Chris Hedges: Society Needs Robust Public Broadcasting + Action Alert

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with Chris Hedges

RT America on Mar 23, 2017

Nominations for the 44th annual daytime Emmy awards have been released and RT America’s Chris Hedges, host of “On Contact,” was nominated to receive the prize for Outstanding and Informative Talk Show Host. He joins Ashlee Banks to explain the importance of public broadcasting and why dissident voices need airtime.

Federal Government Squeezes Workers, Bloats Pentagon by Carl Lewis + May Day: Struggle For A Mass Strike!

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by Carl Lewis
Workers World
March 23, 2017

A recent hiring freeze for federal employees is one of a barrage of anti-worker laws and executive orders recently put forth by the Trump administration. These serve as a cover-up for gutting the people’s social safety net, on the way to implementing brutal capitalist austerity.