Tag: tyranny
Cosmic irony, cosmic con job: MAGA Trump, hatched in savage distrust...
The biggest, worst Trump Lie: that good governance that serves the majority is impossible and that burning all down is superior to reforming structures.
Could we be entering a ‘movement moment’ against Trump?
Know the characteristics of powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.
How you can stop America’s slide toward tyranny
We can deliver a resounding defeat to Trump and every single one of his enablers, and stop our slide toward tyranny. But it’s going to take each and every one of us.
Driving the Trump rampage: Making the unacceptable acceptable
In Trump's crooked model, only total power allows an autocrat to achieve the highest goal: make what was before unacceptable seem acceptable, staunch public resistance by damned.
Legalizing tyranny
We have built a terrifying legal and policing apparatus that has placed the poor of our nation in bondage – an American tyranny.
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Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
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 the psychology of oppression perpetuates harm to animals and the environment
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species to extinction
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.