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August 29, 2011
The Election March of the Trolls
The trolls have gamed the system. There is no economic, political or environmental reform that can be implemented to impede the march of the corporate state.
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August 3, 2011
Chris Hedges Will Be There
The Truthdig columnist pledges to join others in acts of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest in Washington on Oct. 6, because, among other reasons, "we don't have much time left."
August 4, 2011 Who Wants to Go Back to the '50s?
August 4, 2011 Even Wall Street Hates the Debt Deal
August 1, 2011
Chris Hedges Will Return in September
BLANK Chris Hedges, whose column would normally appear here at this time, is on book leave and will return the first week of September. Until then, click here for a look back at the classics.
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July 26, 2011
Fundamentalism Kills
I worry more about the Anders Breiviks than the Mohammed Attas.
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July 18, 2011
America's Disappeared
Torture, prolonged detention without trial, sexual humiliation, rape, disappearance, extortion, looting, random murder and abuse, have become, as in Argentina during the Dirty War, part of our own subterranean world of detention sites and torture centers.
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July 15, 2011 'Left, Right & Center': Till Debt Do Us Part
July 10, 2011
Carlos Montes and the Security State: A Cautionary Tale
Poor urban neighborhoods have already learned what is only dimly being understood by the rest of us—in the eyes of the state we are increasingly no longer citizens with constitutional rights but enemy combatants.
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July 6, 2011 The Myth of The New York Times, in Documentary Form
July 6, 2011
The Myth of The New York Times, in Documentary Form
The documentary film "Page One: Inside the New York Times" is an infomercial for The New York Times. It says nothing about the internal dynamics of the institution. It fails to portray the titular Page 1 process.
July 4, 2011 Ralph Nader Is Tired of Running for President
June 27, 2011 Truthdig Wins Top Honors at L.A. Press Club Awards
July 4, 2011
Ralph Nader Is Tired of Running for President
"You have millions of people who say run, run, run," Nader said. "Then you put yourself out there and find they are voting for Obama."
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June 27, 2011
Gone With the Papers
The increasing fusion of news and entertainment and the ruthless drive by corporations to destroy the traditional news business are leaving us deaf, dumb and blind.
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June 20, 2011
This Hero Didn't Stand a Chance
Tim DeChristopher faces up to 10 years in prison for standing in the way of the corporate and governmental destruction of the ecosystem.
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