Tag Archives: Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader: “Democratic Socialism” – Bring it on Corporate Socialists!
What is democratic socialism, anyway? Ralph Nader explains.
Chris Hedges: “The Rats Revolt” by Ralph Nader
It is only when the elites become afraid of us that there will be any hope of destroying corporate power. Politics, as Nader understands, is a game of fear.
The Empty Piety of the American Press by Chris Hedges
There is a long list of the censored. The acceptable range of opinion is so narrow it is almost nonexistent.
Chris Hedges Sums Up Our Collective Predicament and the Solution
Commentary on gloomy Chris Hedges: Feel good industry denies reality of situation of planet earth, economic inequality and militarization of our culture. Predatory systems that effect all of us globally. CP Editor Counterpunch Media of the Day January 31, 2018 More articles by:CP EDITOR
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.
How Corporations Have Taken Over Government, Nonprofit and Regulatory Agencies by Chris Hedges (Video)
“A system of legalized bribery.”
Sarah van Gelder | The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000 Mile Journey Through a New America
Discover the Real Revolution Unfolding across America
Chris Hedges | The Elites Won’t Save Us
The tension between the Trump White House and segments of the establishment, including the courts, the intelligence community and the State Department, has been misconstrued as evidence that the elites will remove Trump from power.
Chris Hedges | In the Time of Trump, All We Have Is Each Other
“The tragedy across the globe is that we are pulling down so many others,” [Berrigan] said. “We are not falling gracefully. Many, many people are paying with their lives for this.”
DN! | Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges (Video)
The real question is what do we do right now? And what do we do to mobilize and organize a lot of people out there who, right now, are not mobilized and organized and how do we keep the energy building?
Ralph Nader | Commercializing Elections to Destroy Our Democracy
These are the citizen champions who, for example, led the fight for safer and nutritious food, less harmful medicines, cleaner air and water, more secure pensions, a freer media, more open government, waging peace instead of war, securing indigenous peoples’ rights, safer transportation, the well-being of children, insurance industry accountability and great advances for people with disabilities.
Chris Hedges | Welcome to 1984
The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not over. Corporate power has within its arsenal potent forms of control. It will use them. As the pretense of democracy is unmasked, the naked fist of state repression […]
Chris Hedges | Days of Revolt: The Corporate Coup d’etat with Ralph Nader
NADER: Yeah, well, they broke the barrier between commercialism and citizenship and they commercialized elections. They commercialized politics. So everything was for sale; when the dam broke and the corporations went into areas that were relatively forbidden to them, everything was for sale. And when everything is for sale in democracy, guess what? I mean, who can buy it? The people with the most money.
▶ Chris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion” The Moral Imperative of Revolt
Hedges: We have a moral imperative on behalf of our children, on behalf of the next generation, whose future is being robbed from them, to stand up.
Chris Hedges: Make the Rich Panic
“The rich are only defeated when running for their lives,” the historian C.L.R. James noted. And until you see the rich fleeing in panic from the halls of Congress, the temples of finance, the universities, the media conglomerates, the war industry and their exclusive gated communities and private clubs, all politics in America will be […]
Chris Hedges: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
The corporate powers, from Seattle’s mayor to the Chamber of Commerce and the area’s Democratic Party, are determined she be defeated, and these local corporate elites have the national elites behind them. This will be one of the most important elections in the country this year. By Chris Hedges truthdig.com March 15, 2015 Kshama […]
▶ Ralph Nader on How to Dismantle the Corporate State
Published on May 9, 2014 Ralph Nader, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State, joins Thom Hartmann on his new book. 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! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is […]
Ralph Nader: Labor Day Is a Time to Mobilize
Shining Light on the Rights and Plights of Workers by RALPH NADER September 2, 2013 Counterpunch.org For far too many Americans, Labor Day is simply another day off, another store sale and another small parade. The meaning of the holiday has been dulled by both rampant commercialism and public apathy. Where is the passion for […]
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