Chris Hedges: Ukraine, Iran, Palestine, Twitter Files, Media Censorship and Assange

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acTVism Munich on Dec 16, 2022

In this episode of The Source, we interview Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Chris Hedges about the war in Ukraine. We also examine recent developments in Iran, Israel and Palestine. And finally, we look at freedom of speech issues such as the Twitter Files and the Julian Assange case.

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Roger Waters: War, Peace, and Music, with David Swanson and Todd Pierce + Roger Waters Uncut

Roger Waters in Concert - Rogers Arena - Vancouver - BC - Canada - October 28, 2017

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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
August 9, 2022

WorldBeyondWar.org on Aug 8, 2022

A webinar hosted by World BEYOND War on August 8, 2022, with Todd Pierce and David Swanson moderating.

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George Galloway, Jill Stein, Chris Hedges and Scott Ritter: Crushing Dissent

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with Chris Hedges

Consortium News on Apr 15, 2022

We examine the information warfare being waged to enforce a single narrative about the war in Ukraine.

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

"FREE SPEECH*"

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with Chris Hedges

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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Abby Martin: Israel Gets Georgia to Strip Free Speech Rights (Again) + Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians

End Israel Apartheid-Free Palestine-Boycott Divest Sanction

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with Abby Martin

Empire Files on Feb 6, 2022

After Abby’s major legal victory getting Georgia’s anti-BDS law ruled unenforceable, Israel has hit back by getting the State Legislature to keep this brazenly unconstitutional law officially on the books.

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The Anti-Social Socialist: What Was The Creel Committee?

What Was The Creel Committee? by The Anti-Social Socialist

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by The Anti-Social Socialist
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Originally posted Jan. 17, 2018
January 10, 2022

“In its crusade to “make the world safe for democracy,” the Wilson administration took immediate steps at home to curtail one of the pillars of democracy — press freedom — by implementing a plan to control, manipulate and censor all news coverage, on a scale never seen in U.S. history.” — Christopher B. Daly, Smithsonian, April 28, 2017

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Censorship, the Myth of Free Data, and the False Solutions on the Table, by Kenn Orphan

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by Kenn Orphan
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Halifax, Nova Scotia
December 5, 2021

There is a line I keep seeing repeated on social media. It goes something like this: “They are allowed to decide what is acceptable to post and what is not. It’s free, after all.” Things like that may make snappy and snarky comebacks to people complaining about internet censorship. Only it isn’t true. Not by a long shot.

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Chris Hedges: Biden Admin-Redux: Deep State, Empire and Censorship

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with Chris Hedges

RT America on Jan 16, 2021

On this show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the incoming Biden administration and what it will mean for a country in crisis, ravaged by a pandemic it cannot control, hostage to corporate power and bifurcated into warring factions.

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Chris Hedges: America Has The Tinder To Ignite Social Uprising

Fight The Power, Occupy Oakland 2011

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“The problem is not just Trump’s ineptitude and he was inept, the problem is the for-profit health care system. We don’t have an infrastructure that can cope with a national health crisis because our health care structure is designed only for one thing and that’s to make money.”

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Chris Hedges: The Democratic Party Has Ignored The Rule Of Law Since Trump Took Office

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

RT America on Jan 13, 2021

Impeachment proceedings are underway Wednesday in Washington DC as the US House of Representatives debates whether to take action against President Donald Trump for inciting last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol. This comes hours after the House passed a resolution encouraging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment in an attempt to remove Trump from office before his term ends next week.

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Debate: Chris Hedges VS Ramesh Srinivasan: Is Big Tech Too Powerful?

"FREE SPEECH*"

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with Chris Hedges

Democracy Now! on Jan 11, 2021

Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies have removed President Trump from their platforms, after years of debate about the disinformation he shared to millions of followers from his accounts.

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Abby Martin: Update on Lawsuit over Israel Loyalty Oath Mandate in US

End Israel Apartheid-Free Palestine-Boycott Divest Sanction

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with Abby Martin

Empire Files on Nov 13, 2020

New developments in Abby Martin’s major lawsuit challenging unconstitutional pro-Israel, anti-BDS law in the state of Georgia.

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Chris Hedges: Shredding Journalistic Credibility

"FREE SPEECH*"

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with Chris Hedges

RT America on Oct 31, 2020

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Matt Taibbi journalist and author, about the rapidly disintegrating media landscape and its consequences.

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Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley: Free Speech Against Black Lives

BLM at Monroe Park, 20-06-11

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Black Agenda Report Presents: The Left Lens on Jul 14, 2020

In the second episode of The Left Lens, Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley discuss emerging developments relating to the debate about “free speech” that has surfaced amid the mass uprising against racist policing in the United States.

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