On his program On Contact, Chris Hedges speaks to Noam Chomsky on terrorism, militarism, media & the state of America’s empire, at home and abroad.
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Category: Books
The Making of US Empire at the Beginning of its End
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
As is clear from the memoir of one of his attorneys, Michael Ratner, the ends have always justified the means for those demanding the WikiLeaks‘ publisher’s global persecution.
Charges of Anti-Semitism & the Silencing of Dissent in Europe
When the Jewish “community” speaks with one voice because its other voices have been eliminated, you will not know it, writes Jonathan Cook. There will be no record of what was lost.
Democracy is Not a Fact, But an Enduring Struggle
Trump has been defeated, but Ursula Wolfe-Rocca warns that his commitment to institutionalize the teaching of American exceptionalism has not.
DIANA JOHNSTONE: The Great Pretext … for Dystopia
In their World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, economists Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret bring us the voice of would-be Global Governance.
What Africa & Asia Can Teach Each Other
The shockingly inept response by many Western countries to a historic pandemic has amplified calls for Africa to turn to its once-closest allies, writes Vik Sohonie.
Reframing America’s Role in the World
Since 1945, the U.S. pursuit of “dominance in the name of internationalism” has mainly served as a device for affirming the authority of foreign-policy elites, writes Andrew J. Bacevich.
Torments of a Split Soul: Oliver Stone’s ‘Chasing the Light’
Like Odysseus, upon whom he models his life, the author takes you to places you may wish to avoid but are essential for true sanity, writes Edward Curtin.
ELECTION 2020: From Bob to Don
Why did Trump agree to this book: Details recounted are less important than the projection of the Oval Office’s powerful, intoxicating atmosphere dominated by the commanding presence of the Chief Executive, writes Michael Brenner.