Mainstream Politicians Switch Sides Under Trump, by Henry Giroux
Is any policy worth the death of 500,000 children?
Chris Hedges | The Visionless Society
“Can there be a democracy when you don’t have a competitive electoral system?” he asked. “No. Can there be a democracy when people who come in second win the election? No. Can there be a democracy when it’s tougher to get on the ballot than in any other Western country in the world by an order of magnitude? No. Can there be a democracy when money rules? And not just the money that politicians raise, but the third-party money. No. Can there be a democracy when people have no influence on the military budget? No. It’s not subjected to hearings. It’s ratified on the floor of the House and Senate, but it doesn’t go through the appropriations process.
Chris Hedges | The Visionless Society
“Can there be a democracy when you don’t have a competitive electoral system?” he asked. “No. Can there be a democracy when people who come in second win the election? No. Can there be a democracy when it’s tougher to get on the ballot than in any other Western country in the world by an order of magnitude? No. Can there be a democracy when money rules? And not just the money that politicians raise, but the third-party money. No. Can there be a democracy when people have no influence on the military budget? No. It’s not subjected to hearings. It’s ratified on the floor of the House and Senate, but it doesn’t go through the appropriations process.
Paul Street | Against Identitarian and Generational Divide and Rule
We need to be historically and social-structurally specific about where real power lies if we want to get to the root of contemporary evils.
Paul Street | Against Identitarian and Generational Divide and Rule
We need to be historically and social-structurally specific about where real power lies if we want to get to the root of contemporary evils.
We Have Been at War in Iraq for 27 Years by William Rivers Pitt
No one in politics or the media seems capable of recognizing this series of events for what it truly is: One large event . ...There is no dicing it up. It is all of a piece, one long war, the longest by miles in our nation's history.
Henry Giroux | Culture of Cruelty: the Age of Neoliberal Authoritarianism
Giroux: Power in its most oppressive forms is deployed not only by various repressive government policies and intelligence agencies but also through a predatory and market-driven culture that turns violence into entertainment, foreign aggression into video games, and domestic violence into a goose-stepping celebration of masculinity and the mad values of unbridled militarism. At the same time the increasing circulation of public narratives and public displays of cruelty and moral indifference continue to maim and suffocate the exercise of reason and social responsibility.