Chris Hedges's Blog, page 676
February 3, 2014
The Menace of the Military Mind
The suggestion of the U.S. intelligence director, a retired general, that some reporters are Edward Snowden’s “accomplices” points up the military’s antipathy to a free press.
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January 26, 2014
The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies
Chris Hedges takes a page from “Moby Dick” in this speech, in which he sketches out a cautionary tale about the American character and, by extension, the ultimate fate of the human race.
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January 19, 2014
What Obama Really Meant Was ...
The president’s refusal to halt the evisceration of our most basic civil liberties was masked by lies about reform and the intentions of the corporate state. Here’s what he would have said if he had told the truth.
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January 13, 2014
The Trouble With Chris Christie
The most retrograde billionaires and corporate capitalists have pinned their hopes, as well as their money, on the New Jersey governor for the next presidential race. They love him because he is as vicious as he looks.
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January 5, 2014
The Last Gasp of American Democracy
If we fail to halt the state’s wholesale intrusion into our private lives, exposed by the Snowden leaks, we will find ourselves living under a ruthless totalitarian system. (At right, NSA Director Keith Alexander.)
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December 29, 2013
Overthrow the Speculators
There will never be significant economic reform until megabanks are replaced by a network of state- and city-owned public banks. The revolution must be local.
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December 22, 2013
Food Behind Bars Isn’t Fit for Your Dog
Privatization has led to hunger and food poisoning among inmates in jails and prisons. Corporations such as Aramark, which gets away with serving skimpy or disgusting meals, have turned mass incarceration and misery into a lucrative business.
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December 15, 2013
The Play’s the Thing
Maximum-security prisoners in my classroom wrote a visceral and raw drama about life on the streets and inside prison. The bitter truth they told is their song. And now it is my job to make that song heard.
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December 8, 2013
Shooting the Messenger
The misguided attempts to justify Edward Snowden’s leaks by casting aspersions on those of Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and Hammond play into the hands of the security and surveillance state.
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December 1, 2013
The Saboteurs
Wiebo Ludwig, a messianic Christian minister, took God’s law seriously. And to him that meant blowing up oil and gas drilling stations in northern Alberta to protect his children, his livestock, his water and the planet.
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