Chris Hedges Delivers the Ultimate Trump Takedown (Video)
After Trump and Pussy Hats: the final stages of capitalism
After Trump and Pussy Hats: the final stages of capitalism
Standing Rock Once more, the living dead have risen to steal the beaten, bloody land, to plunder history, to despoil the one true mother for coins and capital, for power’s poisoned love. So, yet again, tribes have gathered as ancestors had when the criminals first came to murder and plunder, to stand against the storm, More
Socialism for Big Business, but capitalism for the poor. A state and corporate partnership of endless debt and war.
"We know what we're fighting against, but what are we fighting for?"
A coalition of trade unions in India representing some 180 million workers staged a one-day general strike on Friday, September 2, in protest of what they called the “anti-worker and anti-people” policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ...Assocham, India’s chamber of commerce, estimated that the economic impact of the strike was $2.4 billion–$2.7 billion (Hindustan Today, 9/3/16).
We do need to stop lamenting that we don’t know how to build an effective movement and start seriously discussing how we are going to build an effective movement.
Black humanity and dignity requires Black political will and power. Despite constant exploitation and perpetual oppression, Black people have bravely and brilliantly been the driving force pushing the U.S. towards the ideals it articulates but has never achieved. In recent years we have taken to the streets, launched massive campaigns, and impacted elections, but our elected leaders have failed to address the legitimate demands of our Movement. We can no longer wait.
The [capitalistic] system is incapable of internal reform. I obviously want to see a revolutionary movement that is nonviolent.
Jeremy Scahill on drones, activism today, assassinations, and more.
Chris Hedges | Kshama Sawant: How to counter establishment politics (Video interview)
And so what we have is a protest against this center elite, which I call the extreme center, because whether it’s social democratic or conservative, they unite to crush.”
In the age of Trump, truth becomes the enemy of governance and politics tips over into a deadly malignancy.