Tag Archives: Truthdig

…And We Are Screwed

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

We Are Bradley Manning By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 3, 2012 I was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. The hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading →

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LEGALITY OF AMERICAN POLICE STATE ON TRIAL

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ February 11, 2013 On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth … Continue reading →

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DISASTROUS LONG-TERM THINKING

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

The Myth of Human Progress By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ January 6, 2013 Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change”describes a dark relief that comes from accepting that “catastrophic climate change is virtually … Continue reading →

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THE EXISTENTIAL CLIFF

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

The Myth of Human Progress By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ January 13, 2013 Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change”describes a dark relief that comes from accepting that “catastrophic climate change is virtually … Continue reading →

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AT LAST, CALIFORNIA = HOPE

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

The Land of Milk and Honey Once More By Robert Scheer/ Truthdig/ November 16, 2012 AP/Sandy Huffaker: A rainbow lands in a field of wind turbines visible from Palm Springs, Calif. What’s the matter with California? It is a question once … Continue reading →

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Obama, “Dominatrix” of the Liberal Class

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

The S&M Election By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ November 5, 2012 Illustration by Mr. Fish I learned at the age of 10, when I was shipped off to a New England boarding school where the hazing of younger boys was the … Continue reading →

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EITHER WAY WE’RE DEAD

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

How Do You Take Your Poison? By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ September 24, 2012 We will all swallow our cup of corporate poison. We can take it from nurse Romney, who will tell us not to whine and play the victim, … Continue reading →

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MAYBE THE REVOLUTION ISN’T OVER

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of the Occupy movement are greatly exaggerated. Chris Hedges makes the case that Occupy is lying dormant, ready to return in an as yet unknown form, to continue what it started. Hedges … Continue reading →

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The Security State Noose Tightens

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ April 2, 2012 The security and surveillance state does not deal in nuance or ambiguity. Its millions of agents, intelligence gatherers, spies, clandestine operatives, analysts and armed … Continue reading →

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War = Murder

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Murder Is Not an Anomaly in War by Chris Hedges/ TruthDig/ March 19, 2012 The war in Afghanistan—where the enemy is elusive and rarely seen, where the cultural and linguistic disconnect makes every trip outside the wire a visit to … Continue reading →

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