Chris Hedges on the election results. As always, he doesn't hold back:
"It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what the Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for violence."
"We must invest our energy into organizing mass movements to overthrow the corporate state through sustained acts of mass civil disobedience. This includes the most powerful weapon we possess – the strike.
By turning our ire on the corporate state, we name the true sources of power and abuse.
We expose the absurdity of blaming our demise on demonized groups such as undocumented workers, Muslims or Blacks.
We give people an alternative to a corporate-indentured Democratic Party that cannot be rehabilitated.
We make possible the restoration of an open society, one that serves the common good rather than corporate profit.
We must demand nothing less than full employment, guaranteed minimum incomes, universal health insurance, free education at all levels, robust protection of the natural world and an end to militarism and imperialism. We must create the possibility for a life of dignity, purpose and self-esteem."