Corporations, no matter which politicians are in office, loot the Treasury, escape taxation, push down wages, break unions, dismantle civil society, gut regulation and legal oversight, control information, prosecute endless war and dismantle public institutions and programs that include schools, welfare and Social Security. By Chris Hedges May 4, 2014  truthdig.com Activist Lauren DiGioia is arrested More
LABOR FIGHTBACK NETWORK FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUTÂ Â December 22, 2013 On December 10, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 332-94 in favor of changes to the federal budget for 2014. The House vote in effect adopted the proposals of the "Joint Congressional Committee," co-chaired by Republican Tea Party House leader Paul Ryan and Senate More
 “Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges  Posted on Sep 9, 2013  truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
 “Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges  Posted on Sep 9, 2013  truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
Chris Hedges. (photo: Truthdig) By Chris Hedges, TruthDig  02 September 13  ReaderSupportedNews.org  and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold More
Chris Hedges. (photo: Truthdig) By Chris Hedges, TruthDig  02 September 13  ReaderSupportedNews.org  and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold More
It means there is no recourse now either within the Executive, Legislative or Judicial branches of government to halt the steady assault on our civil liberties and most basic Constitutional rights. —Posted by Peter Z. Scheer  Jul 17, 2013  truthdig.com. Holding a single flower each, two protesters wearing black hoods and orange jumpsuits take part in a demonstration in More
A letter to my family and friends about the NDAA and me By Alexa O'Brien on October 3, 2012 12:00 AM October2011.org Dear friends and family, I am reassured to know that you have my back, and that you have done everything to prevent the US Government from threatening to detain me indefinitely without charge for my work as More
A letter to my family and friends about the NDAA and me By Alexa O'Brien on October 3, 2012 12:00 AM October2011.org Dear friends and family, I am reassured to know that you have my back, and that you have done everything to prevent the US Government from threatening to detain me indefinitely without charge for my work as More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges  Posted on Aug 13, 2012   truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges  Posted on Aug 13, 2012   truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
NDAA on trial: White House refuses to abide with ban against indefinite detention of Americans Published:Â 10 August, 2012, 20:44 Â Â RT Â Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Jim Watson) Not only is the White House fighting in court for the power to jail Americans indefinitely without trial, but the Obama administration is refusing to tell a More
