Playgrounds for Palestine: One Marathon at a Time (Ramzy Baroud)

Nov. 6, 2008 (World News Trust) -- My right knee is wrapped. My left ankle is iced. I lost the nail on my right big toe, and have about 20 blisters and a similar number of bruises on both of my feet. ...

The Racism of McCain... and Obama... and the Media (Jeremy R. Hammond)

The underlying assumption in the argument that association with Rashid Khalidi or his views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict is worthy of criticism is itself, by its own standard, inherently racist ...

A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making (Ramsy Baroud)

Oct. 31, 2008 (World News Trust) -- At a recent conference I was repeatedly asked about the prospects for a third Palestinian uprising, or Intifada. The question, although seemingly uncomplicated, is ...

Paulson's Swindle Revealed | William Greider

Oct. 30, 2008 (The Nation) -- The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Ha ...

Obama the Stalker (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Oct. 30, 2008 (World News Trust) -- No presidential candidate has ever used massive amounts of money to so effectively stalk voters. You cannot escape the Obama sales pitch wherever you are, whatever ...

Whoever Wins U.S. Election, Policy in â€˜War on Terrorâ€™ Unlikely to Change (Jeremy R. Hammond)

Whichever leading candidate wins the 2008 election, the there is little indication that U.S. policy will shift away significantly from using military force in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is incre ...

World Food Day: Global Crisesâ€™ Double Standards (Ramzy Baroud)

Oct. 23, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The 25th annual World Food Day, marked Oct. 16, was an occasion whose arrival and passing received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much ...

Chomsky, Zinn, and Obama (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 23, 2008 "You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches, and then pull it out six inches, and say you're making progress." --Malcolm X Another Elect ...

How Should You Vote? (Jeremy R. Hammond)

American voters should shift their electoral strategy from seeking to put the lesser of evils into power to seeking to elect the force for the greatest good.

Europe and the Middle East: Will EU Be a More Just Mediator? (Ramzy Baroud)

Oct. 19,2008 (World News Trust) -- Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to play a larger part in the Middle East's most protracted conflict, that of Israel and Palestine. But willin ...

When the Federal Government Fails the People (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

(World News Trust) -- The hardest thing for Americans to do right now in this presidential election season is to fight distraction and, instead, focus on the failure of all three branches of the fede ...