Why the Fed Needs Public Banks | Ellen Brown

Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Dec. 3, 2020 The Fed’s policy tools -- interest rate manipulation, quantitative easing, and “Special Purpose Vehicles” -- have all failed to revive local economies sufferin ...

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 ...

Can a 'Warp Speed' COVID-19 Vaccine Be Safe? | Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 26, 2020 Breaking news: It’s possible to have a skeptical but productive, honest but critical, conversation about vaccines (in general) and Ope ...

Algorithms And Red Wine: Is The 'Digital Hive' A Soft Totalitarian State? | Joe Bageant

Joe Bageant at Innie's Cafe in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2010 -- Ferrara, Italy -- Sitting in a bottliberia, one of those wine bars that brings out food to match your particular ...

Why Economics Says Our Civilization is Going to Collapse | umair haque

Photo: Medium We’re a Poor Civilization That Thinks It’s a Rich One — and We’re Living Way Beyond Our Means July 28, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Like it or not, economics is destiny for civilizations. ...

Our Civilization Needs a Great Transformation | umair haque

Photo: Medium We Need Three Decades of Revolutions. But Are We Capable of It? July 25, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Any thoughtful person should understand that, at this juncture in human history, civil ...

America is Having the Mother of All Social Collapses | umair haque

Photo: Medium If American Life Feels Frightening, It’s Because It’s Imploding -- In Gruesome and Catastrophic Ways July 24, 2020 (Eudaimonia and Co) -- It’s genuinely terrifying to be an American the ...

WATCH: 'Why Banking Needs to Be Run as a Public Utility' | Center for Global Justice

July 13, 2020 (Center for Global Justice) -- The current financial crisis did not begin with a virus. It began in September 2019 with the collapse of the shadow banking system, requiring a bailout by ...

Tearing Down the Idols of Colonialism | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudWhy Tunisia, Africa Must Demand French Apology Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 29, 2020 The visit by newly-elected Tunisian President Kais Saied to France on June 22 was intende ...

Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an Anglo ...

Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

June 22, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to tri ...