Tag Archives: Chris Hedges

They’re Just Outright Telling Us That Peace In Ukraine Is Not An Option

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Luther Blissett

By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com US Senator Joe Manchin said at the World Economic Forum on Monday that he opposes any kind of peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Manchin, who at the moment is one of the most powerful elected officials in Washington, added … Continue reading →

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Mueller Report Ends a Shameful Period for the Press

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Luther Blissett

By Chris Hedges Source: Truthdig The Mueller report’s categorical statement that Donald Trump and his campaign did not collude with Russia ends one of the most shameful periods in modern American journalism, one that rivals the mindless cheerleading for the … Continue reading →

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Governments and corporations escalate Internet censorship and attacks on free speech

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Luther Blissett

By Andre Damon Source: WSWS.org The year 2018 has opened with an international campaign to censor the Internet. Throughout the world, technology giants are responding to the political demands of governments by cracking down on freedom of speech, which is … Continue reading →

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The Great Ponzi Scheme of the Global Economy

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Luther Blissett

By Michael Hudson and Chris Hedges Source: CounterPunch CHRIS HEDGES: We’re going to be discussing a great Ponzi scheme that not only defines not only the U.S. but the global economy, how we got there and where we’re going. And with me … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 1984

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Luther Blissett

By Chris Hedges Source: truthdig The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not over. Corporate power has within its arsenal potent … Continue reading →

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America’s Mania for Positive Thinking and Denial of Reality Will Be Our Downfall

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Luther Blissett

The ridiculous positivism, the belief that we are headed toward some glorious future, defies reality. By Chris Hedges Source: Alternet The naive belief that history is linear, that moral progress accompanies technical progress, is a form of collective self-delusion. It … Continue reading →

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Malcolm X Was Right About America

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Luther Blissett

(Editors note: Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Malcolm X. The venerated activist would surely have approved of Hedges’ radical appraisal of his philosophy and principles.) By Chris Hedges Source: Axis of Logic Malcolm X, unlike Martin … Continue reading →

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The System: Deserving Contempt, Resistance and Undermining

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Luther Blissett

By Rob Kall Source: OpEdNews.com Let’s face it, the system is pathologically broken, designed to hurt and exploit the middle class. it is contemptible. The courts are contemptible, the Judges are contemptible, the politicians– almost all of them– are contemptible, … Continue reading →

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