Chris Hedges: How Kindness Saved My Life

Chris Hedges: How Kindness Saved My Life

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Originally posted Jan. 14, 2020

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Emir-Stein Center on Jan 6, 2020

Evil, even in the darkest moments, is impotent before the miracle of human kindness. This miracle defies prejudices and hatreds. It crosses cultures and religions. It lies at the core of faith. Take a brief journey through the eyes of American, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges to Jerusalem, Gaza, and Iraq, and discover the sacred bonds that make us human.

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Chris Hedges: The Steady Decay That Is Not Going To End Well For Any Of Us

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The Jimmy Dore Show on Mar 31, 2022

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Chris Hedges has been effectively silenced by YouTube, with six years’ worth of Hedges’ show, ​​”On Contact,” deleted from the platform simply because the program appeared on the Russian-affiliated network RT [America]. As a result, hundreds of episodes featuring interviews with a wide range of guests, the vast majority of which had nothing to do with Russia, have been removed from public view.

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Chris Hedges and Lee Camp: Censorship in the Most Crucial Times

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“My show, dedicated primarily to authors and their books, should have been, if we had a functioning system of public broadcasting, on PBS or NPR. But public broadcasting is as captive to corporations and the wealthy as the commercial media, indeed PBS and NPR run commercials in the guise of sponsorship acknowledgements.” — Chris Hedges

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Abby Martin, Lee Camp and Chris Hedges: U.S. Media Censorship of Voices for Peace

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CODEPINK on Mar 21, 2022

As U.S. media reports a narrow narrative on the war in Ukraine, social media platforms are increasingly censoring critical voices for peace. Join us this Monday, March 21st at 5pm PT/8pm ET for a discussion between Abby Martin, Lee Camp, Chris Hedges, and Jodie Evans on the impacts and implications of this censorship.

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Chris Hedges and Lee Camp: Shutting Down RT, Sanctions and Ukraine Crisis

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“Because we’re calling out these elites for their hypocrisy, their cynicism, their mendacity, their corruption, that’s why. So this gave the deep state the excuse to shut it down. It’s kind of ridiculous because RT had a very tiny media footprint, it’s not like we were reaching particularly large numbers of the American public.” — Chris Hedges

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Chris Hedges: The Case Against Arming Ukraine + Why RT Was Really Banned + Phyllis Bennis: We Need Diplomacy

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Katie Halper on Feb 28, 2022

Pulitzer Prize–winning Journalist Chris Hedges talks about Russia, Ukraine, NATO expansion and his experience on the ground reporting from Eastern Europe during the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Chris Hedges: War Profiteers Are Fueling This Crisis

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TheRealNews on Mar 4, 2022

“War destroys all systems that sustain and nurture life–familial, economic, cultural, political, environmental, and social,” Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges writes. “Once war begins, no one, even those nominally in charge of waging war, can guess what will happen, how the war will develop, how it can drive armies and nations towards suicidal folly.”

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Chris Hedges: Race and America’s Long War

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RT America on Feb 26, 2022

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses America’s inner and outer wars and its nexus with capitalism and empire with Nikhil Pal Singh, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and history at New York University.

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Chris Hedges: Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

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RT America on Feb 24, 2022

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses George Washington, the fallible human being and one of the principal architects of the United States with author Nathaniel Philbrick.

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Chris Hedges: There is a Stoking of this Fear and Demonization of Russia by the Biden Administration

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The Big Picture RT on Feb 18, 2022

While mainstream news outlets insist the situation in Ukraine is about to boil over, are war-hungry pundits to blame for stirring the pot? And just what is to be gained from escalating tensions in the region?

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Chris Hedges and Russell Banks: John Brown – Abolitionist

Chris Hedges and Russell Banks: John Brown - Abolitionist

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Originally on RT America on Feb 17, 2022

The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel on Jun 29, 2022

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the novel Cloudsplitter and John Brown with the author Russell Banks.

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Chris Hedges and Richard Wolff: The Precarious State of the US Economy

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Originally on RT America on Feb 13, 2022

The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel on Jun 29, 2022

On the show, Chris Hedges interviews economist Richard Wolff on the precarious state of the US economy and its consequences.

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Chris Hedges: The Cruelty of Animals and People Locked in Cages

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RT America on Feb 10, 2022

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses veganism and mass incarceration with educator and poet, Gretchen Primack.

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