Food Justice: Monsanto, Factory Farming, and Beyond | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 28, 2013 “In nature's economy, the currency is not money, it is life.” - Vandana Shiva On May 25, 2013, millions marched against Monsanto acr ...

Let Them Eat Bugs (when capitalists address hunger) | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 16, 2013 “If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms ...

Speciesism: Left Out Of The Left Forum? Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 17, 2013 “Your old road is rapidly agin'/Please get out of the new one/If you can't lend your hand/For the times, they are a-changin'” - Dy ...

Worth The Burger? | Deborah Goodwin

April 1, 2013 (ShapeShiftas.com) -- On Good Friday, my husband and I found ourselves with a rare occurrence -- both girls out, and no pickups needed until the next day. Date Night! We got the older d ...

Toward Liberation: For Animals and Language | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 1, 2013 “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” - George Orwell In her poem, “The ABCs of Atrocity,” my friend V ...

Coyote Ugly: The NY Times Endorses Speciesism | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 26, 2013 “All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.” - Will Rogers It’s fascinating to witness th ...

Genetically Modified Animals: Reject Speciesism | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 22, 2013 “Atrocities are no less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." - GB Shaw When my friend Mari ...

There’s No Place Like Homeless | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 7, 2013 “Ladies and gentlemen, soliciting money in the subway is illegal. We ask you not to give. Please help us to maintain an orderly sub ...

Predator Scorecard: Sharks: 7, Humans: 50-100 Million | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 28, 2013 “Our human blind spot is how we treat animals, and by extension, our only home: planet earth.” - Sue Coe It’s the type of story the ...

Polluted America | Paul Craig Roberts

Feb. 24, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- In the United States everything is polluted. Democracy is polluted with special interests and corrupt politicians. Accountability is polluted with executive br ...

Copy Editing for Total Liberation (Until Every Cage is Empty) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 13, 2013 Almost everywhere I look, I witness radicals and revolutionaries participating in, exploiting, and sanctioning the illusory privile ...