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Chris Hedges Report: How Fascism Came

corinna barnard — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:54:36 +0000

The loss of basic democratic norms began long before Trump, which paved the road to an American totalitarianism. He is the symptom, not the disease. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost For over two decades, I and a handful of others —…

US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:19 +0000

Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Congress has just passed a bill that will see the…

Chris Hedges Report: Enduring the Trauma of Genocide

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned expert in trauma, discusses the psychology of Israeli soldiers, Palestinian resistance fighters, WWII survivors, Nazis and even himself. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble.…

Chris Hedges Report: Stories From the Center of the World

corinna barnard — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:24:28 +0000

Jordan Elgrably discusses new fiction about the Middle East by 25 authors whose tales offer a nuanced and substantive portrayal of the region. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble.…

Chris Hedges Report: Surveillance Education

corinna barnard — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:26:06 +0000

Allison Butler and Nolan Higdon discuss the “ed-tech” systems eroding minors’ privacy rights and discriminating against students of color. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost Any technology created by the U.S. military industrial complex and adopted by the general public was always…

Vijay Prashad: Swimming in Mud in 5th Circle of Hell

corinna barnard — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:00:48 +0000

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. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research When Dante Alighieri…

Netanyahu’s Arrest Warrant Also Indicts US Policy

corinna barnard — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:49:34 +0000

U.S. neocons’ teamwork with the Israel Lobby has marked one of the greatest global calamities of the 21st century, writes Jeffrey Sachs. By Jeffrey D. Sachs Common Dreams It’s official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…

WATCH: October Unsurprised

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:24:12 +0000

Journalist Craig Unger has used Robert Parry’s vast archive to help nail down the 1980 October Surprise story, but he diverged greatly from Parry when it came to also criticizing the Democrats. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Author…

Revisiting the October Revolution

corinna barnard — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:13:35 +0000

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. By John Wight Medium To its adherents,…

Police Escalate Britain’s War on Independent Journalism

corinna barnard — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:00:18 +0000

The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism, writes Jonathan Cook – except that of the U.K. government. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Britain’s collusion in Israel’s genocide. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net The U.K.…