Few US commentators provide as much dark wisdom as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges, who resigned from the NY Times after he was “reprimanded” for speaking out against the illegal US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Here’s Hedges at his best in Troy, New York this week – deftly connecting the dots on the US of Empire’s slow trundling towards Collapse.

What is missing from Hedges’ otherwise brilliant critique is a decentralist vision, a place-based response to Empire. “Resistance” to evil, Hedges suggests, will be painful and demand pain and sacrifice, and he is right. And! Resisting Empire in community, in the company of family, neighbors, and friends, is vital, as we’ve suggested here since 2005. Listen closely to Hedges, and then let your life, work and community “be as friction to stop the Machine,” and more importantly, provide an alternative to the dystopian madness of Empire. Free Vermont, and long live the Untied States!

December 6, 2017

Chris Hedges Chronicles The US Empire’s Dystopic Collapse (SANCTUARY VIDEO)

Few US commentators provide as much dark wisdom as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges, who resigned from the NY Times after he was “reprimanded” for […]
December 6, 2017

Savage Grace: Living Resiliently In The Dark Night Of The Globe (BOOK REVIEW)

Savage Grace sits on my nightstand warding off the 2 am fears about climate change, politics, the economy, religion, species extinction and mass shootings. On the […]
December 5, 2017

Burlington, Vermont Hosts Local Hemp and CBD Farmer’s Market (#CannabisConversations)

Visit sponsor Heady Vermont for complete information. See you there!
December 2, 2017

Cannabis Legalization For Vermont – Is 2018 The Year? (Plan V-TV/Episode 24)

Plan V-TV Episode 24 explores legalizing cannabis here in the once and future Vermont republic. Join us for a conversation with Heady Vermont co-founder Eli Harrington. […]
November 30, 2017

Net Neutrality – Save The Internet As We Know It (December 7 – Day Of Protest)

Publisher’s note: the national battle over “Net Neutrality” continues. Get involved! Keep the Internet free and open to all. Here’s an around-the-web summary of the arguments surrounding NN […]
November 29, 2017

“Strip And Flip” – US Elections are Completely Fucked (DOWN UNDER)

Publisher’s Note: We’ve covered the issue of election integrity in depth over the years. Here’s some new insights from one of our 2VR co-founders currently living […]
November 29, 2017

CABIN TALK on a Vermont Public Bank, Election Integrity, and DR Griffin’s New Book (Claudia and Jim)

REAL Radio Free Vermont! (This ain’t no ‘fable,’ Mr. McKibben.) When the history of the Vermont independence effort is written, the citizen wisdom and courage of […]
November 26, 2017

The Full Vermonty: Vermont In The Age Of Trump (BOOK REVIEW)

Jeezum Crow! Way to take a GREAT title – “The Full Vermonty” – and squander it. Look, we’re all for more gadfly’esque humor in these interesting […]
November 25, 2017

Podcasting for a Free Vermont! (INTERCEPTED and PROJECT CENSORED)

                                    Plenty of white noise and distraction in the […]
November 22, 2017

Vermont’s Public Forests: A Wake Up Call (OUR COMMONS)

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), the same agency dragging their feet on cleaning up Lake Champlain, is now brazenly planning to more than triple […]
November 21, 2017

Plan V-TV/23: Geoengineering, Science and “Global Warming”

Join us in Los Angeles, California for a provocative interview with independent scientist/geophysicist Marvin Herndon, Ph.D. on geoengineering, science, the Deep State and the “fraud” surrounding […]
November 17, 2017

A “Fable” Of Vermont Resistance: Or Is It? (BOOK REVIEW)

“Ah Mary, she’ll bake you cookies then she’ll burn your town. Ah Mary, ashes to ashes, but she won’t fall down.” – Grace Potter + the […]