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November 24, 2013
Shielding a Flickering Flame
As the plundered ecosystem deteriorates, resistance will increasingly be an act designed not to ensure the continuity of life but to stave off death for as long as possible.
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Feeding the Flame of Revolt
“Hactivist” Jeremy Hammond speaks out for his principles as a harsh sentence is imposed on him. His case exposes the deep fear the state now has of its own citizenry.
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November 10, 2013
The Revolutionaries in Our Midst
The corporate state’s illegitimacy and destruction of privacy and civil liberties are spawning a class of young idealists such as Jeremy Hammond.
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November 3, 2013
Imploding the Myth of Israel
Max Blumenthal’s “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel” is one of the most fearless, honest and important books ever written about the Jewish state.
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October 28, 2013
Our Invisible Revolution
The old ideas that justified global capitalism and the oligarchic elites are being discredited. At some point the battle occurring below the surface will explode.
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October 20, 2013
Let’s Get This Class War Started
If we had paid attention to history we might understand the imperative of battling the rich.
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October 14, 2013
The Folly of Empire
In dying empires like our own, the people glorify idiotic leaders and blissfully ignore the looming collapse.
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October 6, 2013
The Radical Christian Right and the War on Government
The federal shutdown fits seamlessly into the long ideological war to reduce Washington’s role to little more than defense, internal security and the protection of property rights.
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September 30, 2013
The Sparks of Rebellion
The tinder for revolt will not be the same as in past industrialized societies. Guided by the revolutionists who came before us, we will have to create our own forms of resistance out of the wreckage of the corporate state.
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September 23, 2013
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary about Indonesia’s 1965-66 bloodbath is a brilliant exploration of the twisted psychology of that nation’s mass murderers and their ongoing glorification.
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