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June 6, 2017
Chris Hedges and Activist Larry Hamm Discuss the Plight of Black America (Video)
“To enslave, you have to convince the people who help you do the enslaving, as well as the enslaved themselves, that they are not human beings,” says Hamm, chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress. (Hamm is pictured at far right.)
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June 6, 2017 Chris Hedges and Activist Larry Hamm Discuss the Plight of Black America (Video)
June 4, 2017
Antonio Gramsci and the Battle Against Fascism
The political philosopher’s condemnation of capitalism and his opposition to Mussolini have a special resonance in our time.
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50 Years After the Six-Day War: How to Make Peace in the Holy Land
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Is Hillary Clinton About to Destroy the Democratic Party?
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Trump’s Budget Benefits the Most Comfortable Americans and Sticks It to the Most Vulnerable
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Trump Is Reviewing Whether to Try to Block Comey’s Testimony to the Senate
May 31, 2017
Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on Politics, Playwriting and Power (Video)
In the latest episode of “On Contact,” Hedges sits down with the actor, playwright and essayist to discuss Shawn’s new book, “Night Thoughts.”
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May 31, 2017 Trump’s Promises on Coal Turn to Dust
May 28, 2017
The Artist as Prophet
Artists who tell the truth are the mortal enemies of despots, who seek to distort the past, the present and the future.
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Down the Memory Hole: Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia
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Structures of Power and the Ethical Limits of Speech
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The Death of the Republic
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Six Things Trump Does Not Understand About His Job
May 21, 2017
The Death of the Republic
The despotic forces that destroyed ancient Rome and other empires are destroying us. And removing Trump would not halt the disintegration.
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Can the Pope Save Trump?
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Trump Administration Deploys a Controversial Tool in Its Immigration Crackdown
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Russians Are Laughing at the U.S., Not at Trump
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Trump Signs ‘Tremendous’ Deals With Saudi Arabia on His First Day Overseas
May 14, 2017
Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
Demagogues rise up in failed states that destroy their own democratic institutions and the rule of law. What is done to the populations we allow to be demonized will be done to all of us. (Includes interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal.)
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Trump Shows His Hand in Firing Comey
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The Art World Shares Blame for Trump’s Rise to Power
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Paul Manafort’s Real-Estate Deals Reportedly Probed by New York’s Top Cop
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Voting Rights Activists Alarmed by Trump’s ‘Commission on Election Integrity’ (Video)
May 7, 2017
Going to the Daytime Emmys
The soap operas of 2017 are quaint anachronisms: Who needs “make believe” when the news and the nation’s political and cultural life are saturated with tawdry melodrama?
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Hillary Clinton Does Not Belong in the Anti-Trump Resistance Movement
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The Women Who Are Staring Down Duterte
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Filipino Women Are Key in Resistance to Duterte
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Why Obama’s Big Cash-In Matters
May 2, 2017
Chris Hedges and Enrique Martinez Celaya: The Calling of the Artist Is to Bring Forth the Future
The Truthdig columnist and the painter-sculptor discuss the role of artist as prophet.
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April 30, 2017 Reign of Idiots
April 30, 2017
Reign of Idiots
Heading the mindless generals, economists, bankers and politicians is the King of the Idiots, who victimizes the mass of Americans between tweets.
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Hundreds of Thousands Ready to Strike on May Day
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Why Earth Will Never Freeze Over
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Trump’s Unconstitutional Assault on the Judiciary
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People’s Climate March Pushes Back Against Trump Agenda (Multimedia)
April 26, 2017
Terrorizing the Vulnerable
Undocumented people are living in fear as the Trump administration accelerates arrests under a brutal policy whose “family values” call for ripping families apart.
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A Harrowing Warning From a Fictional Future to a Tense Present
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Trump’s Tax Plan Draws Immediate Criticism From Progressives
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How Bill Clinton and Barack Obama Laid the Groundwork for Trump’s Immigration Policies
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Trump’s ‘Sanctuary City’ Threat Is Quashed. Does Our President Have Any Grasp of the Constitution?
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