In the video interview below, Chris Hedges talks to Ralph Nader about our current fascist dilemma, and how we got here. He recounts his years and his successes as a consumer advocate, successes he owed in large part to a reasonably functioning democracy with the guardrails still in place. He emphasizes that democracy can…
Under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military action can only be initiated if it meets the following condition: Text of Article 5: “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently…
Irony (the opposite of wrinkly): Musk claims to head a — what? department? gang? (Mike Murphy calls it “chimps with chainsaws”) — a gang rooting out corruption in government. Well, surprise surprise, it turns out that the DOGE gang itself is the most corrupt of all, as documented by Jamie Raskin’s House Judiciary Committee…
In 2008, after Jane and I retired and moved to Grass Valley, California, we attended a workshop called “The Democracy School,” conducted by Thomas Linzey, an attorney with CELDF (the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund). The workshop was structured to help local communities use legal strategies of self-governance to resist particularly the negative impacts of…
Editor’s Note: I suspect because he is a rare adult voice for peace. In other words, he understands diplomacy. [Don] Here’s a brief excerpt from Professor Sachs’ interview (“EU Panics as Peace Breaks Out“) with political scientist Glenn Diesen: JEFFREY SACHS: “In our previous discussions I mentioned a bizarre occasion that I had with…
