War

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 18-26 House and Senate Presidents Day recess. Feb. 20 7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, book discussion of ASingle Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran. Politics ConnecticutAve., NW, Washington. Feb. 20 Presidents Day (federal holiday). Feb. 21 10...

Washington’s Insouciance Has No Rival (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 15, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Is Obama a hypocrite or merely insouciant? Or is he an idiot? According to news reports, Obama’s White House meeting on Valentine’s day with China’s Vice President...
BDS: Power of the People at Work (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 15, 2012 -- The issue is not about hummus, chocolate bars or Dead Sea vacations. It is about civil society taking full responsibility for its own action (or lack...
BOOKS: The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival, By Hirsh Goodman (Jim Miles)

The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival. Hirsh Goodman. Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2011. Dec. 30, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- The “Anatomy of Israel’s Survival” rests on a single backbone: ...
BOOKS: Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. By Belen Fernandez (Jim Miles)

Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez. Verso Books, London/New York, 2011. Dec. 12, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over...
Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 13 11:15 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget. Posted on the Governm...
Israel Vying for War: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2011 -- On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, “Saddam Hussein's regime is ... developi...
Will Iran Be Attacked? (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 8, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars–Iraq...
Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 1, 2012 -- In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as "anti-Semitic." He also denounced Arab K...
Big Brother Internet (Gerald Calente)

Gerald Calente Jan. 30, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Dear friends: I am pleased to bring to you Gerald Celente’s assessment of the threats posed to Internet freedom. Celente’s Trends Journal is one...
BOOKS: Beyond Tribal Loyalties - Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists By Avigail Abarbanel (Jim Miles)

Beyond Tribal Loyalties - Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists. Ed. Avigail Abarbanel. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK, 2012. Jan. 30, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- In her closing ...
The Struggle Continues: US vs. Genuine Reforms at the United Nations (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 26, 2012 -- The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organizati...
Drowning In Hypocrisy (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 24, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- The U.S. government is so full of self-righteousness that it has become a caricature of hypocrisy. Leon Panetta, a former congressman who Obama appointed CIA dire...
Waiting for False Prophets: The Puzzling Matter of the Israeli Liberals (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 18, 2012 -- Regardless of who may rule Israel, little change ever occurs in the country’s foreign policy. Winning parties remain obsessed with demographics and...
Washington Moves The World Closer To War (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 16, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Since my Jan. 11 column and the news alert posted Jan. 14, more confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. The Obama re...
What Gives (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 16, 2012 -- The awesome exertions of the global banking system to evade the mandates of reality finally yield in a sickening slippage to epochal unwind....
BOOKS: Palestinian In/Outsiders. By Mustafa Kabha and Dan Caspi (Jim Miles)

The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders -- Media and Conflict in Israel. Mustafa Kabha and Dan Caspi. Vallentine Mitchell, London/Portland, 2011. Jan. 15, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- “The Palestinian Ara...
BOOKS: Three Books to Stimulate Thought (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 12, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Jan. 11 was the tenth anniversary of amerika’s Guantanamo torture prison. National Public Radio commemorated the anniversary by airing critics and defenders of Wa...
Aljazeera Coverage: The Revolution Will Be Televised, and also Manipulated (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 11, 2012 -- In the final days of the Libyan conflict, as NATO conducted a nonstop bombing campaign, an Aljazeera Arabic television corresponden...
The Next War on Washington’s Agenda (Paul Craig Roberts)

(Editor's note: World News Trust does not endorse Ron Paul, or any candidate, for political office. --Francis Goodwin) Jan. 11, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Only the blind do not see that the U.S....
The Dismal Economic Outlook For The New Year (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 6, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Jobs offshoring, financial deregulation, and 10 years of wars have severely damaged the U.S. economy and the economic prospects of 90 percent of the American populat...
Hamas and the Brotherhood: Reanimating History (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 4, 2012 -- There was an unmistakable hint of triumph in the comments made by Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the elected Hamas government in ...
2012 Forecast: Bang and Whimper (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 2, 2012 -- There's a lot to be nervous about, even if you don't subscribe to the undercooked Mayan apocalypse lo...
The Outlook for the New Year (Paul Craig Roberts)

(Editor's note: World News Trust does not endorse Ron Paul, or any candidate, for political office.) Dec. 31, 2011 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- In March 2010 when I resigned from my column with Creator...
BOOKS: Jewish Identity & Palestinian Rights -- Diaspora Jewish Opposition To Israel. By David Landy (Jim Miles)

Jewish Identity & Palestinian Rights -- Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. David Landy. Z Books, London/New York, 2011. Dec. 5, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- The mainstream media does not cove...