http://www.truthdig.com/chris_hedges Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-22T08:22:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_health_care_hindenburg_has_landed_20100322/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_health_care_hindenburg_has_landed_20100322/ bailout, barack obama, campaign, congress, democracy, democrats, economy, election, government, health, health care, house, law, money, obama, republicans, war, white house, Chris Hedges' Columns

As politicians go, Rep. Dennis Kucinich is about as good as they get, but he is still a politician. And so he signed on to a bill that will do nothing to ameliorate the suffering of many Americans, will force tens of millions of people to fork over a lot of money for a defective product and, in the end, will add to the ranks of our uninsured.

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The Israeli government, its brutal war crimes in Gaza exposed in detail in the U.N. report by Justice Richard Goldstone, has implemented a series of draconian measures to silence and discredit dissidents, leading intellectuals and human rights organizations inside and outside Israel.

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]]> 2010-03-15T08:32:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/calling_all_rebels_20100308/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/calling_all_rebels_20100308/ afghanistan, barack obama, book, chris hedges, congress, consertvatives, democracy, democrats, ethics, government, health, health care, hedges, history, house, iraq, media, military, money, morals, obama, politics, race, rebellion, religion, revolution, security, tea party, war, white house, Chris Hedges' Columns

Brace yourself. The American empire is over. And the descent is going to be horrifying. How do we fight back?

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The illegal wars and occupations, the largest transference of wealth upward in American history and the egregious assault on civil liberties, all begun under George W. Bush, raise only a flicker of tepid protest from liberals when propagated by the Democrats.

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Traditional media is dying, the virtual future is here and a new book takes a close look at what it all means—and it ain’t pretty.

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Now that unions have been broken, rapacious corporations like FedEx and toadies in Congress and the White House are turning workers into serfs.

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The Internet has become one more tool hijacked by corporate interests to accelerate our cultural, political and economic decline.

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The conviction of the Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in New York last week of trying to kill American military officers and FBI agents illustrates that the greatest danger to our security comes not from al-Qaida but the thousands of shadowy mercenaries, kidnappers, killers and torturers our government employs around the globe.

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