Black Agenda Report's Danny Haiphong examines the lies at the root of the story America tells itself - as the corporate media obscures the reality of social relations at the base of American power, our collective notions of exceptionalism and innocence mask the exploitation that occurs around us everyday, and the exploiting class at the top of American society.
Danny is author of the book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News—From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror from Skyhorse Books.
“The idea that the US is a force for good in the world is used to justify the crimes of US capitalism and has its roots in white supremacy,” said Danny Haiphong, co-author alo
Stanley Howardis still in prison, 35 years after he was forced to confess to crimes he did not commit, landing him on death row.
“We should initiate our own struggles against the social system of imperialism” that oppresses all humanity, said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition for
Nothing changes on the electoral scene, and little at the grassroots level, unless the structure of capitalist hegemony over political discourse in the U.S. -- the corporate duopoly -- i
Corporate media green-light films that ratchet up an emotional response without motivating anyone to action.
