Chris Hedges: American Requiem
"If there is one group that deserves our deepest contempt it is the liberal elites, those who posture as the moral arbiters of society while abandoning every value they purportedly hold the moment they become inconvenient."
Cornel West: We Must Fight the Commodification of Everybody and Everything
[Trump] is pushing the country toward genuine fascism: wholesale disregard of the law, the rule of big military, the rule of big money, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. He is crushing workers, marginalizing women, scapegoating Mexicans, and Muslims, and Jews, and Black, brown, and indigenous people."
Sweet Honey in the Rock: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Hold on, hold on Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Shredding journalistic credibility: Matt Taibbi on Chris Hedges On Contact
Marginalizing the news as propaganda for Democrats or Republicans. Igniting a 2020 firestorm. Includes traditional news sources and social media.
Sara Thomsen: Freedom Song
Oh, blowing wind Where do we begin? Have you any answers now? Can you tell us how? https://youtu.be/biBHk6N8KLU Freedom Song Sara Thomsen Lyrics Oh, blade of grass Can I ask you Where is the road to peace? Tell me, please. Oh, singing bird What are the words To the More
Sweet Honey in the Rock: Ella’s Song
To me young people come first They have the courage where we fail
John Lennon: Imagine
Imagine all the people Living life in peace
Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Like a bridge over troubled water...
Is It for Freedom? by Sara Thomsen
Children of the world, you have the right To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight. As the innocent die, you rulers carry the shame, And if we stand idly by, we share in the blame.
An Assault on Human Dignity, the Rule of Law, and the Institutions That Would Uphold Them
"The plight of Djamel Ameziane is a real-world example of the self-serving approach to human rights practiced by the United States."
Art as a Hammer to Shape the World, by Norman Stockwell
"We almost always run into some situations where people aren’t entirely comfortable with some of our songs. They’re very comfortable with others. And we invite the discussion."
Chris Hedges: Chris Hedges on Fascism, Civil Unrest, and the Police State
"I expect serious problems in terms of civil unrest and I expect pretty draconian responses from our internal security systems, and you can look at Ferguson to get a sense of what that looks like: that's militarized police in armored personnel carriers with 50 caliber machine guns pointed at nonviolent protesters."
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire
"Save the strong, lose the weak Trust nobody, don't be no fool Whatever happened to the golden rule We got stranded..."
Chris Hedges: Trump’s Barrett Nomination Another Step Toward Christian Fascism
"Since the Democratic Party is beholden to the same donor class as the Republican Party, and since the media long ago substituted the culture wars for politics, the most ominous threat Barrett’s appointment to the court represents is going unmentioned.
On Daniel Berrigan — The Goodness in the Time of Death, by Eunice Wong
"Goodness remains—precious, unspeakable, wordless goodness—it remains amidst the hatred and the fear, the ugliness and injustice. Whatever happens to us, there will always be goodness."
What’s on Polly Mann’s Mind? Shame on the Congress
"If people would refuse to support, fund, kill, or participate in the process, there would be no war. We need to reset and have a fresh start."
75 Years of Nuclear Weapons, by Helen Caldicott, Jay Kvale
"Citizens should tell Congress to stop the nuclear race by opposing the modernization of the nuclear arsenal, cancelling the $85 billion project for 400 intercontinental nuclear missiles (ICBMs), and cancelling the new $10 billion Trident killer submarine which carries the equivalent of 2,000 Hiroshima bombs."
Stopping the School to Military Pipeline, by Carol Masters
“War is not a game,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Can We Learn from Cuba About COVID-19? by Penny Gardner
"The population went under ‘lockdown’ on March 20. Business taxes and domestic debts were suspended, those hospitalized had 50% of their salaries guaranteed and low-income households qualified for social and family assistance schemes, with food, medicine and other goods delivered to their homes..."
Bob Dylan: Murder Most Foul
https://youtu.be/maBb2MPSQxE Steven Hager You Tube Murder Most Foul Lyrics Written by Bob Dylan ‘Twas a dark day in Dallas — November ‘63 The day that will live on in infamy President Kennedy was riding high A good day to be living and a good day to die Being led More