The Panopticon Review: Leading Public Intellectuals, Activists, Social Critics, Writers, and Teachers Ralph Nader (b. 1934) and Chris Hedges (b. 1956) On How and Why the Democratic Party Has Become An Opportunist And Reactionary Arm of the Corporate State and A Cowardly Neoliberal Extension of the Far Rightwing GOP and its Fascist Agenda

Friday, March 7, 2025

Leading Public Intellectuals, Activists, Social Critics, Writers, and Teachers Ralph Nader (b. 1934) and Chris Hedges (b. 1956) On How and Why the Democratic Party Has Become An Opportunist And Reactionary Arm of the Corporate State and A Cowardly Neoliberal Extension of the Far Rightwing GOP and its Fascist Agenda

How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) | The Chris Hedges Report

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March 6, 2025

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The American corporate coup d'état is almost complete as the first weeks of the Trump administration exemplify. If there has been one person who saw this coming, and has taken courageous action over the years to prevent it, it would be Ralph Nader. The former presidential candidate, consumer advocate and corporate critic joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to chronicle his life’s work battling the corporate takeover of the country and how Americans can still fight back today despite the growing repression from the White House. Photo in thumbnail: Americans Across The Nation Watch The First Presidential Debate Between Joe Biden And Donald Trump LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 27: People watch the CNN presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a debate watch party at The Continental Club on June 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Biden and Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential cycle. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Nina Simone (1933-2003)

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Kofi Natambu, editor of The Panopticon Review, is a writer, poet, cultural critic, and political journalist whose poetry, essays, criticism, reviews, and journalism have appeared in many literary magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. He is the author of a biography MALCOLM X: His Life & Work (Alpha Books) and two books of poetry: THE MELODY NEVER STOPS (Past Tents Press) and INTERVALS (Post Aesthetic Press). He was the founder and editor of SOLID GROUND: A NEW WORLD JOURNAL, a national quarterly magazine of the arts, culture, and politics and the editor of a literary anthology NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT (Post Aesthetic Press). Natambu has read his work throughout the country and given many lectures and workshops at academic and arts institutions. He has taught American literature, literary theory and criticism, cultural history and criticism, film studies, political science, creative writing, philosophy, critical theory, and music history and criticism (Jazz, Blues, R&B, Hip Hop) at many universities and colleges. He was also a curator in the Education Department of Detroit’s Museum of African American History. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Natambu currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife Chuleenan.

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