Lifestyle Changes (Like Going Vegan) Won’t End Capitalism | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 12, 2015 The federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, for the first time, has recommended avoiding meat and dairy products which, as ...

A Different Form of Holocaust Denial | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 26, 2015 I just learned of an upcoming NYC event called the “Animal Holocaust Memorial Service/March.” The first line of description on its ...

The Veggie Pride Talk I Didn’t Give | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 18, 2015 For the first time in many years, I’ve declined an offer to be the lead speaker at the annual Veggie Pride Parade in NYC’s Union S ...

Food Deserts + Solidarity = Food Justice | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2015 “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of ot ...

Humans Have Brought World's Oceans to Brink of 'Major Extinction Event' | Deirdre Fulton

But 'proactive intervention' could still avert marine disaster, researchers find "Although defaunation has been less severe in the oceans than on land, our effects on marine animals are increasing in ...

#BlackLivesMatter, Veganism, & Intersectionality | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. An Interview with A. Breeze Harper Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 16, 2015 "If vegans who aren't Black want to show support, they first need to understand that race matter ...

Only in Iceland: beer flavoured with smoked whale testicles | CBC Radio

Stedji brewery's new flavour: whale testicle. (Stedji/Wikipedia) Jan. 12, 2015 (CBC Radio) -- It's the latest craft beer from Iceland, brewed in small batches using pure spring water. Oh, and flavour ...

Planet of the Living Dead (Halloween 2014) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 23, 2014 "The only thing we have to fear…” - the guy who signed Executive Order 9066 Halloween is an odd holiday. The ostensible concept -- ...

Coffee Break In #Ferguson: Talking 'Violence' In A Corporate Culture | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 22, 2014 “The most violent element in society is ignorance.” - Emma Goldman An Aug. 19, 2014 Wall Street Journal article headline blared: St ...

One Year Post-Sandy: Climate Changes, Tactics Don’t | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 29, 2013 “Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be ...

The Un-Revolution: Yemen’s Mediocre Transition | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 13, 2013 Considering the off-putting reality, one fails to imagine a future scenario in which Yemen could avoid a full-fledged conflict or a civil war. It is tru ...