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The Snowden Debate
Chris Hedges was on fine form last month, when he opened a formal debate at the Oxford Union. The proposition was: This house would call Edward Snowden a Hero. Speaking for the yays were Hedges, Annie Machon, a former intelligence … Continue reading
A long, dark night of the soul
I have the greatest respect for Glenn Greenwald, but the story he broke this week was not really news (here). It’s been widely known for a long time now that just about all electronic communication is recorded by the US … Continue reading
Comrades in arms
Only Al Jazeera English would invite two Marxists to discuss the economic crisis: Chris Hedges and Richard Wolff. They’re talking mostly about the US of A, but the same stuff applies to America’s poodle, the UK. Talking of which, last … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hedges, economic crisis, Richard Wolff, right wing media
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Mr Assange slags off the BBC
Julian Assange has been busy over Christmas. He gave another speech from the balcony of the Ecudorian embassy in London (which follows at the end of this post), and he also gave an interview to the BBC, which turned into … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradley Manning, Chris Hedges, Julian Assange, Naomi Wolf, Wikileaks, Zeinab Badawi
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The monkeys do religion
It’s that time of year again, so let’s talk about the curse on humanity otherwise known as ‘religion’. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is one of the holiest sites in Christianity. It’s run by Greek Orthodox and Armenian … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, atheism, Chris Hedges, Christopher Hitchens, Church of the Nativity, organised religion
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Hedges vs Obama
There’s a kind of grim humour about the proceedings in the lawsuit that Chris Hedges and others have brought against President Obama (see my post about the lawsuit here). Chris Hedges & Co believe that certain sections of The National … Continue reading
America – the nightmare continues
One of the biggest news stories in modern history continues to be ignored by the mainstream media. I talk of course of the The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, and a very controversial clause, section 1021, that allows for … Continue reading
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Tagged America police state, Chris Hedges, NDAA 2012, NDAA section 1021
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A very good take on what’s happening in America at the moment
Chris Hedges was the main plaintiff in the recent lawsuit against President Obama (see my post about it here). Here he is being interviewed by C-SPAN BookTV earlier this year (C-SPAN is a US public service broadcaster that covers the … Continue reading
The bloody Black Bloc
Yesterday I watched a live stream of the anti-NATO protest in Chicago, for hours and hours until things kicked off and the police dispersed the crowds. It was fascinating to watch this live video, as opposed to short and/or edited … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-NATO protest in Chicago, Black Bloc, Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Hedges, Jesse Jackson, Kevin Zeese, NDAA 2012, Occupy Wall Street, peaceful revolution, President Obama, revolution in America, the nature of revolution, US revolution, violent revolution, who are Black Bloc
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