with Chris Hedges
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March 12, 2012
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RTAmerica on Mar 12, 2012
This year was kicked off with a highly controversial bill: the National Defense Authorization Act. The NDAA, now law, gives the US military the power to legally detain individuals without charge or trial. The right to due process has become null and void under the new legislation, even for American citizens. Recently a group of individuals filed a lawsuit against the new law to challenge it, and one of the plaintiffs is Chris Hedges, columnist for TruthDig. Hedges joins us to explain why he felt it necessary to file a lawsuit.
Chris Hedges sues Obama over NDAA
Chris Hedges spent two decades as a foreign reporter covering wars in Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. His latest books are Death of the Liberal Class, and The World as It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress.
From the archives:
Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges
Peace Groups Call For U.S. Withdrawal After Army Sergeant Kills 16 Civilians in Afghanistan
Chris Hedges: NDAA is a catastrophic assault on our civil liberties, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan
Chris Hedges: Obama Has Broken Almost Every Campaign Promise He Made In 2008
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let be honest,from day one of this phoney/corrupt republic,the us gov. has always used american troops on american soil against the american citizens whenever they protested the governments actions or policys and troops were always used in the 17th&18th centurys to protect corporations when ever brave citizens protested or striked!!! that said,since the small number of protesters were evicted&abused by the geatapo police this fal & the insane evil ones have been very busy destroying the last of our constitutional protections just in time for the warm weather protests!!!!here is the deal folks,if we can’t massively increase the numbers of protesters ( min. of 200 thousand,better a half a million at all protests) if we can’t get of our asses&join our brothers&sisters in protest,the insane ones will destroy us all!!!!!!that means we must put all our small demo’s into a few massive occupys( see washington d c&wallstreet) LET THE REAL REVOLUTION BEGIN RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! HO KA HEY/IT IS A GOOD TIME TO LIVE