Chris Hedges | Demagogue-in-Chief

Demagogues expend great energy marginalizing, censoring and silencing all critics, something the corporate state has already done to dissidents such as Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader. They use the media, especially the airwaves, as a vast public relations department to amplify their lies and promote their personality cults. By Chris Hedges  Truthdig  December 11, 2016 More

Henry A. Giroux: Terrorism, Violence and the Culture of Madness

Giroux: Already imperiled before the aftershocks of the terrorists’ attacks, democracy became even more fragile in the aftermath of 9/11. Almost fourteen years later, the historical rupture produced by the events of 9/11 has transformed a terrorist attack into a war on terror that mimics the very crimes it pledged to eliminate.

Chris Hedges: Killing Ragheads for Jesus

“American Sniper,” like the big-budget feature films pumped out in Germany during the Nazi era to exalt deformed values of militarism, racial self-glorification and state violence, is a piece of propaganda, a tawdry commercial for the crimes of empire. By Chris Hedges  truthdig.com  January 25, 2015 Fandango “American Sniper” lionizes the most despicable aspects of More

Katie Halper: 46 examples of Muslim outrage about Paris shooting that Fox News can’t seem to find

image via twitter  Not surprisingly, much of the “where is the Muslim outrage” outrage is coming from… Fox News, as Media Matters notes. Fox’s own Monica Crowley, for example, said that Muslims “should be condemning” the attack and that she hadn’t “heard any condemnation… from any groups.” By Katie Halper  TheRawStory.com  January 9, 2015 Every time an extremist who More

Allen Clifton: Dish Network Exposes Fox News as Nothing More than a Conservative Entertainment Channel

 Yes, Dish Network replaced the supposedly “fair and balanced” Fox News with the channel founded by radical right-wing conspiracy pushing propagandist Glenn Beck.  By Allen Clifton  ForwardProgressives.org  January 3, 2015 By now many people have heard about Dish Network dropping Fox News (at least temporarily) from its broadcasts over a contract dispute. While contract disputes between networks More

Why Are So Many Americans So Crazy?

 The idea is very simple, classic really. The system is in crisis, social inequality is widening and hardening, so stimulating paranoia and racism is a simple and effective way of keeping people from thinking about things like taxing the rich in order to get good public schools, affordable health care and other such Bolshevik twaddle. More

Why conservatives prefer propaganda to reality: Amanda Marcotte, Alternet

A new Pew study on America's media consumption offers a window into the right's collective mindset AMANDA MARCOTTE, ALTERNET   Salon.com   October 24, 2014 This article originally appeared on AlterNet. Pew Research set out to find what’s behind what it considers the increasing political polarization of the United States; why the country is moving away from political moderation and More

▶ Israel/Palestine, Russell Brand/Sean Hannity: Round 2 (The Trews E114)

[youtube=http://youtu.be/-v5WlY8Uf5U] Published on Aug 1, 2014 Russell Brand The Trews (E114). You may have seen Sean Hannity offering to educate me on his Fox News show. This is my response to his 'education'. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and More

▶ Jon Stewart: Fox News, US Constitution Not For Muslims | Nina Simone — Backlash Blues

[youtube=http://youtu.be/hhe8uafs5IE] Published on May 1, 2013 Fox News throws out the constitution when it comes to Muslims. See and hear the Islamophobic bigots make fools of themselves on TV.  aMuslim [youtube=http://youtu.be/SxX6pYrvGy4] Uploaded on Oct 11, 2008 BACKLASH BLUES (Langston Hughes / Nina Simone) Nina Simone Mr. backlash, mr. backlash Just who do think I am You raise More

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