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Examining and Comparing the U.S. response to AIDS and Covid- ...

Examining and Comparing the U.S. response to AIDS and Covid-19 | Mickey Z.

Reinventing Activism, Part 3: Borrow Something From (gasp) C ...

Reinventing Activism, Part 3: Borrow Something From (gasp) Corporate Culture | Mickey Z.

Here's What a White Ally Looks Like (part 2) | Mickey Z.

Here's What a White Ally Looks Like (part 2) | Mickey Z.

BOOKS: Deer Hunting With Jesus -- Dispatches from America's ...

BOOKS: Deer Hunting With Jesus -- Dispatches from America's Class War (Joe Bageant)

The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos | Mickey ...

The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos | Mickey Z.

When Will Things Get Back to Normal? | Mickey Z.

When Will Things Get Back to Normal? | Mickey Z.

‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’ | Ramzy Baroud

‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’ | Ramzy Baroud

Laura D: The Fall and Rise of a Homeless Artist | Mickey Z.

Laura D: The Fall and Rise of a Homeless Artist | Mickey Z.

Reinventing Activism, Part 2: What Would a Personal Trainer ...

Reinventing Activism, Part 2: What Would a Personal Trainer Do? | Mickey Z.

Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines F ...

How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart

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Theorists Calculate Upper Limit For Quantization Of Time | Bob Yirka

Gimme (Fallout) Shelter | Mickey Z.

Gimme (Fallout) Shelter | Mickey Z.

Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' ...

Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

Reinventing Activism, Part 1: Marching in Circles | Mickey Z ...

Reinventing Activism, Part 1: Marching in Circles | Mickey Z.

A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

The epidemic that killed 8% of NYC’s population | Mickey Z.

The epidemic that killed 8% of NYC’s population | Mickey Z.

Live from Planet Norte | Joe Bageant

Live from Planet Norte | Joe Bageant

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The Greatest (sic) Generation also didn’t believe #BlackLivesMatter | Mickey Z.

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Examining and Comparing the U.S. response to AIDS and Covid-19 | Mickey Z.

July 2, 1986 - A protest at the Federal Building in Los Angeles. (Photo credit: Los Angeles Public Library) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 9, 2020 “What we have seen exposed as a result of this pandemic is how dangerous our health care system is because it is a business.” (Masha Gesson) “One of the things that happens in America is that, when we have a cataclysm, it reveals fissures in societ ...

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Reinventing Activism, Part 3: Borrow Something From (gasp) Corporate Culture | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 8, 2020 (Part 1 of this series can be found here) (Part 2 of this series can be found here) Within the realm of activism, “corporate” is a d ...

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Here's What a White Ally Looks Like (part 2) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Barney Peterson/The Chronicle Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 7, 2020 The first half of the caption for the above photo reads: “Angela Davis with Rodger McAfee (far left) and his wif ...

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BOOKS: Deer Hunting With Jesus -- Dispatches from America's Class War (Joe Bageant)

Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 14, 2006 “Well, good lordie, you really was writin' a book! I thought it was just some bullshit you spread around when you got drunk.” That was my friend Fat Larr ...

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The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos | Mickey Z.

Photo: Daily Mail UK Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 5, 2020 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much money that he literally could not spend it fast enough. He and the Medellín cartel domina ...

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When Will Things Get Back to Normal? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 2, 2020 This article is an update, a “re-set,” if you will… Preamble: On the liner notes for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album, it’s explaine ...

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‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudIsrael’s China Strategy in Peril Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 Israel’s balancing act that allowed it to reap America’s unconditional and, often, blind support, while ...

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Laura D: The Fall and Rise of a Homeless Artist | Mickey Z.

Laura D teaching watercolors at a homeless shelter (Courtesy of Laura D) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 30, 2020 “The only place I felt I did anything right was art class.” Those are the words of ...

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Reinventing Activism, Part 2: What Would a Personal Trainer Do? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 29, 2020 (Part 1 of this series can be found here) The first line of the book, Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies, reads as follows: “W ...

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Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an Anglo ...

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How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart

June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research -- which combines sophisticated artificial inte ...

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