The Colonization of Palestine: Rethinking the Term ‘Israeli Occupation’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 5, 2018 June 5, 2018, marks the 51st anniversary of the Israeli Occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. But, unlike the massive pop ...

Killing the Dream 50 Years On -- Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust June 3, 2018 Being a politically -- among other things -- naive young man circa 1968, this writer did not understand what in the hell was go ...

Eight Things I learned About Palestine While Touring Eight Western Nations | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 30, 2018 On February 20, 2018, I embarked on a global book tour that has, thus far, taken me to eight nations. The main theme of all my talks in various cultural, ...

The Pawns of War | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 25, 2018 She would always have the brightest smile as she stood at the intersection of Avenue T and Ocean Ave. in Brooklyn, New York, ci ...

Israel’s Premature Celebration: Gazans Have Crossed the Fear Barrier | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 23, 2018 Sixrty Palestinians were killed in Gaza on May 15, simply for protesting and demanding their Right of Return as guaranteed by internation ...

Billie Holiday said 'This is America' 80 years ago with 'Strange Fruit' | Mickey Z.

Photo collage: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 20, 2018 Too bad they didn’t have Twitter in 1939 when Billie Holiday first performed #StrangeFruit. Southern trees bear strange fruit, Bloo ...

The mind-boggling corruption of Trump Inc. | Ryan Cooper

"Trump." By IoSonoUnaFotoCamera. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)May 18, 2018 (The Week) -- Another week in the Donald Trump presidency, another handful of days so stuffed full of sordid and highly complicated ...

Does Our National News Media Mislead Us About The Value Of Exit Polls In Monitoring Our Elections? | Dale Tavris

Map of red states and blue states in the U.S. Red=The Republican candidate carried the state in all four most recent presidential elections (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). Pink=The Republican candidate car ...

To Be a (REAL) Jew | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 16, 2018 This writer has been a student of both WWII and the Jewish Holocaust for most of my adult life. I believe it was 1988 or '89 an ...

An Affront to History: Giro d’Italia’s ‘Sport-Washing’ of Israeli Apartheid | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 15, 2018 For the first time since its inception in 1909, the legendary Italian cycling race, Giro d’Italia kicked off outside Europe and, strangel ...

You don’t need the Weathermen to know which way the privilege flows… | Mickey Z.

18 West 11th Street on March 6, 1970. Credit: CBS Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “All over the world, people fighting Amerikan imperialism look to Amerika's youth to use our strategic position behind ...