James DiEugenio tracks the FBI boss and his renegade violence against any sign of a Black Messiah through two current films.
MLK & Fred Hampton Versus J Edgar Hoover
Category: Civil Rights
What Mourning the Fragility of US Democracy Gets Wrong
Despite the tradition of presenting itself as exceptional, the country looks a lot like the other struggling democracies, writes Alasdair S. Roberts.
The Filibuster Was Grounded in Slavery & Now Threatens All Life
Today it’s a convenient shield for cowardly senators to avoid going on the record about their opposition to popular legislation, writes Thom Hartmann.
Chris Hedges: Battling White Supremacy in the Ring
Chris Hedges reviews Gerald Horne’s book, The Bittersweet Science, on racism, racketeering and the political economy of boxing.
Troops in Washington Are Disaster Waiting to Happen
There are plenty of malevolent actors here and abroad who would relish seeing martial law declared, writes James Bovard.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: A Terrible Take on the Capitol Storming
What does a CIA-style counterinsurgency campaign inside the U.S. look like? Just use Iraq and Afghanistan as a model.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Expelled from US in 1969 for His Support of Civil Rights: Who is George Hajjar?
Almost unknown in the U.S., Hajjar heckled Ben-Gurion, joined the civil rights movement in the South, and lost his job with the PLO for allegedly insulting Arafat.
WATCH: CN Live! New Episode—‘Georgia Purged’ With Greg Palast
As many as 198,000 voters in the state of Georgia were kicked off the voting list before last week’s Senate run-off elections, falsely listed by the secretary of state’s office as having moved.
US Downgraded as Civil Liberties Deteriorate Across the Americas
A monitoring group says a disproportionate response by law enforcement goes beyond what is acceptable in policing protests, even during an emergency.
This CN Live! Documentary May Have Been Illegal Under Proposed Law
In March CN Live! was in Paris to film a documentary on the Yellow Vests movement that included footage of French police that under a proposed law, now being rewritten, could have incurred a €45,000 fine.