War

America is a Smoking Fascist Dystopia | umair haque

America Has Less Than 50 Days to Save Itself From Even Greater Disaster Sept. 15, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- I woke up this morning to news that was particularly horrific. Forced mass sterilisations at Trump’s concentration camps. I felt nauseous. My stomach lurched. And I don’t say that for effect. Unlike most Americans, I’ve lived through authoritarianism and fascism. I’m one of the lucky few to ...

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The Puzzle Pieces Fit (a 9/11 story) | Mickey Z.

The two blue pillars of light provide a visual reminder of how the Twin Towers, destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, once stood above the city skyline. Photo credit: Associated Press Micke ...

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Remembering the 9/11 Jumpers: When is a Suicide Not a Suicide? | Mickey Z.

screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 7, 2020 Discussions of suicide and violent death to follow. *** “The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of stories, you ...

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The Other 9/11 (and That Time I Gave a Lecture at MIT) | Mickey Z.

Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 4, 2020 Preface: I’ve written (several times) about the “other 9/11” in 1973 Chile. I’ve also written once about my related MIT talk in 2003. To ...

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Some Conspiracies Are Real (part 2): Iraq, Kuwait, and Imaginary Incubators | Mickey Z.

Image from TrueActivist.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 29, 2020 So far, the year 2020 has been sort of a grand unified compilation of centuries worth of conspiracies and theories. But I’m n ...

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The Politics of War: What is Israel’s Endgame in Lebanon and Syria? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 9, 2020 On Aug. 4, hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued an ominous warni ...

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Some Conspiracies Are Real: The Nazi-CIA Connection | Mickey Z.

meme template Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 19, 2020 So far, the year 2020 has been sort of a grand unified compilation of centuries worth of conspiracies and theories. But I’m not here to tal ...

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later | Mickey Z.

A bombed-out temple in Nagasaki. Photo credit: Cpl. Lynn P. Walker, Jr. (Marine Corps) - Wikipedia Commons Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 2, 2020 “From the very concept of strategic bombing, al ...

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Apartheid or One State: Has Jordan Broken a Political Taboo? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 2, 2020 What will it take for the idea of a two-state solution, which was hardly practical to begin with, to be completely abandoned? Every reali ...

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List of Israeli Targets Leaked: Tel Aviv Fears the Worst in ICC Investigation of War Crimes | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 26, 2020 When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed in December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue ...

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Do Americans Get That Trump is Instituting Martial Law? | umair haque

National Guardsmen on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 2020. (Twitter/Martha Raddatz) Trump Wants to Use Martial Law to Terrorize Americans -- and Steal the Next Elec ...

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