Chris Hedges: Third World America

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
December 12, 2012

[Talk given on Sept. 26, 2012]

unitedforchangetv·Nov 21, 2012

In this lecture, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges will examine how America has devolved, economically and politically, into a Third World country and the role that inverted totalitarianism plays in consolidating the control of rapacious elites over our political and economic systems. He will also discuss the implications of the current arrangement for the world and what are the steps necessary for the masses of people in this country to begin to push back.

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Gareth Porter: The Petraeus Myth

Stop the Wars!

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with Gareth Porter
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Dec. 11, 2012

TheRealNews·Dec 11, 2012

Gareth Porter: America needed a war hero but his “achievements” riddled by half-truths and pure propaganda.
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