Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban? | Ramzy Baroud

Taliban fighters. (Photo: Isafmedia, via Wikimedia Commons) On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2021 An urgent task awaits us: Considering the progress ...

Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2021 Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul International Airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidat ...

One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian political prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2021 Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on Sept. 6, tunneled their way o ...

Not Getting Vaccinated to Own Your Fellow Libs | Eoin Higgins

They’ve aligned themselves with forces they despise. But lefty anti-vaxxers don’t see the contradiction Sept. 22, 2021 (The Atlantic) -- Conspiracy theorists who discount the safety and efficacy of C ...

The Negative-Sum Economy | John Michael Greer

Sept. 15, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There are tides and seasons in the comments I field for posts here on my blog, certain questions that get asked at regular intervals, certain saliva-flecked tirades ...

From the ‘Iron Wall’ to the ‘Villa in the Jungle’: Palestinians Demolish Israel’s Security Myths | Ramzy Baroud

A mural on the Israeli Apartheid Wall. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2021 25 years before Israel was established on the ruins of historic Palestine, a Russian Jewish Zionis ...

Following Afghanistan Defeat: Can EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US? | Ramzy Baroud

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 10, 2021 Suddenly, the idea put forth by French President E ...

Left-Wing Authoritarians Share Key Psychological Traits With Far Right | Emory University

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sept. 10, 2021 (Phys.org) -- People with extreme political views that favor authoritarianism -- whether they are on the far left or the far right -- have surprisingl ...

A Prayer for Nonbelievers | John Michael Greer

A familiar volume.Sept. 1, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- I was 10 years old when The Limits to Growth first saw print. I have a dim memory of seeing a newspaper article or two about it, but I had other things ...

‘Blood for Blood’: On Jenin and Israel’s Fear of an Armed Palestinian Rebellion | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian resistance fighters confronted Israeli forces in Jenin. (File Photo: via PalInfo) Ramzy Baroud -- Wiorld News Trust Aug. 26, 2021 The killing of four young Palestinians by Israeli occupat ...

Potemkin Nation | John Michael Greer

Aug. 18, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There are advantages to learning about history. One of the big ones is that patterns repeat themselves across historical time, and if you know what happened just befo ...