Against the violent landscape of World War II, author Ray Nayler poses fundamental questions about human existence. Is our natural state war against all, or is it grounded in mutual aid?
Hedges Report: On Mutual Aid & ‘Palaces of the Crow’
Tag: Hannah Arendt
PATRICK LAWRENCE: To Whom Are Our Liars Lying & What Is the Point of Their Lies?
In America’s late-imperial phase, conjured realities are preferable to reality. The creak of history’s wheel has become unbearable such that forlorn attempts to silence it are the only remaining resort.
The Banality of Evil & Jeffrey Epstein
Who was this nonpareil hustler? That is the question that challenges our understanding of human behavior, says Michael Brenner.
Spinning the Truth Until We Are All Dizzy
Stephanie Martin repeats the warnings of philosopher Hannah Arendt in the wake of the many lies told by authorities about ICE shootings in Minneapolis.
Patrick Lawrence: Keep the Champagne Corked
We must allow for the possibility of success of Trump’s 20-point peace plan in Gaza, of course. But at writing I simply cannot see it.
Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions.
The Fragility of Jewish Supremacy in Israel
Israel’s new front with Iran signals the Netanyahu government’s willingness to induce terror in its own public, writes Miko Zeldes-Roth from Jerusalem.
Chris Hedges: The Rule of Idiots
Thomas Paine writes that a despotic government is a fungus that grows out of a corrupt civil society. This is what happened to past societies. It is what happened to us.
Chris Hedges Report: The Shared Mythology of Israel & the US
In the face of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, Prof. Joan Scott discusses the relevance of the late Amy Kaplan’s Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance.
Chris Hedges: American Concentration Camps
El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, to which U.S. deportees are being sent, is the harbinger of more to come.