Friday, June 9, 2023

Tag: Chris Hedges

Nice try, Chris Hedges, but neither Joyce, nor Ulysses offers a...

Where's proof behind Hedges' hyperbole that James Joyce is especially unique in railing against the "poisons of nationalism and idolatry"—or offers political urgency?

Chris Hedges: Rebellion is the only way to stop the ruling...

He shares the wisdom he has gained from his experiences watching governments fail to inform us about what to expect and how to build power.

To impeach or not to impeach? Chris Hedges & John Bonifaz...

House Democrats subpoenaed President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani Monday, seeking documents related to his work in Ukraine. Last week, Guliani admitted...

Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the US became an oligarchy...

Chris Hedges talks with Noam Chomsky on the state of affairs in America and hope for the future.

Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power

The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”

Chris Hedges and Nikhil Goyal discuss how to save the American...

The American education system is “a system of social control.”

Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an...

Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.

How Power Works

When the state decides to isolate, discredit and crush you it has innumerable ways to do so.

Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism

Our system of inverted totalitarianism has within it the seeds of an overt or classical fascism.

Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges...

Chris Hedges and Robert Reich discuss their thoughts on Bernie Sanders’ support of a Hillary presidency after his speech at the DNC.

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Clinging bitterly to guns and religion

What will it take to convince Americans to turn their backs on empire and war before it’s too late?

Brazil’s beef industry linked to deforestation in Amazon

800 million trees were cut down in six years due to cattle ranching, which accounts for 80 percent of current deforestation throughout the Amazon.
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‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange

A growing number of politicians are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.

When 3 men richer than 165 million people, Sanders says working class must ‘come...

Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the independent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together."

AI Genie is out of the bottle—UN should take the challenge to make it...

The global community should be comforted knowing that the leadership of the United Nations already knows well what steps are to be taken at this juncture.