Law

Will the ICC Investigation Bring Justice for Palestine? | Ramzy Baroud

Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 In the past, there have been many attempts at holding accused Israeli war criminals accountable. Particularly memorable is the case of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, (known, among other nicknames, as the ‘Butcher of Sabra and Shatila’) whose victims attempted to try him in a Belgian Court ...

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PA Political Circus: Why Abbas Must Hand the Keys over to the PLO | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 21, 2020 The painful truth is that the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas has already ceased to exist as a political body that hold ...

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Palestine Bleeds: Execution of Autistic Man is Not an Exception but the Norm | Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 7, 2020 A 32-year-old man with the mental age of an 8-year-old child was executed by Israeli soldiers on May 30, while crouching behind his teache ...

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Here's What a White Ally Looks Like (part 2) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Barney Peterson/The Chronicle Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 7, 2020 The first half of the caption for the above photo reads: “Angela Davis with Rodger McAfee (far left) and his wif ...

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The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos | Mickey Z.

Photo: Daily Mail UK Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 5, 2020 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much money that he literally could not spend it fast enough. He and the Medellín cartel domina ...

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When Will Things Get Back to Normal? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 2, 2020 This article is an update, a “re-set,” if you will… Preamble: On the liner notes for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album, it’s explaine ...

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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 ...

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Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 “There is a propensity for people to accept definitions of action provided by legitimate authority … Relatively few people have the ...

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Reinventing Activism, Part 1: Marching in Circles | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 24, 2020 As many of you know by now, I’ve been running a one-man project called Helping Homeless Women-NYC for nearly four years. In that ti ...

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A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

June 17, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A word or two about history before we proceed. Two weeks ago, in response to my discussion of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, I fielded the inevitable comment fro ...

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Mask-less in Astoria: Covid Complacency from Coast-to-Coast | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 16, 2020 (Please click on all the hyperlinks for added context… and motivation.) I’ve been confined to my neighborhood of Astoria for a litt ...

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