Rhetorically Speaking: US Elections and the Middle East | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud — World News Trust U.S. elections are manifestly linked to the Middle East, at least rhetorically. In practical terms, however, U.S. foreign policies in the region are compelled by the...
View ArticleHow It Could Happen, Part Four: Crossing the Line | John Michael Greer
Oct. 26, 2012 (Archdruid Report) — This week’s post is the fourth of five parts of a fictional narrative tracing out a scenario of American imperial defeat and collapse. As the war ends, the price has...
View ArticleKnow Your History: Beware Democrat Heroes | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust Oct. 26, 2012 “In dreams begin responsibilities.” - W.B. Yeats On Oct. 26, I attended an Occupy Wall Street (OWS) event called “Enemies of the...
View ArticleOccupy is the Latest Generation (Know your history) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust Nov. 2, 2012 “History is not happenstance; it is conspiratorial, carefully planned, and executed by people in power.” - George Carlin A society...
View ArticleHow It Could Happen, Part Five: Dissolution | John Michael Greer
Oct. 31, 2012 (Archdruid Report) — This week’s post is the last of five parts of a fictional narrative tracing out a scenario of American imperial defeat and collapse. As a bankrupt and divided nation...
View ArticleManipulating History: The Different Faces of ‘Popular Resistance’ in...
Ramzy Baroud — World News Trust Nov. 1, 2012 Apparently, “popular resistance” has suddenly elevated to become a clash of visions or strategies between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and its...
View ArticleThe Post-American Future | John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerNov. 7, 2012 (Archduid Report) — One of the things I’ve learned repeatedly over six and a half years of writing Archdruid Report posts is that it’s a waste of time to try to predict...
View ArticleDeterrence in an Age of Decline | John Michael Greer
Nov. 14, 2012 (Archdruid Report) — There are times, and this is one of them, when I wonder if somewhere in the last few weeks we all somehow got teleported into an alternate universe where nothing...
View ArticleLip Service to Peace: EU as an Enabler of Netanyahu’s Colonial Policies |...
Ramzy Baroud — World News Trust Nov. 14, 2012 Europe is different, as we are often reminded. The general wisdom is unlike the United States’ unconditional support for Israel. European countries tend to...
View ArticleElites Will Make Gazans of Us All | Chris Hedges
Illustration by Mr. FishNov. 19, 2012 (Truthdig) — Gaza is a window on our coming dystopia. The growing divide between the world’s elite and its miserable masses of humanity is maintained through...
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