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with Chris Hedges
Deep Green Resistance on Aug 26, 2018
Chris Hedges is a New York Times Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent who for two decades covered conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He returned to the United States to become a powerful social critic and critic of capitalism, and is the author of a dozen books, including War is a Force that Gives us Meaning; Death of the Liberal Class; and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. He is a columnist for Truthdig and the host of the Emmy-nominated show On Contact on RT America.
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America: The Farewell Tour — A Conversation with Chris Hedges
Interview by John Shuck, Progressive Spirit
August 28, 2018
“In his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America’s decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America sinks further into poverty and despotism, and as corporations and the military-industrial-media complex pirate the remaining assets of a nation that has lost its industry save weapons manufacturing, human beings suffer from gambling addiction, hatred, and violence in the streets. Hedges announces a spiritual call to resist.”
Listen: Progressive Spirit Podcast
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Author Chris Hedges: Both political parties have betrayed working class
The Hill on Aug 23, 2018
Former New York Times correspondent Chris Hedges said Thursday that Republicans and Democrats have both betrayed working-class voters.
From the archives:
Chris Hedges: The Falling of the American Empire, interviewed by Ralph Nader
Chris Hedges and Nomi Prins: How Central Bankers Rigged the World
Abby Martin and Chris Hedges: Christianized Fascism Is More Dangerous Than The Alt-Right
Chris Hedges and Richard Wolff: The Coming Collapse of the American Economic System
The First Thing They Steal Is Courage
Chris Hedges: The Deindustrialization and Collapse of Detroit
Chris Hedges: A Recipe for an Emerging Dystopia + Q&A + Transcripts
Chris Hedges: The Decline of the American Empire and The Rise of China
Chris Hedges: Aftermath From The Loss of Thousands of Union Jobs
Chris Hedges: The Fatal Addiction + How Big Pharma Created the Heroin Epidemic
Abby Martin and Lawrence Wilkerson: The US Empire Is Ready To Collapse
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His factual repertoire is immense and impressive; I just listened to the Poetry and Prose talk, that is excellent.
Surely, if the US survives the next cataclysm, whatever it turns out to be and exactly when, wouldn’t Chris Hedges be an invaluable asset, as an independent/Green in Congress; or has he categorically ruled out any direct involvement in the political process ~ because it would limit his freedom of expression and action as a committed dissident?
Thanks for listening, David.
It would surprise me greatly if Hedges were to run as a candidate for any position.
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And the politicians are Courtiers, hoping to claw their way into the lower levels of real wealth, whether through direct career corruption, like Pelosi, or as a reward from the corporations after their public service, like Cheney, or into the middle levels for the odd one, like the Clintons).
Thanks, Robert. And don’t forget Barack Obama either. Have you watched this yet? https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2018/08/02/leo-panitch-obama-defends-global-capitalism-in-mandela-lecture/
pelosi married into huge weatlh, so she didn’t really have to do that to get rich, but there are many others who do, of course.