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“The Democratic Party has been quite effective in frightening progressives into backing a party that is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America.” — Chris Hedges
Bad Faith on Mar 18, 2021
This week, we’re joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and television host Chris Hedges to get his take on the state of the left: What are the structural factors and ethical rationalizations that keep congressional progressives from taking the adversarial approach required to push a united Democratic government left? How can we parse good faith excuses from the bad, and what does history tell us about the way forward?
From the archives:
Capitalism Keeps Us Pacified As It Drags Us Ever Closer To Doom, by Rainer Shea
Perfidy Meets Putty – Congressional Democrats Betray Voters, by Ralph Nader
Chris Hedges: Politics After Trump
America’s Political Illiteracy Sustains the Two-Party Tyranny, by Finian Cunningham
Paul Street: Is Trumpism Fascism? + Paul Jay: Trump’s Treason and McConnell’s Mayhem
Chris Hedges: How Republicans, Democrats, and the Media Have Weakened US Democracy
Chris Hedges: America Has The Tinder To Ignite Social Uprising
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As long as the 99% continues to obediently vote for the 1%’s Red and Blue Criminal conspiracy then goes to them on their knees begging for crumbs and mercy the worse this will get. The 1% will only accept wretched Slavery for the 99%.
Thank you for your comment, William.