Chris Hedges: Home Grown Hatred–Anger and Alienation in the US (2009)

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

VulgarTrader on Aug 14, 2017

Is America home to a secret underworld of militant political groups bent on overthrowing the U.S. Constitution? Are apocalyptic Christians akin to religious militants elsewhere in the world in their quest to create a religious state? In a democratic society, should people have the right to preach the extermination of others? Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center is joined by Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. Ian Masters moderates.

Systemic Change Is Desperately Needed by Graham Peebles

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by Graham Peebles
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
August 18, 2017

Man-made climate change, and the interconnected environmental catastrophe more broadly constitute the most urgent crisis facing humanity. It has come about as the result of a certain way of life, a materialistic approach to living in which greed and excessive consumption has been championed.