How to Fight Nazism — Now July 26, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Americans being abducted off the streets. A mayor being attacked with chemical agents. ...