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Tag Archives: Chris Hedges
SLOW, PAINFUL DEATH
THE AUTOPSY REPORT ON THE DEATH OF THE LIBERAL CLASS A little irony and a lot of history, and with a message for the left. By David William Pear/ OpEdNews/ June 11, 2020 Autopsy Scene (Image by Wikimedia) Details DMCA … Continue reading
Posted in America, democracy, government, politics
Tagged Bill Clinton, Chris Hedges, Jimmy Carter, liberal class, OpEdNews, William Pear
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The End
The Messiahs of Hope Assure Us Everything Will Be OK in the End. But It Won’t By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ /September 2, 2019 There is nothing new to our story. The flagrant lies and imbecilities of the inept and corrupt … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, environment, history, politics
Tagged Andrea Dworkin, Chris Hedges, climate justice, Earth, end of the world, John Gray, Truthdig, Wen Stephenson
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The Slaves Rebel
By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ September 3, 2018 Cartoon by Mr. Fish The only way to end slavery is to stop being a slave. Hundreds of men and women in prisons in some 17 states are refusing to carry out prison … Continue reading
Posted in America, government, law, politics, prisons
Tagged Chris Hedges, Mr. Fish, prison strike, private prisons, slavery, Truthdig
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America the Failed State
By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ July 1, 2018 Mr. Fish / Truthdig TORONTO—Our “corporate coup d’état in slow motion,” as the writer John Ralston Saul calls it, has opened a Pandora’s box of evils that is transforming America into a … Continue reading
Posted in America, Donald Trump, government, politics
Tagged Chris Hedges, Democrats, failed state, John Ralston Saul, Truthdig
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SCAPEGOATING IRAN
By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ June 11, 2018 The warmongers have no more of a plan for “regime change” in Iran than they had in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya or Syria. European allies, whom Trump alienated when he walked away from the … Continue reading
Posted in foreign policy, government, Iran, Middle East, politics, war
Tagged Chris Hedges, Donald Trump, Gholamali Khoshroo, Truthdig
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THE COMING COLLAPSE
By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ May 21, 2018 Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a product of our failed democracy. The longer we perpetuate the fiction that we live in … Continue reading
Posted in America, Donald Trump, economy, government, media, politics
Tagged Chris Hedges, collapse, Democratic Party, labor unions, Nomi Prins, Truthdig
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The Real “Shithole Country”
by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ January 14, 2018 I covered the war in El Salvador for five years. It was a peasant uprising by the dispossessed against the 14 ruling families and the handful of American corporations that ran El Salvador … Continue reading
Posted in America, foreign policy, government, military, war
Tagged Chris Hedges, El Salvador, Latin America, Nicaragua, Pablo Neruda, Ronald Reagan, Shithole Country, Truthdig
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The Visionless Society
By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ December 31, 2017 Imagine yourself in early 2019. The Democrats, despite never articulating a political vision other than not being Donald Trump and refusing to roll back Republican legislation such as the 2017 tax bill, have … Continue reading
Posted in America, civil liberties, government, politics
Tagged Chris Hedges, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Ralph Nader, Truthdig
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THE DEATH OF THE REPUBLIC
By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ May 21,2017 Mr. Fish / Truthdig The deep state’s decision in ancient Rome—dominated by a bloated military and a corrupt oligarchy, much like the United States of 2017—to strangle the vain and idiotic Emperor Commodus … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Donald Trump, government, law enforcement, politics
Tagged Chris Hedges, corporations, Death of the Republic, democracy, Emperor Commodus, torture, Truthdig
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