Get Ready For The First Shocks Of Trump's Disaster Capitalism | Naomi Klein

Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 29, 2005. (NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Jan. 24, 2017 (The Intercept) -- We already know that the Trump administration plans to deregulate markets, w ...

Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 On Friday, Oct. 7, we were awaiting the hurricane named Mathew that was fast approaching Daytona Beach, Florida. My wife and I ...

BOOKS: Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive The CO2 Crisis? By David Ray Griffin | Paul Craig Roberts

March 27, 2015 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- I admire David Ray Griffin for his wide-ranging intelligence, his research skills, and for his courage. Dr. Griffin is not afraid to take on the controversial ...

Activism is a Job! | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. (“Occupy this Book” excerpt) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 28, 2014 (The following is an edited excerpt from Occupy this Book: Mickey Z. on Activism, which can be ordered ...

Bhopal: 30 Years of Struggle and Survival | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Interview with Reena Shadaan Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “If you believe in corporate accountability, environmental health and justice, social justice, reproductive justice, ...

US Has More Sanctions Against Russia Than Against Ebola | Paul Craig Roberts

Oct. 9, 2014 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- We have known since... well, when haven’t we known that our public officials are incompetent. Their incompetence is always expensive, but now it risks a worldwi ...

Ebola still rampant in three African countries, death toll near 4,000 - WHO | Tom Miles

GENEVA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no evidence that the epidemic was being brought under control in Wes ...

The Buffalo Wind | John Michael Greer

Oct. 1, 2014 (Archdruid Report) -- I've talked more than once in these essays about the challenge of discussing the fall of civilizations when the current example is picking up speed right outside th ...

U.S. Estimates 1.4 Million Ebola Cases in Worst Scenario | Kelly Gilblom and Caroline Chen

Ebola virus. Photo credit: NPR Sept. 23, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- Without better containment of the Ebola outbreak, there may be 550,000 to 1.4 million cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone by January, accord ...

Ebola Worst-Case Scenario Has More Than 500,000 Cases | Caroline Chen, Brendan Greeley and Kelly Gilblom

Ebola virus Sept. 20, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could spread to hundreds of thousands more people by the end of January, according to an estimate under development by the ...

The Earth Baked in Record Fashion This Summer | Brian K. Sullivan

Sept. 19, 2014 -- According to the National Climatic Data Center, the Earth had its warmest June through August on record, Bloomberg News reports. The combined land and ocean temperature for the glob ...