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with Chris Hedges
Originally on RT America on Nov 28, 2020
The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel on Jul 5, 2022
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Gabriel Rockhill about the undercurrents of fascism in America’s DNA, and the US role in internationalizing fascism after World War II through clandestine activities such as Operation Paperclip and Operation Gladio.
Rockhill is a Franco-American philosopher and the founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop and Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University.
His books include Counter-History of the Present: Untimely Interrogations into Globalization, Technology, Democracy, Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics, Radical History & the Politics of Art and Logique de l’histoire.
Transcript and video here.
From the archives:
Chris Hedges: American Fascist Christian Right
Before the Champagne is Popped… by Kenn Orphan
Fight the Trumpism that will Outlast Trump
Don’t Let Up: Fascism Isn’t Dead Yet, by Pete Dolack
Donald Trump was Never the Real Problem, by Kenn Orphan
Chris Hedges: Origins of White Supremacy
US Style Fascism Is A Bipartisan Effort, by Phil Rockstroh
It Can Happen Here, by Kenn Orphan
Gladio: The Story of a Secret Army by Gaither Stewart
How U.S. Race Laws Inspired Nazis by David Swanson
Operation Gladio: CIA Network of “Stay Behind” Secret Armies, by Andrew G. Marshall
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Fascinating! And there was some stuff I didn’t know. Reposting.
So agree, Lefty. I thought this was one of his best interviews.
Thanks for sharing, too.