The corporate coup d’état and collapse of American democracy began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains. CHRIS HEDGES May 3 The Christian fascists and oligarchs gleefully handing Donald Trump his sharpie and executive orders are not making war on the deep state, the radical left or to protect us […]
Liberal institutions, including universities, traditionally surrender without a fight to the dictates of autocrats. Ours are no exception. CHRIS HEDGES March 24 I was not surprised when Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong caved to the demands of the Trump administration. She agreed to ban face masks or face coverings, prohibit protests in academic buildings and create […]
Christian extremists in America bond with Jewish extremists in Israel not over religion but a shared fascism. Fascism can only be defeated with a rival militancy — a militancy communists, anarchists and socialists in the 1930s exhibited — one that offers an alternative vision and does not compromise with despotic power. CHRIS HEDGES March […]