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One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. ~ Hitchens

INTELLECTUALISM: “Exposing Religious Lies” / Noam Chomsky, and Lawrence M. Krauss ☮

Posted on 09.21.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Chomsky on religious lies and the secular religion: American exceptionalism etc.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chris Hedges: To Stop Terrorism, End U.S. Occupation of the Middle East” / The Real News / Chris Hedges ☮

Posted on 09.19.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges discusses the Manhattan bombing and the lack of media coverage of the impact of U.S. wars abroad.

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: “Why Does the U.S. Support Israel?” / Noam Chomsky ☮

Posted on 09.15.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Mark Blyth: The Detrimental Ramifications of Austerity Programs” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮

Posted on 09.12.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges sits down with economist Mark Blyth to discuss the detrimental ramifications of austerity programs following the 2008 financial crisis. Professor Blyth, author of Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, addresses the political effects of the spending cuts and considers why the elites will not take responsibility for the fallout, while RT Correspondent Anya Parampil examines the impact austerity measures have had on America’s working class and poor since 2008.

WISDOM: “The Essentials” / Noam Chomsky ☮

Posted on 09.10.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

A “best of” compilation of Chomsky’s ideas and analyses.

1. War, State Power, and American Exceptionalism 0:00
2. Capitalism, Neoliberalism, and Corporate Propaganda 31:01
3. Anarchism, Libertarian Socialism, and Classical Liberalism 01:08:51
4. Science, Philosophy, and Language 01:39:16

INTELLECTUALISM: “Noam Chomsky: Facts”

Posted on 09.08.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

CRITICAL THINKING: “Mother Teresa: Hell’s Angel” / Christopher Hitchens ☮

Posted on 09.04.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. Probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her relationships with right-wing political leaders.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Adam Hochschild: The Moral Force” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮

Posted on 09.03.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges is joined by journalist and author Adam Hochschild to remember the rebels in history whose moral conviction drove them to battle. Hochschild chronicles rebels who joined the fight against fascism in his latest book “Spain in Our Hearts: Americans and the Spanish Civil War”. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil provides a brief history on why the idealists from the U.S. and Europe made the journey in the 1930s to join the civil war.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chris Hedges: Alt-right Movement has ‘Overt Characteristics of Racism'” / RT America / Anya Parampil ☮

Posted on 08.31.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Hillary Clinton recently railed against the rightwing movement known as the “alt-right.” Chris Hedges, host of RT’s ‘On Contact’ joins RT America’s Anya Parampil to discuss this fringe ideology and whether Clinton’s attack on the movement will have any impact. He says that the alt-right movement has “overt characteristics of racism” and that it is “utterly impervious to anything Hillary Clinton says.”