Politics

Palestine’s Moment of Reckoning: Abbas’ Dangerous Decision to ‘Postpone’ Elections | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 3, 2021 The decision April 30 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "postpone" Palestinian elections, -- which would have been the first in 15 years -- will deepen Palestinian division and could potentially signal the collapse of the Fatah Movement, at least in its current form. Unlike the last Palestinian parliamentary election ...

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Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift In The US | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudBottom-up Politics Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 25. 2021 At a recent virtual J Street Conference, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another politic ...

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A Palestinian Prayer for Ramadan | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudMay the Voices of the Oppressed Be Heard Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aptil 18, 2021 COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, have reached record highs, largely due to the ...

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Pentagon COVID Microchips: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 16, 2021 I looked up “irony” in the dictionary the other day and found a video of a contemporary human being declaring: “I’ll put up with health passports to get my ...

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Recognition of Palestine is ‘Symbolic’ but also Critical | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Australian Case Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 11. 2021 Australia’s Labor Party’s recognition of Palestine as a State on March 30 is a welcomed position, though it comes w ...

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Rice and Beans in the Outer Darkness | John Michael Greer

Red Beans and Rice at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen - Berkeley, Calif.. Photo Credit: Arnold Gatilao from Fremont, Calif., USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons March 31, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Psyc ...

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A Sense of Déjà Vu | John Michael Greer

April 7, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Déjà vu -- the sudden insistent feeling that you’ve encountered the present moment before -- can be one of the oddest of human experiences. Sometimes, though, it happ ...

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What Is Behind Mali’s Ongoing Strife | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Secret Wars of Africa’s Sahel Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 4, 2021 The United Nations Mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, reports that French warplanes Jan. 3 struck a cr ...

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From His Solitary Confinement, Marwan Barghouti Holds the Key to Fatah’s Future | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 4, 2021 If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the President of the Palestinian Authority, the status quo will change subst ...

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The Missing Lessons from Israel’s Latest Elections | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudKafkaesque Politics Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust March 31, 2021 A "major setback" was the recurring term in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s March 23 gener ...

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Censorship, Self-Censorship, and the Cult of Woke-ness —Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. —World Needs Trust March 26, 2021 Take a good look at the photo above. It reads “Vaccine-Injured Lives Matter” and it was chalked onto the ground at Union Square Park on March 2 ...

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