Politics and its Discontents

Reading Chris Hedges is never a fell-good experience. His unflinching assessments, his unsparingly bleak prognostications, offer no comfor...

Chris Hedges explains:

Here is the note written by Leigha Cohen as an introduction to the following video on You Tube featuring Chris Hedges: On August 9th, 201...

"Either you taste, feel and smell the intoxication of freedom and revolt or sink into the miasma of despair and apathy. Either you are ...

Recently I wrote a brief post directing readers to a story written by Chris Hedges. Hedges' piece, entitled The Crucifixion of Tomas ...

Although his is a painful story , I think we owe Tomas Young the respect he deserves by reading it. And while we read it, we might want to...

As a member of the United Church of Canada, my wife receives The United Church Observer , a monthly publication offering an array of in...

About a year ago I wrote a post on Tim DeChristopher, a brave young activist who was sentenced to two years in prison for disrupting an oil...

I remember within the past year opining to my wife that the long-term fate of humanity is grim. With an ever-expanding population, grow...

On this Labour Day, as we reflect on the current dire situation facing many in the workforce, it might be useful to spend a little time with...

One of my favorite writers, Chris hedges, continues to do via alternative news what is so rare today in the mainstream media: challeng...

H/t Disinformation for this:

Probably two of the most important voices challenging the status quo today are rarely if ever granted access to mainstream media anymore. B...

Although I have a somewhat jaundiced view of the intellectual capacity of many Americans, one who I consistently hold in high esteem is Chri...

I was getting a little tired of reading what an all-round great guy and giant intellect Christopher Hitchens was, so I found this radio int...

Echoing the thesis from his book, Death of the Liberal Class , a work that excoriated traditional liberal institutions for their failure to...

That is the title of Chris Hedges' latest column on truthdig.org. Despite the attempts to dismantle the Occupy encampments, attempts t...

Even if you only have time to watch the opening statements by Chris Hedges and philosopher, activist and professor Cornell West, this video,...

Prior to his arrest the other day for sitting on the sidewalk in front of Goldman Sachs, Chris Hedges issued the following indictment of th...

Just back from my hiatus, I found a very recent Charlie Rose interview with the always articulate Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman of Democracy...