Politics

Happiness is a Warm Amerikan Gun | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 16, 2018 John Lennon was a prolific songwriter, along with his compatriots The Beatles. His wonderful metaphor, from their great "Happiness is a Warm Gun" (1968 White Album), still resonates today in this crazy violence infected U.S. empire: When I hold you in my arms and feel my finger on your trigger I know nobody can do me no harm ...

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Mission Accomplished: Why Solidarity Boats to Gaza Succeed Despite Failing to Break the Siege | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 13, 2018 When Mike Treen, the National Director of the "Unite Union" in New Zealand arrived at the airport in the capital, Auckland, on Aug. 1, a ...

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How Russian Trolls Neutralize Certain News | Xymena Kurowska & Anatoly Reshetnikov

Image credit: NYMag.com Aug. 8, 2018 (The Conversation) -- Russian "troll factories" have been making headlines for some time. First, as the Kremlin's digital guardians in the Russian blogosphere. Th ...

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Dancing with the Beast | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 8, 2018 In Oliver Stone's brilliant film Nixon there is one scene that underlines the whole prism of this Military Industrial Empire. I ...

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The Kek Wars, Part Four: What Moves In The Darkness | John Michael Greer

Aug. 8, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last week’s thrilling episode of The Kek Wars, we saw how a band of outsiders linked by the network of online forums loosely called “the chans,” and armed with the ...

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Terrifying insights into climate change could build legislative momentum for emissions cuts | Christine Clark

Credit: University of California - San Diego Aug. 7, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Scientists at the University of California San Diego see an opportunity to shift the politics around climate change. New resear ...

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Mahmoud Abbas: Stop Exploiting Ahed Tamimi for Personal Gain | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 7, 2018 The father of 11-year-old, Abdul Rahman Nofal contacted me, asking for help. His son was shot in the leg during Gaza's "Great March of Re ...

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The Two 500 lb. Gorillas in the Room | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 3, 2018 I don't know about you out there, but whenever I drive around my city and surrounding area of perhaps 250,000 people, I notice ...

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Common Enemy: Why Israel is Embracing Fascism in Europe | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 1, 2018 Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, visited Israel on July 19, where he met Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other off ...

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The Kek Wars, Part Three: Triumph of the Frog God | John Michael Greer

Frog God by wegs. ©2011-2018 wegsAug. 1, 2018 (EcoSophia) -- In last week’s thrilling episode of The Kek Wars, we saw how thousands of disaffected young people who’d been shut out of our society’s ci ...

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Was the 2016 election legitimate? It's now definitely worth asking the question | Virginia Heffernan

Credit: Talking Points MemoJuly 28, 2018 (Los Angeles Times) -- We need to talk about a forbidden subject: the legitimacy of the current president. There’s been a code of silence around President Don ...

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