It is telling that our founders recognized the need for a semblance of democratic governance, if only to establish the legitimacy of the regime they established. This is why capitalists and their political representatives have always been reluctan…
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Should we confine the expression of our opposition to the channels that are made available to us by the same media institutions that overwhelmingly support the Conservatives? And if so, why? So we can avoid causing any inconvenience? The obvious r…
Once you have reduced the Tahrir Square protests to a call for Western-style democracy, as Applebaum does, of course it becomes ridiculous to compare the Wall Street protests with the events in Egypt: how can protesters in the West demand what the…
Thanks, @OpenFileTO. and just to keep hope alive … Related posts: More from Chris Hedges on #OccupyWallStreet: Why the Elites Are in Trouble Chris Hedges schools Kevin O’Leary | #OccupyWallStreet Beyond Kevin O’Leary: the Occupy movement and jou…
Published on Monday, October 10, 2011 by TruthDig.com Why the Elites Are in Trouble by Chris Hedges Ketchup, a petite 22-year-old from Chicago with wavy red hair and glasses with bright red frames, arrived in Zuccotti Park in New York on Sept. 17….