Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Eulogy for a Friend

Chris Hedges recently delivered this eulogy for his friend and former divinity school classmate, the Rev. Terry Burke, who spent 31 years as the pastor of the First Church Jamaica Plain in Boston.
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Project 2025: The MAGA plan to take your freedom

The country, it would turn America into would be hard for any of us to recognize.

Buried with indictments, Trump will be stamped with guilt, lose credibility and forfeit crucial...

Whatever your politics, “Trump” and “loser” will be his linked lockstep legacy.

In the time of Trump, all we have is each other

We will endure by holding fast to our integrity, by building community and by spawning new institutions in the midst of the wreckage. We will sustain each other.

Four Americans Who Should Be Crying Out For Socialism

For consumers, and for children, minorities, the sick and disabled, and all victims of severe inequality, a continuation of Reagan/Clinton capitalism will lead to little improvement.

The trade deal crusaders: Can they never learn?

The TPP and other next generation trade deals are also about putting in place stronger and longer patent and copyright protections.

America’s Electoral Farce

Ripping down the structures of the corporate state is a must as the 2016 presidential election is looming in the distance. This means refusing to co-operate. It means joining or building radical mass movements and carrying out civil disobedience.

Taking Back Our Finance System

A nationwide campaign, Take on Wall Street, is putting the people back at the table for a change.

Vladimir Putin: Global gunman

Why are we concerned about humiliating mass murderers?

Add November 9th to the mornings I’d rather forget

In the hours after Trump declared victory, some signs of hope and resistance.