Edward Snowden: ‘Faith in Elected Leaders’ Is a Mistake Americans Keep Making
Snowden began by discussing the dark history of intelligence agencies and what it says about the U.S. government today.
Robert Fisk | We are not living in a 'post-truth' world, we are living the lies of others
But justice is not on the menu. This is a word which few politicians, statesmen, even journalists, any longer use.
Robert Fisk | We are not living in a ‘post-truth’ world, we are living the lies of others
But justice is not on the menu. This is a word which few politicians, statesmen, even journalists, any longer use.
7 Reasons that the Corporate Media Is Pro-War
“It was understood that if you fell out of grace [with the Education Department], your business might go away..."
Stephen Corbett | What I Learned From the “PropOrNot” Propaganda List (Video)
And yes, the list is as ridiculous as that sounds.
David Swanson | Public vs. Media on War
Although the public believes the hype about danger emanating from these foreign forces, it does not favor the solution it is endlessly offered by the media and the U.S. government.
Reckoning with a Trump Presidency and the Elite Democrats Who Helped Deliver It
The popular vote showed there’s large support in this country for a politics of tolerance, of progressivism, around culture issues, around gender and race.
Chris Hedges | The Surrender of the Liberal Left to Neoliberalism Gave Us Proto-fascism (Video)
Roots of our current situation are austerity, deindustrialization, and the impoverishment of half the nation
Now Age Conversations: “Propaganda and Fake Left Media” with Joshua Frank (Video)
For this edition of Now Age Conversations, I speak with Joshua Frank, Managing Editor at Counterpunch. We talk about the insidious “fake left” media sources, while progressive in orientation, steer readers toward the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton. The Now Age Press Counterpunch Media of the Day August 23, 2016 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYcDpistznQ?enablejsapi=1&wmode=opaque] In addition to his role More
Cornel West: Obama has failed victims of racism and police brutality
The president and his cheerleaders refused to engage deeply with systemic problems facing our country. That came back to haunt America last week. By Cornel West The Guardian Thursday 14 July 2016 11.12 EDT. Last modified on Friday 15 July 2016 03.07 EDT ‘The American empire is in deep spiritual decline and decay.’ Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images Police More