Category Archives: Marty’s Blog

Posted on Oct 11, 2015 By Chris Hedges   Boris Franklin in a classroom at Rutgers. When he was in prison, he was a student under the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP), and he is now attending … Continue reading →

By Robert Reich     A Toronto protest against the TPP trade agreement in 2014. (arindambanerjee / Shutterstock) This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s website in January. Republicans who now run Congress say they want to cooperate with President … Continue reading →

Posted on Sep 20, 2015 By Chris Hedges   A giant American flag hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. (Mary Altaffer / AP) Chris Hedges gave this speech Sunday at a Santa Ana, Calif., event sponsored by the … Continue reading →

Posted on Sep 6, 2015 By Chris Hedges Steve Mann / Shutterstock If you are not dedicated to the destruction of empire and the dismantling of American militarism, then you cannot count yourself as a member of the left. It is not … Continue reading →

SEPT. 5, 2015 Frank Bruni EVERY summer for many years now, my family has kept to our ritual. All 20 of us —my siblings, my dad, our better halves, my nieces and nephews — find a beach housebig enough to … Continue reading →

By: R. Henry Migliore Guest Columnist September 1, 2015 After falling sharply early last week, the Dow is on a rebound. But do not be fooled. The market is in a downward spiral and this is a short adjustment. We … Continue reading →

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_great_unraveling_20150830/ Posted on Aug 30, 2015 By Chris Hedges   In times of national crisis and public outrage, strange and dangerous candidates often arise. Above, Donald Trump. (Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock) The ideological and physical hold of American imperial power, buttressed by … Continue reading →

Sept 1, 2015 Robert Reich Shutterstock This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page. In 1928, famed British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that technology would advance so far in a hundred years – by 2028 – that it … Continue reading →

SYDNEY SEAUAUG. 8, 2015 In his 20-year N.F.L. career, Junior Seau established himself as one of the game’s greatest linebackers. He committed suicide in 2012 at age 43 and was subsequently found to have had a degenerative brain condition linked … Continue reading →

Aug 6, 2015 Roger Cohen A few years ago, Americans and Europeans were asked in a Pew Global Attitudes survey what was more important: “freedom to pursue life’s goals without state interference,” or “state guarantees that nobody is in need.” … Continue reading →