History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. History isn’t whispering: it’s shouting, says Thom Hartmann.
Call Trump ‘Detention Camps’ by Their Real Name
Tag: Fascism
Patrick Lawrence: Free Speech & Its Enemies
Europe is convulsing as its “centrist” authoritarians impose an unprecedented regime of suppression of speech, but the mainstream media in America is silent about it.
Hedges Report: Fighting Back Against Trump’s Regime
United States citizens must empower themselves to fight back against an increasingly authoritarian Trump administration as well as the Democratic wing of the uniparty, argues Ralph Nader.
Vijay Prashad: A Journalism of Defiance
As attacks on the media increase in Argentina and beyond, we reflect on the legacy of Rodolfo Walsh, a heroic journalist who fought the military dictatorship with his pen.
Chris Hedges: Annexation & Genocide
Zionist extremists and Christian fascists, who are united and now hold senior positions throughout the Trump administration, embody a global movement to the extreme right.
The Chris Hedges Report: On the Precipice of Darkness
“Industrial violence, which is decimating the Palestinians, will become ubiquitous” — from the author’s recent address at the Sanctuary for Independent Media.
Chris Hedges: The Road to Dictatorship
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the Deep State presages the formation of something far worse.
Vijay Prashad: Swimming in Mud in 5th Circle of Hell
Instead of solving the problems of the majority, the “far right of a special type” — a right that is intimately tied to liberalism — cultivates a politics of anger.
Revisiting the October Revolution
Given recent articles and books on the Bolshevik Revolution, which began Oct. 24, 1917 (Julian), it’s a struggle on the level of ideas that continues well into the 21st century, says John Wight.
Vijay Prashad: The Far Right of a Special Type
Fascism is an insufficient term, as it denies the intimacy between liberal and far right forces. Here are 10 theses to understand this “intimate embrace” and the rise of this far right of a special type.