Truthout
History
|
Why the Government Shutdown Is Not Anarchist Utopia
Real anarchists aren't just for abolition of the state. They're for a society in which ordinary people can freely and democratically govern themselves.
|
Western Plunder of Greece
Start such a metamorphosis with an honest treatment of Greece: write off her debt.
|
Chris Hedges | The Sparks of Rebellion
Chris Hedges: As the country continues to suffer from the abuse of the ruling class, the impending revolution will be determined not by the urban poor, but the sinking …
|
How Fake 2nd Amendment History Kills
The gun carnage will never end unless the Rightu2019s bogus history of the Second Amendment is exploded and the real intent of the Framers is explained.
|
Cornel West and the Fight to Save the Black Prophetic Tradition
“The most pernicious development is the incorporation of the black prophetic tradition into the Obama imperial project,” Cornel West tells Chris Hedges.
|
King, Obama and the Inner Core of Despotism
Thinking of Obama's badly tainted legacy, I return to King's admonition that we judge others not by the color of their skin but rather by the content of their …
|
Prohibition in Pine Ridge – Lakota Women Lead Fight Against “Liquid Genocide“
A circle of Lakota women fight against alcohol addiction on their reservation and declare zero tolerance for the counties that profit from their community's destruction.
Operation Red Hat: Chemical Weapons and the Pentagon Smokescreen on Okinawa
In July 1969, a leak of chemical weapons on Okinawa sickened more than 20 US soldiers and laid bare one of the Pentagon's biggest Cold War secrets: the storage …
|
Remembering Hiroshima: Why do we kill?
August 6, 2013 marks the 68th anniversary of the horrific atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Other than the subsequent bomb dropped on Nagasaki, thankfully we have not used another nuclear …
“Iraq Invades the United States,” and Other Headlines from an Upside Down History of the US Military and the World
Eduardo Galeano, one of the great global writers, takes us from 1916 to late tomorrow night via eight little excerpts from his new book, Children of the Days: A …