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July 3, 2016
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July
The long-imprisoned revolutionary and author, who disdains the current political theater, says America’s broken, racist system “has to be torn up, root and branch,” to halt the war waged on the poor by the corporate state.
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June 27, 2016
Chris Hedges Discusses Israeli Occupation With Israeli Journalist Amira Hass (Video)
The Haaretz correspondent for the occupied territories and author of “Drinking the Sea at Gaza” has angered Israeli and Palestinian leadership with her uncompromising honesty.
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June 24, 2016
2008 All Over Again
Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union presages perhaps another global financial meltdown. Banks will again demand massive bailouts. We will be forced to again swallow austerity measures, and there will be a continued decline in living standards.
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Supreme Court Deadlocks on Immigration Ruling That Imperils Millions
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The Media Have ‘Dropped Any Pretense of Objectivity’ in Covering Donald Trump
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The Donald Trump Story You’re Not Hearing About
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Live at Truthdig: Has the Media Been Biased in Its Coverage of Donald Trump?
June 19, 2016
Con vs. Con
The remainder of the presidential campaign will be characterized by an attempt among liberals to discredit third-party and popular movements. Yet our only hope for change will come by breaking free from the tyranny of the two corporate parties.
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British Trumpism? The Slaying of MP Jo Cox by an Anti-Immigrant ‘Britain First’ White Man
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Trump’s Relentless Assault on the Truth
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Trump’s Plan to Discuss Gun Restrictions With the NRA Shows His Ignorance ... Again
June 14, 2016
Capitalism Will Collapse Because Elites ‘Allow Poor to Rot,’ Tariq Ali Tells Chris Hedges (Video)
“The elites who have run the United States and Western Europe have proven incapable of offering even the smallest palliatives to their populations,” says the British radical intellectual, in an interview with Truthdig’s Chris Hedges. “And so what we have is a protest against this center elite.”
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June 12, 2016
We Must Understand Corporate Power to Fight It
All predatory systems of power seek to mask their ultimate aims. As they become more repressive, they become more deceptive. They silence dissidents and bombard the airwaves with lies. Those who effectively resist have to peel back the layers of deceit to understand the intentions of the elites.
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A Week That Changed the Country: From Tuesday’s Primaries to Sunday’s Tragedy
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Their Promised Land
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Arctic Ice Dwindles to Record Low
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Energy Independence Won’t Cure Climate Ills
June 5, 2016
Shut Down the Democratic National Convention
Corporate Democrats rigged the primary elections. They sold us out to Wall Street. They stripped us of our civil liberties. And now they want us to be mute props in their political theater. Democracy will only come from the streets.
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‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: Robert Reich Interviews Bernie Sanders (Video)
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Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton: Yes, Trump’s Foreign Policy Ideas Are Scary. But So Are Yours
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‘Left, Right & Center’: A Movement for Peace
May 29, 2016
Lock Up the Men, Evict the Women and Children
Part of the daily reality of poverty in America, evictions—along with mass incarceration—are the mechanisms used to destroy communities and profit from the misery of the poor.
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Chris Hedges on the Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg (Video)
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Armed with Policy Solutions and Populist Rage, Campaign Vows to ‘Take on Wall Street’
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Chris Hedges: Taxpayers Pay for Primaries, but DNC Determines Rules in Order to Steal Votes (Video)
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Comments of the Week: On American Exceptionalism, Malcolm X and That Infamous Las Vegas Convention
May 22, 2016
Reform or Revolution
Rosa Luxemburg warned the left about becoming seduced by liberals who speak the language of reform but serve the interests of capitalism. And she understood that holding fast to revolutionary ideals was, especially in a moment of crisis, a moral imperative.
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Lessons From the Democratic Battle of Nevada: In the Campaign Home Stretch, Organize, Don’t Agitate
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On ‘SNL,’ ‘Hillary’ Admits to ‘Bernie’ the System Is Rigged as They Toast Wasserman Schultz (Video)
May 14, 2016
Welcome to 1984
The façade of democracy and the disempowerment of the citizenry by corporations has sparked a nationwide revolt. Elites, fearing unrest, will soon become ruthless. We must engage now in acts of sustained civic mobilization and civil disobedience or be crushed.
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‘Print the Money’: Trump’s ‘Reckless’ Proposal Echoes Franklin and Lincoln
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The GOP’s Veil of Unity
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