Tag: chris Hedges
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The Nation’s Conscience
The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear. By Chris Hedges Strangelove 2024 — by Mr. Fish NEW YORK CITY: I am sitting on a fire escape across the street from…
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Aarohris Hedgesn Bushnell’s Divine Violence
Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was ultimately a religious act, one that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist. By Chris Hedges Divine Violence – by Mr. Fish Aaron Bushnell, when he placed his cell phone on the ground to set up a livestream and lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli…
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The Case for Genocide
South Africa has submitted an 84-page brief to the ICJ accusing Israel of genocide, citing indiscriminate killing, infrastructure destruction, and genocidal rhetoric. The ruling could take years, but South Africa is requesting provisional measures for a permanent ceasefire. Israel and the US intend to prevent any injunction, arguing against genocidal intent and seeking to avoid…
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Chris Hedges: Israel’s Genocide Betrays the Holocaust
The article discusses Israel’s actions in Gaza, drawing parallels with the Holocaust and warning against the dehumanizing nature of collective violence. It emphasizes the danger of forgetting the Holocaust’s lessons.
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Israel Reopens the Gaza Slaughterhouse
Phase One of Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has ended. Phase Two has begun. It will result in even higher levels of death and destruction. By Chris Hedges Slaughterhouse – by Mr. Fish The skies over Gaza are filled — after a seven-day truce — with projectiles of death. Warplanes. Attack helicopters. Drones. Artillery shells.…
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Chris Hedges: The Horror, The Horror, The Horror
Joe Biden will go down in history as an accomplice to genocide. May the ghosts of the thousands of children he has participated in murdering haunt him for the rest of his life. By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost DOHA, Qatar: I am in the studio of Al Jazeera’s Arabic service watching a live…
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Letter to the Children of Gaza
A reporter empathetically paints a gruesome picture of the life of a child in war-torn Gaza, detailing the fear, suffering, and desolation experienced. Moved by the child’s plight, the reporter is compelled to inform the world.
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Israel’s Final Solution for the Palestinians
The article by Chris Hedges discusses the rise of Jewish extremism in the Israeli state, where it now holds significant control. It mentions historical instances of extremist behavior, including assassination, terrorism, and ethnical cleansing. The piece also highlights plans for forcible relocation of Palestinians, indiscriminate killings, discriminative laws and suppression of civil liberties. It charges…
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Let Them Eat Cement
The article alleges that Israel, supported by U.S. and European allies, is preparing for a mass ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza, potentially forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into Egyptian refugee camps. The campaign may lead to dire humanitarian consequences for the region.
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This Way for the Genocide, Ladies and Gentlemen
The conflict between Israel and Palestine has escalated, with Israel’s current military campaign against densely populated Gaza causing mass civilian casualties. Israel’s deflections, claims of self-defense, and refusal to acknowledge the destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure have been met with international indifference. Despite the urgent humanitarian crisis, including food shortages and loss of medical facilities, Western…
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What Does Israel Expect?
Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations; it is mistaken. By Chris Hedges The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone attacks on a variety of targets from tanks to automated machine gun nests, are…
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Chris Hedges: Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail
The past decade saw a wave of global protests that failed to bring significant change due to their lack of organized leadership and coherent structure, as per Vincent Bevins’ book, “If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution”. State control and social inequality actually expanded during this period. Bevins argues that these…