Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion | Ramzy Baroud

Israel is accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. (Photo: ActiveStills.org) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 3, 2021 The international uproar in response to Israel’s approva ...

The West’s China Complex: Beijing as the Enemy and the Savior | Ramzy Baroud

Modern buildings in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin, China. (Photo: Alexander Needham, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 2, 2021 “Could Chin ...

Covid-19 Fallout: “There is something terribly wrong with this country” — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 1, 2021 As November 5 neared, I did something cliché but nonetheless powerful. I re-watched the film, V for Vendetta. It always resonated with me in a variety of ...

What are YOUR priorities as we near 2022? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 28, 2021 I was walking down the street when I noticed a man sitting behind the wheel of a double-parked car, cursing and angry. His face was a mask of rage. I sto ...

Jerusalem’s ‘Liveliest Parties’: Has Biden Proved Different from Trump on Palestine? | Ramzy Baroud

Trump Obama Biden Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 27, 2021 When Joe Biden was declared the winner in the US elections last November, expectations in Ramallah were high. A Biden Administration, ...

Reminder: Mentioning the Nazi ‘Health Pass’ is Forbidden — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 26, 2021 Nazi Germany had a health pass, too. There… I said it. I even posted a photo of one such Gesundheitspass above. The Nazis also used other methods to segr ...

Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa | Ramzy Baroud

The Ennahda group at the Tunisian Constituent Assembly in 2011. (Photo: Parti Mouvement Ennahdha, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 25, 2012 When the news circulated that M ...

DinoFish Makes Science Look Foolish (yet again) — Mickey Z.

(YouTube screengrab) Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 23, 2021 According to “science,” the coelacanth (Latimeria) went extinct 65 million years ago. After all, this carnivorous fish dates back so ...

Planet of the Living Dead (Halloween 2021) — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust October 22, 2021 “The only thing we have to fear…” (the dude who signed Executive Order 9066) Halloween is an odd holiday. The ostensible concept — as it has evolved to b ...

The End of the Dream | John Michael Greer

Oct. 20, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- There are times when the winds that shape the future blow strong enough to be heard over the jabber of everyday life, and this is one of those times. For a while now ...

The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney’s Decision to Boycott Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Best-selling and award-winning Irish novelist Sally Rooney. (Photo: Video Grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 20, 2021 The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winnin ...