Tim Hjersted

No, Iran Did Not Bomb Its Own School. Here Is What Actually Happened.

We've seen this pattern before.

Mar 7 • Tim Hjersted

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February 2026

Our Greatest Opponent Isn't Evil. It's the Belief That Nothing Can Change

The first battle is the battle of the spirit.

Feb 18 • Tim Hjersted

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Chomsky, Epstein, and Us: Far More Is at Stake Than One Man's Legacy

A comprehensive look at the evidence tell us criticism of Chomsky is absolutely warranted. This piece attempts to model what a fair and proportionate…

Feb 11 • Tim Hjersted

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January 2026

Why Nonviolent Resistance Doesn't Require Your Opponent to Have a Conscience

If nonviolence required tyrants to grow a heart, we'd be finished—violence is what they're begging for. History shows we beat them by withdrawing…

Jan 27 • Tim Hjersted

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The Gospel According to ICE: How Christians Betray The Faith They Claim to Follow

There’s a profound contradiction at the heart of contemporary American Christianity: the disconnect between claimed allegiance to Jesus and actual…

Jan 23 • Tim Hjersted

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How to Defeat Concentrated Private Power: A Practical Guide to Chris Hedges’ Prescription for Change

To defeat authoritarianism, Chris Hedges has called for mass movements, strikes & counter‑institutions to challenge corporate rule & revive…

Jan 15 • Tim Hjersted

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The Pathology of Power: How America Learned to Love State Violence

The comments celebrating Renee Good's death reveal a pattern familiar to anyone who has studied authoritarian movements. It's the same impulse that…

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December 2025

When Cheering for Murder Is Disguised as Patriotism

To revel in the image of human beings being blown apart is to confess a kind of moral numbness that civilizations acquire only in their final stages of…

Dec 16, 2025 • Tim Hjersted

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Those Cheering These Killings are Not Defending Civilization—They Are Dismantling It

The moment we allow governments to kill without trial, we step out of the rule of law and into barbarism.

Dec 12, 2025 • Tim Hjersted

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November 2025

The 86 House Democrats Who Condemned Socialism Weren’t Defending Democracy—They Were Defending Concentrated Private Power

When 86 House Democrats—including party leader Hakeem Jeffries—join Republicans to “condemn the horrors of socialism,” you don’t need a political…

Nov 22, 2025 • Tim Hjersted

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Mamdani's Win Is Proof That an Organized Public Can Defeat Organized Money

Zohran Mamdani’s election in New York City is not simply a local upset.

Nov 5, 2025 • Tim Hjersted

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July 2025

Never Forget? Never Forgive? Never Again?

Let’s talk about memory, forgiveness, and the selective outrage that props up the logic of endless war.

Jul 4, 2025 • Tim Hjersted

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