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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Apr 4, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, about the death of the US Constitution.
Chris Hedges: The Death Of The US Constitution
Chris Hedges
Why Has Liberalism Failed? by The Anti-Social Socialist + Transcript
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“The liberal class’ embrace of right-wing policies, its subservience to markets, bailouts for the rich and the crushing austerity for the poor and working classes has led to a legitimate rage among American workers. And in these moments of unfettered capitalism that human beings, as well as the natural world, become nothing more than commodities to be exploited until exhaustion or collapse.”
Chris Hedges: The Priorities Are To Bail Out Large Corporations + Hedges on Coronavirus, Climate and What Next?
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 27, 2020
The economic impact of the coronavirus has resulted in 3.3 million Americans signing up for unemployment benefits last week alone. Several states have responded by placing moratoriums on evictions and utility shutoffs. But some tenants say that this is not enough and are calling for a state-wide rent strike. Pulitzer-winning journalist and “On Contact” host Chris Hedges weighs in.
Chris Hedges: American Radical: The Life and Times of I. F. Stone
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 28, 2020
Chris Hedges talks to D. D. Guttenplan, editor of The Nation, about the great investigative journalist, I. F. Stone. Guttenplan’s biography of Stone is entitled, American Radical: The Life and Times of I. F. Stone.
Chris Hedges: The Criminalization of Rap
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 21, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to author and associate professor, Erik Nielson, about the criminalization of Rap.
Chris Hedges and Lee Camp, et al: Money Alone Cannot Overcome Coronavirus Crisis
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with Chris Hedges and Lee Camp
RT America on Mar 19, 2020
Pulitzer-winning journalist and “On Contact” host Chris Hedges, comedian and “Redacted Tonight” host Lee Camp, “Boom Bust” producer and co-host Brent Jabbour and RT America sports correspondent Steve Christakos join Rick Sanchez to discuss the intensifying COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Chris Hedges: The Long, Disingenuous Role The US Has Played In The Israel-Palestine Conflict
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 14, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with Professor Rashid Khalidi the long, disingenuous role the United States has played in the Israel-Palestine conflict, including the latest so-called peace plan.
Chris Hedges: US Brokered Opaque Deal Kabul Government Had No Say In
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 11, 2020
The ceasefire between US forces and the Taliban is hanging on by a thread. While the peace deal promised to bring an end to America’s longest war, thousands of US troops remain on the ground and the Afghan government is in turmoil. In the meantime, the mainstream media continues to gloss over the leaked Afghanistan Papers of 2019. RT America’s Manila Chan sits down with “On Contact” host and Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges to discuss.
Chris Hedges: Americans Face A One-Choice Election—The Oligarchy
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 10, 2020
Pulitzer-winning author and host of “On Contact” Chris Hedges joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the influence of lobbyists on establishment media in their coverage of politics and that donors, bankers and billionaires have on the US political process. He argues that the corporate elite sees Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is a much greater threat to corporate power than President Trump, which is why they are uniting so stridently behind former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary.
Chris Hedges: The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in India
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 7, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of The Wire, about the rise of right-wing populism in India and its disturbing parallels to the right-wing rise of populism in the United States.
Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria: The Julian Assange Extradition Trial
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with Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria
RT America on Feb 29, 2020
On the show this week Chris Hedges talks to Joe Lauria, editor of Consortium News, about his coverage of US prosecutors in London attempting to extradite Julian Assange to the United States to face trial for allegations of espionage.
Chris Hedges: The Collapse of Democracy in Germany’s Weimar Republic and its Descent into Fascism
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Feb 22, 2020
On the show this week Chris Hedges talks to Professor Benjamin Hett about the collapse of democracy in Germany’s Weimar Republic which lead to fascism, and what features of the collapse are applicable to the democratic experiment in America.
Chris Hedges: Shut It Down–Stories From A Fierce, Loving Resistance
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Feb 15, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to activist and author, Lisa Fithian, about fierce, loving resistance. Lisa has been at the center of some of the most important campaigns of the American resistance movement in the past four decades, including the March for Peace, Justice in Central America and South Africa, Justice for Janitors labor organizing campaign, the Battle of Seattle, Occupy Wall Street, Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Standing Rock, Ferguson, and most recently, the Extinction Rebellion climate justice protests.
Chris Hedges and Richard Wolff: Understanding Socialism
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with Chris Hedges and Richard D. Wolff
RT America on Feb 8, 2020
On the show this week Chris Hedges talks to economist Richard Wolff about his new book Understanding Socialism. Wolff explains how in the socialist dream work is something we should want to engage in, that means something to us, that brings us into relationships with other people that we value, that make us better people as we interact with them, “it’s a transformation of life.”
Chris Hedges: Contaminated Drinking Water
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Feb 1, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to author Seth Siegel about his new book: Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink. Siegel explains how our drinking water got contaminated, what the US government does and doesn’t regulate, what the contaminants could be doing to us, and what we can do to make our drinking water safe.
