Chris Hedges: The Choice This Election Is Between Corporate and Oligarchic Power
There is a civil war within capitalism. Kamala Harris is the face of corporate power. Donald Trump is the mascot of the oligarchs. Either way, we lose.
There is a civil war within capitalism. Kamala Harris is the face of corporate power. Donald Trump is the mascot of the oligarchs. Either way, we lose.
With the elections approaching, the Trump/Harris race remains tight due to the Democratic Party's detachment from blue-collar roots and failure to engage critical issues like wage increases and Social Security,…
Militarizing the border — and promoting rhetoric that demonizes immigrants — will not save any lives.
"The vice president's strong union record is why Teamsters locals across the country have already endorsed her—alongside the overwhelming majority of organized labor," said a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala…
Donald Trump told countries, “You leave the dollar, you’re not doing business with the United States, because we’re going to put 100% tariff on your goods”.
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and the Race to Oblivion.
The values the liberal class arguably once cherished have been completely abandoned by today’s neoliberal Democratic Party, and its contradictions ring loud and clear in everything involving Kamala Harris’s campaign…
The candidates traded barbs over Israel, Ukraine, and Afghanistan.
The number one issue in the election this year, polls tell us, is “the economy.” But what does that mean?
“Forget the lesser evil, there is no lesser evil. You have two genocidal candidates, one conducting genocide right now and the other promising to finish the job.”
A world-historical disorder defines us, for their capacity and ours for rational thought and action, to say nothing of moral principle and empathy, has comprehensively lapsed.
People “can blame the other party, they can blame each other, but they don't get to blame the system, because they don't feel that there's any real connection or control…
"Harris is saying she will reject 77% of Democrats, 61% of Americans, international law, domestic U.S. law, and basic humanity to continue the flow of weapons to Israel while it…
Whether those hostilities are rhetorical or military remains to be seen, but if the presidential past is precedent, gore awaits us.
Censorship of US wrongdoings will only get worse as the election draws closer, writes Patrick Lawrence.