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June 12, 2011
No Justice in Kafka's America
The draconian legal mechanisms that condemn Muslim Americans who speak out publicly about the outrages we commit in the Middle East have left many wasting away in supermax prisons.
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May 30, 2011
The Sky Really Is Falling
The rapid and terrifying acceleration of global warming, which is disfiguring the ecosystem at a swifter pace than even the gloomiest scientific studies predicted a few years ago, has been confronted by the power elite with self-delusion.
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May 23, 2011
Why Liberal Sellouts Attack Prophets Like Cornel West
The liberal class, which attempted last week to discredit the words my friend Cornel West spoke about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, prefers comfort and privilege to justice, truth and confrontation.
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May 20, 2011 'Left, Right & Center': Barack and Bibi, DSK and Arnold; Cornel West's Broadside
Why Liberal Sell-Outs Attack Prophets Like Cornel West
The liberal class, which attempted last week to discredit the words my friend Cornel West spoke about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, prefers comfort and privilege to justice, truth and confrontation.
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May 20, 2011 'Left, Right & Center': Barack and Bibi, DSK and Arnold; Cornel West's Broadside
May 20, 2011 Truthdigger of the Week: Eric Schneiderman
May 16, 2011
Chris Hedges: 'We Speak in the Language of Terrorism'
In this recent appearance on GRITtv, "The World As It Is" author and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges talks with host Laura Flanders about the murder of Osama bin Laden and cuts through the noise to pose some tough questions about America's fighting style. (more)
May 17, 2011 Obama's Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?
May 16, 2011 US-Pak Alliance
The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic
The celebrated intellectual did 65 campaign events for Barack Obama and now nurses the anguish of the deceived, manipulated and betrayed. During their last personal encounter, West says, "I wanted to slap him on the side of his head."
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May 9, 2011
Your Taxes Fund Anti-Muslim Hatred
A cadre of right-wing institutions that peddle themselves as counterterrorism specialists and experts on the Muslim world has been indoctrinating thousands of police, intelligence and military personnel in nationwide seminars.
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May 1, 2011
Chris Hedges Speaks on Osama bin Laden's Death
BLANK Chris Hedges responds to the death of Osama bin Laden at Truthdig's Inaugural Fundraising Dinner in Los Angeles.
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April 26, 2011
Chris Hedges: The Truth About War
Check out this well-crafted video montage created to accompany Truthdig columnist and author Chris Hedges' speech on the myths and realities of war, given April 23, 2010, at the War & Global Health conference at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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April 25, 2011
The Corporate State Wins Again
When did our democracy die? When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, universities and the Democratic Party—which once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible—wither and atrophy?
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