VIDEO: Robert Scheer Identifies a ‘Serious Division’ Between His and Chris Hedges’ Views (Part 6/7)

Chris Hedges and Robert Sheer have been carrying out an extended debate on the Real News Network. In this video  discuss the centrality of violence to U.S. American culture. https://youtu.be/gywyajXLrOo View the full series:  Links below. Scheer and Hedges: They Know Everything About You (7/7) Scheer and Hedges: They Know Everything About You (5/7) Scheer and More

Ed Felien: ‘Violence is as American as cherry pie’

H. Rap Brown was right. “Violence is a part of America’s culture. . . . We all pay the price for this institutionalized violence. BY ED FELIEN  April 21, 2014  SouthsidePride.com What H. Rap Brown actually said in that speech in Washington, D.C., in 1967 was: “I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of More

Tomgram: Stephan Salisbury, Life in the American Slaughterhouse

Tomgram: Stephan Salisbury, Life in the American Slaughterhouse Nick Turse. Posted by Stephan Salisbury at 5:31PM, July 29, 2012.  TomDispatch Is America an increasingly violent society?  Statistics seemingly tell us no.  From 2001 to 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, violent crime victimizations actually dropped 34%. While this decrease is part of a longer-term trend More

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