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The Ugly American Goes to Chiapas: Correcting Hedges on the Zapatistas

"Given that Hedges is so intertwined with the left establishment that they will indulge in a cover-up on his behalf, it’s worth looking at just what kind of man they’re covering for."

The Bloody Legacy of American Exceptionalism

"NGOs provide the optic through which the abuser will allow the victim to perceive their world and once absorbed into this flawed prism the victim’s own cognitive dissonance will ensure they do not attempt a jail break."

Malcolm X: Do Not March With Your Oppressors

"“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Unist’ot’en Call To Action: Pipeline Construction Has Begun

"Who are the real terrorists? Certainly not the people working to protect the land. In this video, Unis’tot’en Camp member Dini Ze Toghestiy talks about the mislabling of land defenders as terrorists, when the opposite is true. Indigenous land defenders are protecting their lands and communities from the terrorism of colonialism and industrial resource extraction."

Statement of Solidarity with the Mi’kmaq Warriors

"To base our resistance on only those methods approved by the state, on those which are “peaceful” and “lawful,” is little more than political theatre that ultimately serves to reaffirm the “legitimacy” of the colonial regime. It is a strategy for defeat.

When Divestment Isn’t Enough

"The consumer culture that plagues America today was no less apparent at the Keystone XL rally than it has been on any street corner. The true enemy of growth and the wealth that it has brought were both present in full force, mostly unbeknownst to the crowd. So will a whole lot of shouting, dancing and screaming effectively change oil companies into alternative energy companies? Is the mainstream environmental community truly willing to sacrifice what it would take to combat climate change? Can symbolic gestures such as protests overturn the market maxim of supply and demand?"

“Green Hill: A Story of Freedom” — Excerpt From a New Documentary

Yes, Virginia, there are legitimate direct actions that actually achieve the stated goal ...

Wasted Energy: Fossil Fuel Divestment

"Given the influence such high profile campaigns have on the naive, one might return to the simple maxim of follow the money for guidance. In the case of McKibben and 350.org, one has to ask why such capitalist titans as Rockefeller would fund an NGO that might threaten the power of the oligarchy they symbolize. As Morningstar illustrates, the answer is they don’t."

Essential Summer Reading | Underminers: A Practical Guide for Radical Change

"Underminers is the timely follow-up to Time’s Up! An Uncivilized Solution to a Global Crisis. It takes up where that book left off, with a detailed, highly practical approach to the process of undermining in all its many hues. At once entertaining, shocking and inspiring, Underminers draws on the author’s own experience dealing at first hand with the lies of the industrial machine, and that of a wide range of other people who have their own unique take on the swath of topics covered in the book."

The Silent Death of the American Left

"Our politics has gone sociopathic and liberals in America have been pliant to every abuse, marinated in the toxic silt of Obama’s mordant rhetoric. They eagerly swallow every placebo policy Obama serves them, dutifully defending every incursion against fundamental rights. And each betrayal only serves to make his adoring retinue crave his smile; his occasional glance and nod all the more urgently. Still others on the dogmatic Left circle endlessly, like characters consigned to their eternal roles by Dante, in the ideological cul-de-sac of identity politics."