Chris Hedges: The Great American Shakedown
The Great American Shakedown
Chris Hedges: The Blue Line and the Black Codes — Institutionalized Ghettos & Police Violence
The New “Black Codes” The daily brutality and terror keep the poor, especially poor people of color, in bondage. On average, more than 1,100 people, or one every eight hours, almost all unarmed, are killed every year by police in the United States. These killings are not accidents. They are not the results of a …
Chris Hedges: The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within The impeachment of Trump marks a new and frightening chapter in American politics. The deep state has shown its face. It has made a public declaration that it will not tolerate dissent, although Trump’s dissent is rhetorical, mercurial and ineffectual. The effort to impeach Trump sends an ominous message to the American …
Chris Hedges: War, Memory and Gettysburg
War, Memory and Gettysburg The inability of most generals to adapt, as Allen C. Guelzo writes in “Gettysburg: The Last Invasion,” “makes the Civil War look like an exercise in raw stupidity equivalent to the slaughters on the Western Front [of World War I].” By focusing on battlefield exploits we too often blot out the …
Chris Hedges: American Anomie
Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Berto Jongman.
Richard Wolff with Chris Hedges on Coming Collapse of USA (They Don’t Know What Trump Is Planning)
Chris Hedges on The Coming Collapse of America Generally and the Democratic Party Especially
The Coming Collapse The Democratic Party, which helped build our system of inverted totalitarianism, is once again held up by many on the left as the savior. Yet the party steadfastly refuses to address the social inequality that led to the election of Trump and the insurgency by Bernie Sanders. It is deaf, dumb and …
