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Henry A. Giroux: Education as the Heart of the Struggle for America

In the end, there is no democracy without informed citizens and no justice without a language critical of injustice. Democracy begins to fail and political life becomes impoverished in the absence of those vital public spheres such as public and higher education in which civic values, public scholarship and social engagement allow for a more imaginative grasp of a future that takes seriously the demands of justice, equity and civic courage.

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Seymour Hersh: How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline

America’s political fears were real: Putin would now have an additional and much-needed major source of income, and Germany and the rest of Western Europe would become addicted to low-cost natural gas supplied by Russia—while diminishing European reliance on America. In fact, that’s exactly what happened.

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The U.S. War on China: Panda Huggers and Panda Sluggers, by K. J. Noh

"Unless we do something about it, President Biden’s doctrine toward China will likely be a continuation of the noxious U.S. arc of history, ideology, and planning."

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Chris Hedges: Woke Imperialism

The militarists, corporatists, oligarchs, politicians, academics and media conglomerates champion identity politics and diversity because it does nothing to address the systemic injustices or the scourge of permanent war that plague the U.S. It is an advertising gimmick, a brand, used to mask mounting social inequality and imperial folly.

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Is Nuclear War Imminent? Robert Scheer interviews William J. Astore

“We need to act together as citizens to be that vital check on the military industrial congressional complex, which is why I think there are so many forces in our society today that are actually trying to keep us… asleep and isolated from the real impact of war,” Astore says.

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Rise Up Times, Media for Justice and Peace, January Summary (2)

Glencore is Criminal/Polymet, Identity Politics, Rowley: Free Leonard Peltier, The Poets Have It!,

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Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed “Cop City” Training Center

In an audio statement sent to Democracy Now, activists have released the name of the victim of the "COP City" shooting: Long-time activist Manuel Tehran, who went by the name Tortugita, was shot and murdered on January 18, 2023 by police.

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FBI’s opposition to releasing Leonard Peltier driven by vendetta, says ex-agent, by Nina Lakhani

“Retribution seems to have emerged as the primary if not sole reason for continuing what looks from the outside to have become an emotion-driven ‘FBI Family’ vendetta,” said Rowley in the letter sent to the US president in December and shared exclusively with the Guardian.

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Reimagining King’s Vision: The Fierce Urgency of Now

From Ukraine to Uvalde we see the crises of which Rev. Dr. King warned, militarism, materialism, racism and the prospect of spiritual death. This webinar will address how we may better work for peace.

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Top Scheer Intelligence Episodes of 2022: Michael Brenner, Ellen Brown, Gabor Maté and More

It was a turbulent year of nuclear brinkmanship, attacks on free speech, and continued global healthcare and economic crisis. Questions of democracy abounded. Scheer covered these topics every week to keep listeners informed on the most critical developments and narratives in the world.

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Henry Giroux: Neoliberal Fascism, Cruel Violence, and the Politics of Disposability

Violence has become apocalyptic and spectacularized. A theater of cruelty and violence now functions to consolidate power, shatter the bonds of solidarity, and create a culture of white supremacy and Christian extremism.

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Noam Chomsky: “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism”

As the class war intensifies, the basic logic of capitalism manifests itself with brutal clarity: We have to maximize profit and power even though we know we are racing to suicide by destroying the environment that sustains life, not sparing ourselves and our families. Trump supporters near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, More

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