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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

US Collective Punishment of the Venezuelan People Must End | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Ongoing Calamity Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 7, 2021 Recent statements made by U.S. officials suggest that Washington will continue to pursue a hardline policy on Venez ...

Palestine’s Impossible Democracy Dilemma | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudElections under Fire Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 7, 2021 Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to decla ...

Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy Baroud ‘Is This Who We Are? Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 18, 2021 “That's certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secret ...

Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed Democracy in Burma | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 7, 2021 What is taking place in Burma right now is a military coup. There can be no other description for such an unwarranted action as the dismi ...

Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 21, 2021 For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homes and their inability to return. It is not a casu ...

When Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon Tried to Show Us the Way — Mickey Z.

Photo: John Goetz Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 21, 2021 I’ve written plenty of valid critiques of “activism,” e.g. here and here and here and here. A common knee-jerk reaction to my work is ...

The Gamers’ Uprising Against Wall Street Has Deep Populist Roots | Ellen Brown

Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Feb. 11, 2021 Wall Street may own the country, as Kansas populist leader Mary Elizabeth Lease once declared, but a new generation of “retail” stock market traders is fighti ...