Chris Hedges
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Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world, will join websites like the content aggregator Reddit to “go dark” on Wednesday in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which are currently being debated in Congress. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 20-21 October 2011
21 October 2011 — williambowles.info 21 October 2011 Wall Street and Student Debt Foregiveness GlobalResearch.ca Today at 11:21 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19-20 October 2011: Chris Hedges: "This One Could Take Them All Down."
20 October 2011 — Information Clearing House The Destruction Of Sirte By Patrick O’Connor If at any point during Libya’s civil war Gaddafi’s forces had done what the TNC fighters are doing now, there would have been blanket demands of charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29447.htm Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 7-8 October 2011
8 October 2011 — williambowles.info 8 October 2011 Occupy Wall Street and the Democratic Party World Socialist Web Site Today at 10:43 As the Occupy Wall Street protest enters its fourth week, the movement confronts increasingly sharp political pressures and choices that center on what its relationship will be to the Democratic Party. Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: War is a Force that Gives us Meaning
Veteran New York Times correspondent Chris Hedges has covered conflicts in Bosnia, El Salvador and Israel. Tune in for this thought-provoking lecture based on his best selling book that argues life is lived most intensely in times of war, often with tragic consequences. Continue reading
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The Creed of Objectivity Killed the News By Chris Hedges
Reporters who witness the worst of human suffering and return to newsrooms angry see their compassion washed out or severely muted by the layers of editors who stand between the reporter and the reader. The creed of objectivity and balance, formulated at the beginning of the 19th century by newspaper owners to generate greater profits… Continue reading
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War Is a Hate Crime By Chris Hedges
Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is wrong. So is violence against people in Afghanistan and Iraq. But in the bizarre culture of identity politics, there are no alliances among the oppressed. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the first major federal civil rights law protecting lesbian, gay,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 