Henry A. Giroux: Hope in a time of permanent war
Giroux: Democratic hope is a subversive, defiant practice that makes power visible and interrogates and resists those events, social relations, and ideas that pose a threat to democracy.
Giroux: Democratic hope is a subversive, defiant practice that makes power visible and interrogates and resists those events, social relations, and ideas that pose a threat to democracy.
Giroux: We must also be attentive to the ways in which being spied on has become not only normalized, but even enticing.
...we offer a few panels from this sprawling imperial mosaic—its victims and beneficiaries, the merciful and the mercenary. You won’t find these empires on a map, tucked as they are behind the names of can’t-say-I’ve-been-there towns. Be on the lookout instead for an office complex, someplace awash in the soothing hum of data centers and microwave transmitters. Their borders are the perimeter of the boardroom table, the cut of a sharp suit.
It’s not pessimistic, brother, because this is the blues. We are blues people. The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. That’s different.
America descending into madness [youtube=http://youtu.be/ZgxJJFFYpF4] Published on Aug 13, 2014 Author and scholar Henry Giroux sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss his new book "The Violence of Organized Forgetting: Thinking Beyond America's Disimagination Machine." Giroux argues that the United States' embrace of a surveillance state and culture of violence have replaced the values of More
The U.S. is being overrun by a wave of anti-science, anti-intellectual thinking. Has the most powerful nation on Earth lost its mind? Editor's Note: I am publishing three articles in tandem because each reflects a side of the same problems in American culture. Norman Pollack’s scathing critique (in "Fascist Trifecta") of mainstream corporate media (The New York More
Americans are told that other governments practice censorship and propaganda, but not their own. Yet, the reality is quite different with many reasonable viewpoints marginalized and deceptive spin put on much that comes from officialdom. . . . By Lawrence Davidson ConsortiumNews.com May 9, 2014 Many Americans assume the U.S. government speaks “the truth” to More
As Chomsky reminds us, caring about other people is a dangerous idea in America today and signals the transformation of the United States from a struggling democracy to a full-fledged authoritarian state. By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout.org | Op-Ed Monday, 12 May 2014 Noam Chomsky at the University of Toronto. (Photo: Andrew Rusk) Noam Chomsky is a world renowned academic More
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33285472 w=320&h=240] October 3, 1999, Updated January 9, 2014 Moyers & Company Amiri Baraka, who passed away today at the age of 79, was a poet, a university professor and a political activist. His name is synonymous with the Black Arts Movement that changed American culture. In this 1999 interview, he talks about his inspirations, More
"...this celebritization of the first lady is only part of a larger trend that has turned the modern presidency into one of fortune, fame, and celebrity (the difference being that Hollywood stars receive more scrutiny and criticism from the press than does this ultimate celebrity couple)." By Carey Wedler Posted on May 30, 2013 Come More
"...this celebritization of the first lady is only part of a larger trend that has turned the modern presidency into one of fortune, fame, and celebrity (the difference being that Hollywood stars receive more scrutiny and criticism from the press than does this ultimate celebrity couple)." By Carey Wedler Posted on May 30, 2013 Come More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 532, June 13, 2013 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ ****** 1. “Quote” of the Week: “That May Suit Investors” 2. How We Make Meaning: Anchors and Categories 3. Propaganda ABCs as Anchors 4. Getting Meaning from Categories Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the More