Chris Hedges: Wages of Rebellion

"joyful REBELLION"

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

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Chris Hedges: Cost of War and Path to Peace + Q&A (2011)

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with Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Originally posted May 1, 2011
August 5, 2013

on May 1, 2011

Los Angeles, California
April 30, 2011

Forum sponsored by http://icujp.org
video by Anthony Manousos

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Chris Hedges: The Empire Is Imploding + Q&A

by Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
July 27, 2013

Resolution opposing indefinite detention under NDAA introduced at San Francisco Board of Supervisors

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ciwebvideos on Jul 24, 2013

Chris Hedges spoke at Friday’s Interfaith Lecture in the Hall of Philosophy. He was the last to speak on the week’s theme, “Markets and Morals.” His lecture traced the demise of liberal values in America since World War I and emphasized the importance of social movements in maintaining democracy.

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Chris Hedges: The Radical Movements Have Been Destroyed, Part 5

Chris Hedges

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with Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
July 22, 2013

TheRealNews on Jul 22, 2013

On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Chris Hedges says The Democratic Party used to watch out for the interests of labor and even for the poor. But that all changed under Bill Clinton. Although Obama, like Clinton, continues to speak in that feel-your-pain language of traditional liberalism, they’ve completely betrayed the very people that they purport to represent and defend. Continue reading

Chris Hedges: Propaganda and the Psychosis of Permanent War

What a Lovely War

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with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
October 3, 2012

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Chris Hedges at South Dakota State University on October 2, 2012

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Chris Hedges: It’s Not Our Job To Take Power, It’s Our Job To Fight Power!

Coalition of Immokalee Workers Protest

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with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
July 3, 2012

“The Occupy Movement is the dress rehearsal for the end of the corporate state.” — Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges speaking at Occupy National Gathering in Philadelphia, streamed live by Jesse Hadden – http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jessehadden July 1, 2012. Continue reading

Chris Hedges: They seek to exploit life for short-term profit

Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges (Photo credit: Dandelion Salad)

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
April 5, 2012

on Apr 4, 2012

Hedges writes a weekly column for Truthdig and has been very involved in the Occupy Wall Street Movement and was arrested with others in New York this past November as part of a demonstration.

Author and journalist Chris Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for the Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, the Dallas Morning News and the New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. He has authored 11 books, including War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. He writes a weekly column for Truthdig and has been very involved in the Occupy Wall Street Movement and was arrested with others in New York this past November as part of a demonstration. Hedges talk is sponsored by the Humanistic Studies Department.

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Chris Hedges: Challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Jan. 24, 2012

Indefinite Detention

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Tyran KneeCrusher on Jan 24, 2012

On the Tuesday, January 24th edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Obama signed at the end of 2011. Hedges is the author of The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress, Collateral Damage, American Fascists and other titles.

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Chris Hedges at Freedom Plaza: Teach-In on the Destruction of the Liberal Class

by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Jan. 11, 2012

Occupy America - We are the 99%

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on Jan 9, 2012

Chris Hedges is an American journalist, author, and war correspondent, specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and societies. He discusses his book “Death of the Liberal Class” and the destruction of critical culture, which flourished before World War One but destroyed soon afterwards.

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Chris Hedges at Occupy Princeton: The Liberal Class is Not the Left

Occupy America - We are the 99%

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with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Dec. 17, 2011

on Dec 15, 2011

Filmed by and further commentary here; http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/ with more information about the rapidly accelerating collapse of the ecosystem. Continue reading

A Movement Too Big to Fail by Chris Hedges + This one could take them all down

Occupy COMO

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by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
Oct. 17, 2011 Continue reading

The Myth of The New York Times, in Documentary Form by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
July 8, 2011 Continue reading

Gary Null and Chris Hedges: The Gut Wrenching Truth on Homeless Vets

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
June 23, 2011

Homeless Vet @ Ferry Building Farmer's MarketVideo no longer available.

pt1gard on Jun 21, 2011

Gary Null and Chris Hedges fascinating look inside this sad subject and more.

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Chris Hedges: We’ve Been Frightened By the State

Capitalism Kills

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with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
June 17, 2011

 on Jun 15, 2011

Chris Hedges most insightful and timeless essays on our current political climate, the middle east, and the decline and decay of the American empire.

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