The competing systems of power are divided between alternatives which widen the social and political divide — and increase potential for violent conflict.
Tag: Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges: The Evil America Does Is the Evil It Gets
The hijackers who carried out the attacks on 9/11, like all radical jihadist groups in the Middle East, spoke to the U.S. in the murderous language it taught them.
Chris Hedges: The Empire Does Not Forgive
The mandarins who oversee our collective suicide, despite repeated failure, doggedly insist the U.S. can reshape the world in its own image.
Chris Hedges: The Forged Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
Ariel Sabar masterfully dissects the dishonesty and narcissism inherent in nearly all Christian theological work in his book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife.
Chris Hedges: US Collective Suicide
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.
Chris Hedges: The Price of Conscience — Hale Sentenced to 45 Months
Drone warfare whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for telling the American people the truth.
Chris Hedges: Kucinich Memoir Is a Moving Account of a Battle Against Corporate Power
When the “boy mayor” of Cleveland took a stand against privatization of public power, the region’s elites deployed every weapon they had, including attempted assassination.
Chris Hedges: Bless the Traitors
Daniel Hale exposed widespread, indiscriminate murder of noncombatants in the global U.S. drone war. He faces ten years in prison while those who oversee these war crimes continue their killing spree.
Chris Hedges: Assange & the Collapse of the Rule of Law
Chris Hedges gave this talk at a rally Thursday night in New York City in support of Julian Assange. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, also spoke at the event, which was held at The People’s Forum.
WATCH: US Tour For Assange–NYC With Waters, Hedges, Mate’ & Credico
The U.S. tour by Julian Assange’s father and brother continued in NYC on Thursday with Roger Waters, Chris Hedges, Aaron Mate’ and Randy Credico. Watch the replay here.