Gerald Stern said poets had a sacred calling. They must not allow the oppressed to remain voiceless, the crimes of the oppressor to go unnamed or memory to be obliterated.
Chris Hedges: Death of an Oracle
Category: Arts
Chris Hedges: My War Never Ends
The war in Ukraine raised the familiar bile, the revulsion at those who don’t go to war and yet revel in the mad destructive power of violence.
WATCH: Art Exhibit Delves Into WikiLeaks’ World
The “NoisyLeaks!” show at the Projektraum 145 gallery in Berlin “aims to collectively expose and celebrate the historical and cultural heritage of WikiLeaks,” say the organizers. CN Live! reports.
Chris Hedges: They Crush Our Song for a Reason
WATERS CONCERT: The World As It Is
Roger Waters’ music and video spectacular is like WikiLeaks set to music: exploding myths, and exposing the ugly reality, writes Joe Lauria.
Chris Hedges: ‘The Greatest Evil is War’
Tomas was crippled for a war that should never have been fought. He was crippled for the lies of politicians. He was crippled for war profiteers. He was crippled for the careers of generals.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Installing a War Criminal
When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the imposition as president of Bashir Gemayyel — who introduced the worst savagery seen during the country’s civil war — was one of the chief goals, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Without Culture, Freedom is Impossible
Vijay Prashad writes of the need for cultures that offer an emancipation from the flashy world of unaffordable commodities.
Conditioned for War with Russia
Ray McGovern reviews key pieces of background that — thanks to the media — few Americans know about the widest war in 77 years that is now on our doorstep.
The Cult of Positive Thinking
The late author Barbara Ehrenreich laid bare the industry of positive thinking in her book Bright Sided, writes Sonali Kolhatkar.