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July 7, 2013
We Are All Aboard the Pequod
Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” is a portrait of the American character, and like the crew of Ahab’s ship we are complicit in self-annihilation.
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June 30, 2013
Chris Hedges’ Interview About the ‘Bowl Phone’ (Full Transcript and Audio)
Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges recently interviewed three former inmates of a New Jersey jail to learn about the way prisoners communicate among themselves through the plumbing—the “bowl phone.” Click to the inside page for an audio recording and a transcript of the interview.
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Bowl Phone Sex
Prisoners in a New Jersey jail, like prisoners across the country, have built a subterranean system of communication to defy the harsh conditions of incarceration and keep themselves connected.
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June 23, 2013
The Eternal Rebel: Ronnie Kasrils
A white warrior against apartheid who dedicated his life to the African National Congress is now assailing the ruling party for its failure to wrest economic power from a tiny elite and place it in the majority’s hands. His story resonates far beyond South Africa.
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June 16, 2013
Chris Hedges Will Be Back
BLANK Chris Hedges is off this week and will resume his column at the usual time next week. In the meantime, you can access all his previous columns, plus recent appearances, by clicking on this item.
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June 9, 2013
The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning
With a “Nuremberg defense” and other key avenues blocked by the judge in his trial, the Army private has been left with little option but to beg for mercy from the court. The erosion of judicial protection for those who expose state crimes is a dire development.
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June 2, 2013
‘We Steal Secrets’: State Agitprop
A new documentary defames Bradley Manning as a sexually confused young man and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a paranoid megalomaniac and sexual deviant. But what else would you expect of a film commissioned by one of the largest corporations in the country?
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May 26, 2013
Chris Hedges Will Return Next Week
Chris Hedges is off this week and will resume his column next week. Meanwhile, click here to look back at the classics.
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May 19, 2013
Rise Up or Die
We must either defy the corporate state or accept our extinction as a species. We have been stripped of the power to express dissent or effect change. Rebellion is the only way to remain fully human.
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May 12, 2013
Murder Is Our National Sport
The decision to execute William Van Poyck, who in his writings from death row has chronicled our penal system’s depravity, is one more footnote to our perverted belief in the regeneration of society through violence.
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