Monthly Archives: September 2015

What It Means to Be a Socialist

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

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The Real Enemy Is Within

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

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The Myth of Quality Time

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

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Migliore: Time to wake up, America

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

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The Great Unraveling

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

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Are We Really Moving Towards an Age of Technological Abundance in Which No One Will Need to Work?

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

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