McMaster professor and public intellectual Henry Giroux on the need for “thinking dangerously” to counter the spread of authoritarianism and preserve hope for a democratic restoration. What happens to democracy when the President of the United States labels critical media outlets as “enemies of the people” and derides the search
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The Disaffected Lib: The Struggle Ahead for a Decent Future for our Youth
It’s sometimes hard to read a Henry Giroux essay without coming away feeling like you’ve been dragged into a dark alley and bludgeoned. In his latest essay, this American intellectual explores what we’ve allowed ourselves to become, how we’ve been complicit in our own orchestrated economic, social and political degradation.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper’s Experiment to Wrap Canadians in "Protective Stupidity" Mission Accomplished?
The Tyee’s Murray Dobbins laments the success Stephen Harper has had, with the powerful support of a shamelessly collaborative media, at manipulating the Canadian public. Harper’s amoral political calculations about who and when to bomb people has little to do with any genuine consideration of the geopolitical situation or what
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