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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Jun 4, 2017
On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges is joined by Larry Hamm, Chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress. They discuss the history of oppression of African Americans in the U.S. and the relentless struggle for racial equality. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at how Americans continue to erase uncomfortable parts of their past.
from the archives:
Chris Hedges: Rise of the New Black Radical
Chris Hedges: Confronting the Evil Within Us–The Twin Foundations of Genocide and Slavery
Jeff Sessions’ Green Light To Police Violence by Brian Bean
Drawing the color line by Howard Zinn
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I was in Detroit touring with a Canadian theatre company, the day MLK was assassinated. I’d just spent my first real year abroad.
Growing up in London, as a teen I was thoroughly exposed to the CND and anti-apartheid movements, but I had no idea what life was really like in the USA.
Even now, for me, this is an eye-opening and deeply disturbing conversation. 6 million incarcerated! What a living hell the post-Reagan years have bequeathed to us.
Is this anywhere near close to what “civilization” ought to deliver?
This is not civilized to be sure.
There are almost 7 million in the “system”, including jails/prisons, parole and probation. Outrageous! More info: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2017.html