On Contact: Hedges and Street on the Strength of Right-Wing Populism
"Despite losing, Donald Trump has solidified support from an angry, disposed working class that cuts across racial lines."
Chris Hedges | On Contact: Decline of the American empire with Alfred McCoy
How the Chinese empire will soon overtake the U.S. empire. History, background, and current status.
Chris Hedges | On Contact: Decline of the American empire with Alfred McCoy
How the Chinese empire will soon overtake the U.S. empire. History, background, and current status.
No more presidents: protesting the Trump inauguration (Video)
The days of action surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump marked a clear rejection of his administration and the global rise of right-wing populism. https://vimeo.com/201092028 The inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States has unleashed a wave of anger across the country. Faced with the frightening prospect of an authoritarian right-wing More
Henry Giroux | The Racist Killing Machine in the Age of Anti-Politics
We are in a new historical era, one that is marked a culture of lawlessness, extreme violence, and disposability, fueled, in part, by a culture of fear, a war on terror, and a deeply overt racist culture that is unapologetic in its disciplinary and exclusionary practices. This deep seated racism is reinforced by a culture of cruelty that is the modus operandi of neoliberal capitalism–a cage culture, a culture of combat, a hyper masculine culture that views killing those most vulnerable as sport, entertainment, and policy.