The People vs. Mahmoud Abbas: Are the Palestinian Authority’s Days Numbered? | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas with PA officials. (Photo: President Mahmoud Abbas FB Page) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 7, 2021 “The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered. ...

What We Can Still Accomplish | John Michael Greer

July 7, 2021 (EcoSophia.net} -- One of the unexpected benefits of posting my reflections on the future of industrial society in public is that quite often I get advance warning of events on the horiz ...

Bennett’s Political Theater: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead | Ramzy Baroud

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. (Photo: via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 30, 2021 Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israe ...

What’s missing from the debate about guns? — Mickey Z.

Still photo of Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971) Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 28, 2021 I haven’t written much about guns in my life so I thought it was time to do what I do best: Add in some ...

Words Alone Will Not End Anti-Muslim Terror in Canada | Ramzy Baroud

Mourners and supporters gather for the funeral of the Afzaal family members. (Photo: John Densky, via Anadolu Agency) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 25, 2021 The killing of a Muslim family on ...

‘Putting Lipstick on a Pig’: Why Washington is Fawning over Israel’s New Government | Ramzy Baroud

Israeli far-right politician Naftali Bennett. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 23, 2021 When former U.S. President Barack Obama used an old cliché to denigrate his political ...

Biden, Brain Damage...and Reagan’s Example? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 23, 2021 “One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace, one nevertheless tells the truth.” (Nietzsche) There has been plenty of talk lately about th ...

Will you volunteer to join the Internet of Bodies? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 18, 2021 It was at my first-ever gym job. The clientele was obscenely wealthy yet they yearned for what we trainers had: muscular physiques. One of my co-workers, Wa ...

How Benjamin Netanyahu Won America and Lost Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: via MEMO) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 16, 2021 The now-former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Isr ...

Say This, Don’t Say That: Time to Confront the Misleading Language on Palestine, Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Hollywood A-lister Mark Ruffalo. (Photo: via Facebook) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 14, 2021 On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is ...

Toward the Breaking Point | John Michael Greer

June 2, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- The great changes, the changes that matter, don’t always announce themselves with the blare of amplified voices or the distant thunder of cannons and bombs. As often a ...