Chris Hedges: Mass Incarceration is a Form of Social Control and the Police Function as Predators in Impoverished Communities

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

RT America on Sep 22, 2018

In a conversation about his new book America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges tells journalist, Hugh Hamilton, about the political goals of the Christian Right and the prison-industrial complex. Second part of two-part interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiweDgAREdI

From the archives:

Part 1: Chris Hedges: Short of a Sudden and Widespread Popular Revolt, the Collapse of the American Empire Appears Unstoppable

How Capitalism Controls You by The Anti-Social Socialist

End Prison Slavery! Prisoners Strike Across the U.S. and into Canada (Mega-post!)

Chris Hedges: The Plight of the Vast Majority of Americans Goes Unrecognized and Unreported

Chris Hedges: When The Ruling Ideology No Longer Has Any Credibility Then The Elites Only Have Violence Left In Order To Maintain Control

Chris Hedges: The Falling of the American Empire, interviewed by Ralph Nader

Abby Martin and Chris Hedges: Christianized Fascism Is More Dangerous Than The Alt-Right

Chris Hedges: The Fight Against Fascism

Chris Hedges: Home Grown Hatred–Anger and Alienation in the US (2009)

Chris Hedges: A Recipe for an Emerging Dystopia + Q&A + Transcripts

Chris Hedges: No Discussion of Race Is Possible Without A Discussion of Capitalism and Class

Chris Hedges: The Prison-Industrial Complex