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Angelina Jolie, Corporate Science, and “Prevention” | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Corporate science puts profit before the public interest. Corporate science is often secretive, not peer-reviewed, laden with lobbying power, and driven by profit-seeking strategies.” - Ralph Nader By now, I’m guessing the vast majority of you have heard about movie star Angelina Jolie choosing to have a double mastectomy to reduce her ris...
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Let Them Eat Bugs (when capitalists address hunger) | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 16, 2013 “If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.” - Jonas Salk Billions of humans are hungry, industrial propagandists have corrupted our understanding (sic) of nutrition, and much of how we’re programmed to eat is rapi...
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Speciesism: Left Out Of The Left Forum? Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 17, 2013 “Your old road is rapidly agin'/Please get out of the new one/If you can't lend your hand/For the times, they are a-changin'” - Dylan In 2010, I was part of an animal rights (AR) panel at the Left Forum (LF). To the best of my knowledge, this was one of the first -- if not, the first -- AR panels ever presente...
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Genetically Modified Animals: Reject Speciesism | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 22, 2013 “Atrocities are no less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." - GB Shaw When my friend Marianne sent me an NPR interview about the thriving business of genetically modified animals, I wasn’t even remotely surprised to witness NPR’s superficial and speciesist perspective. Effective...
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Things Went Awry | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust March 18, 2013 If you've never had major surgery before there's the cool part after they've got you all scrubbed and prepped in pre-op, and inserted IVs in your veins, and you're ready to rock and roll with whatever's on the program. I'm familiar with this routine. It's the only part of the surgery you're apt to r...
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Predator Scorecard: Sharks: 7, Humans: 50-100 Million | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 28, 2013 “Our human blind spot is how we treat animals, and by extension, our only home: planet earth.” - Sue Coe It’s the type of story the mainstream media just can’t resist: “Large shark kills man in New Zealand; beach closed” (Associated Press, Feb. 27, 2013). It’s also a valuable teaching moment, re: speciesism, social condition...
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Obamacare: A Deception | Paul Craig Roberts
Feb. 3, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- The article below is the most comprehensive analysis available of “Obamacare” -- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The author, a knowledgeable person who wishes to remain anonymous, explains how Obamacare works for the insurance companies but not for you. Obamacare was formulated on the concept of health care as a commercial commodity and was c...
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Putting Muscle Behind Your Militancy | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!” - Charles Atlas Fitness -- both mental and physical -- is a crucial component for any serious subversive. If you think smashing capitalism is hard, try doing it with clogged arteries or carpal tunnel syndrome. It's revolutionary to take responsibilit...
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Define 'Invasive': A Starling Taught To Speak | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 7, 2013 “Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the world in our ears, but sadly we don’t speak bird.” - Kurt Cobain While sitting in my kitchen, I heard a beautiful and astonishingly complex bird call. Tiptoeing over to the...
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But Wait… Where Do You Get Your Protein? | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 1, 2013 "You tell me you like the taste/You just need an excuse." - Ian MacKaye Since I’m doing a talk called Occupy the Climate: Hurricane Sandy, Eco-Activism, & the Vegan Option on Jan. 12 in NYC, I figured I’d preemptively address some common questions and comments: “You eat what you eat and I’ll eat what I eat. It’s...
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One Eco-System, On The Rocks | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.” - Barbara Kingsolver A late November CBC article, “Greenland glacier melting 5 times faster than in 1990s,” began: “Scientists have definitive new evidence that shows all but one of the world's major ice sheets are shrinking. The study ...
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