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with Chris Hedges
Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College on Nov 8, 2018
During an event discussing his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges was asked about where he finds hope. His answer points to the power of faith, resistance, and the importance of values. This is from an event at Zaytuna College, America’s first Muslim liberal arts college.
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by Paul Street
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Official Website of Paul Street
October 28, 2018
Four days ago [Aug. 1, 2018], The Washington Post reported that the epic pathological liar Donald Trump made 4,229 false statements during his first 558 days as United States president. Trump spoke or tweeted falsely, on average, an astonishing 7.6 times per day during that time.
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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.
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RT America on Sep 8, 2018
Sociologist Nisha Kapoor in her new book Deport, Deprive, Extradite – 21st Century State Extremism argues the extradition of Muslim men from the U.K. to the U.S. to face trials over terrorism allegations are being used by the state to enhance laws to silence free expression, dissent and protest.
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Dandelion Salad
Sept. 8, 2018
TheRealNews on Aug 23, 2018
Prisoners organized through prison walls to strike, demanding an end to work with no pay, voting rights and for rehabilitation, training, and Education Programs. Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, President of the Ordinary People Society talks about the prison strike.
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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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Dandelion Salad
Originally posted Sept. 6, 2015
with Abby Martin
Empire Files on Sep 5, 2015
Abby Martin debuts teleSUR’s The Empire Files exploring the U.S. Empire, its rise to world hegemony and its impact on people and the planet.
Parramatta Female Factory By Augustus Earle (1793-1838) – National Library of Australia, Public Domain, Link
by John Pilger
John Pilger, July 6, 2018
July 8, 2018
John Pilger gave this address on the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Parramatta Female Factory, a prison where women convicts from mostly Ireland and England were sent to Britain’s Australian colony in the early 19th century.
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by Paul Street
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Official Website of Paul Street
June 12, 2018
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Signed by the United States and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 10, 1948, the document was a great and shining step forward in the articulation of how human beings might organize their social and political systems in accord with democratic and civilized ideals.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on May 12, 2018
In this 100th episode of “On Contact”, director Jerrell Henderson and playwright-actor Boris Franklin discuss their upcoming play “Caged,” which takes a look at life from inside and outside the US prison system.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on May 5, 2018
David Rothenberg, Founder of The Fortune Society, and artist Guy Woodard discuss the struggle of the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated to reintegrate into society.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Apr 8, 2018
Anastasiya Gorodilova, Social Justice Activist & Advocate, discusses rape culture and sexual violence in the United States.
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Updated: May 11, 2018, TeleSur replaced the video. ~DS
with Abby Martin
teleSUR English originally on Mar 28, 2018; replaced May 11, 2018
In 2016, more than 50 bills were introduced in Congress targeting Trans people. Since Trump took office, dozens of pieces of landmark legislation have been canceled, severely rolling back Trans rights.
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Democracy Now! on Mar 27, 2018
https://democracynow.org – Fifteen years ago this month, the U.S. invasion of Iraq began. Today we spend the hour with the war’s most famous whistleblower, Chelsea Manning, in her first live television interview. While serving as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq, Manning leaked a trove of documents in 2010 about the Iraq War to WikiLeaks. She also leaked diplomatic cables, as well as information on Guantánamo and the U.S. War in Afghanistan. It would become the largest leak of classified data in U.S. history.
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teleSUR English on Mar 24, 2018
The Holy Land Foundation Five are Palestinian political prisoners sentenced up to upwards of 65 years in US prison for providing aid to refugees.
