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February 12, 2017
The Elites Won’t Save Us
The danger we face does not come, in the end, from Trump and his malignant cabal. It comes from severely weakened and corrupted democratic institutions.
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February 5, 2017
Make America Ungovernable
The window to overthrow the Trump regime is rapidly closing. We must move swiftly to make governance impossible through nationwide strikes and other nonviolent resistance. If we do not, the last vestiges of democracy will die.
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January 29, 2017
American Psychosis
The barrage of lies from demagogues such as Donald Trump creates profound cognitive dissonance among the population that ends in a nationwide collective mental illness.
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January 22, 2017
Revolt Is the Only Barrier to a Fascist America
An unwavering noncooperation with the systems of corporate control is essential. We must not be seduced into trusting the power elites, including the Democratic Party.
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Chris Hedges, at the Women’s March on Washington, Talks About Building Movements and Coalitions
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Kellyanne Conway: Press Secretary Provided ‘Alternative Facts’ About Inauguration Crowd Size
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All the Harmful Things Donald Trump Can Do to Women
January 17, 2017
Manning and the Gangster State
In a column originally posted on Aug. 21, 2013, Chris Hedges declares that the whistleblower’s original 35-year sentence “means the end of the rule of law” and “presages the rise of a government under which the just will become criminals.”
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Part 6: Out of the Halfway House, and Then a Scare
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‘On Contact With Chris Hedges’: What the Intelligence Report About Russian Influence Really Reveals
Chris Hedges on How the ‘Deep State’ Will Influence the Trump Presidency
Interviewer Lee Camp and Chris Hedges discuss the factors behind the U.S. need to “demonize Russia.”
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January 15, 2017
Building the Institutions for Revolt
We must form our own, new structures and carry out continual mass protest and civil disobedience to wrest back power from the corporate state.
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Refuting Donald Trump’s Attack on Rep. John Lewis
January 14, 2017
Allegations of Russian Hacking Cover Up a Larger Issue: Attacks on Independent Journalism
Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges argues that politicians are zeroing in on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election to shut down outspoken media.
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Allegations of Russian Hacking Cover Up Larger Issue: Attacks on Independent Journalism
Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges argues that politicians are zeroing in on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election to shut down outspoken media.
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January 13, 2017
Chris Hedges on Donald Trump’s ‘Naked Kleptocracy’
The president-elect is “malleable and easily manipulated” in the face of establishment politicians on both sides of the aisle, the Truthdig contributor says.
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