Law

“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 6, 2021 Since it’s become both hip and profitable, the umbrella name of “Astoria” is now used to cover a lot of real estate. When I was younger, the specific area where I grew up was always called Long Island City. It was a working-class, urban, industrial setting of asphalt, tenements, factories, and a few old cobblestone streets. High crime, low gree ...

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Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer

May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a poin ...

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That Time I Almost Accidentally Joined the NYPD — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 29, 2021 In my youth, it was very common for the guys I hung around with to seek out city jobs: police, fire department, sanitation, etc. Steady pay, go ...

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Reducing Police Inappropriate Use Of Force | Nora Luongo

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain April 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Experts on violence have policy and procedural recommendations for reducing police use of inappropriate force. A report from the Police ...

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Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 12, 2021 The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes commit ...

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What If I Told You the COVID “Rules” Make No Sense? — Mickey Z.

(screenshot from The Matrix) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 14, 2021 Last year, the #woke crowd had a field day mocking Trump’s mention of injecting disinfectant and/or drinking bleach. They were ...

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Recognition of Palestine is ‘Symbolic’ but also Critical | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Australian Case Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 11. 2021 Australia’s Labor Party’s recognition of Palestine as a State on March 30 is a welcomed position, though it comes w ...

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Saks, Lies, and the Folly of Street Activism — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 8, 2021 We begin this long and winding ode on August 7, 2012 — a classic hot-and-humid Big Apple summer day. I was taking part in a demonstration called ...

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7 Reasons Why I Haven’t Gotten the Vaccine — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 5, 2021 Take a look at the screenshot above. It is Facebook’s manipulative method of shutting down dissent on Covid-19 vaccines. But re-read it carefully. We’re bei ...

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Remembering the Happy Land Fire: 31 years ago — Mickey Z.

Happy Land Social Club, just hours after the deadly fire (credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 24, 2021 “Let everything happen to you/Beauty and terror Just keep going/No feeling is fin ...

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How Israel Uses ‘the Law’ to Ethnically Cleanse East Jerusalem | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Nakba of Sheikh Jarrah Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 21, 2021 A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces March 19 during a weekly pr ...

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