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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
STEPHEN LENDMAN was born in 1934 in Boston, MA. In 1956, he received a BA from Harvard University. Two years of US Army service followed, then an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. After working seven years as a marketing research analyst, he joined the Lendman Group family business in 1967. He remained there until retiring at year end 1999. Writing on major world and national issues began in summer 2005. In early 2007, radio hosting followed. Lendman now hosts the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network three times weekly. Distinguished guests are featured. Listen live or archived. Major world and national issues are discussed. Lendman is a 2008 Project Censored winner and 2011 Mexican Journalists Club international journalism award recipient. His new site is at http://stephenlendman.org
STEPHEN LENDMAN—Most Americans are ignorant about what’s going on or indifferent to oppose publicly like during the Vietnam era. Anti-war fervor made a difference. Americas took to the streets nationwide. University faculty members across the country held “teach-ins,” instructing students about the immorality of US war and the political background of its involvement.
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Ignorance, in an era of misinformation. The media of our choice tell us what to believe. They tell us that there are jobs for all and poverty is a thing of the past. Hillary Clinton, with her long record of work for the right wing agenda, was transformed into a “bold progressive.” Israel became a giant world mega-power, Iraq has stockpiles of WMD, and Russia stole the election. The US consists of over 300 million people, most of whom believe that they are among the very few who get what’s really going on, and we all contradict each other. One… Read more »