Chris Hedges and Nomi Prins: How Central Bankers Rigged the World

Capitalism = economic terrorism

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Updated: Aug. 20, 2018

with Chris Hedges

Originally on RT America on Aug 18, 2018

Conscious on Aug 19, 2018

Nomi Prins, journalist and author of Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World, talks to journalist Chris Hedges about how central bankers “overstepped their traditional mandates by directing the flow of epic sums of fabricated money without any checks and balances.”

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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger + How Economic Inequality Harms Societies (must see)

Inequality Hurts Us All

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Previously published July 4, 2010

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January 23, 2010

Talk by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett co-authors of The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger recorded January 8, 2010 at Hogness Auditorium, University of Washington, Seattle.

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Father John Dear: Cultivating Peace Within Us and Around Us (must-see)

Who would Jesus Bomb?

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talkingsticktv on Mar 27, 2014

Interview with Father John Dear author of “The Nonviolent Life”.

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Father John Dear: The Nonviolent Life

Who Would Jesus Bomb?

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“The Non-violent Life:

  1. Real non-violence to yourself.
  2. Practice non-violence to all human beings, and all creatures, and all of creation.
  3. Have one foot in the global grassroots movement of non-violence.”

— Father John Dear

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Chris Hedges: And It’s Called Class Warfare!

Classical Class Warfare

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with Chris Hedges
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July 3, 2012

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Chris Hedges, hero of the Occupy Movement, brings his “Days Of Destruction, Days Of Revolt” message to the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. [June 28, 2012]

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Chris Hedges: All Energy Should Be Spent On Building Movements

Panel from Diego Rivera's mural at Unity House, depicting class struggle and labor conflict in industry.

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with Chris Hedges
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July 1, 2012

Jul 1, 2012 by talkingsticktv

Interview with Chris Hedges co-author of “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt”

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Cynthia Moe-Lobeda: A Spirituality of Resistance

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When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Holly Barker: The Consequential Damages of Nuclear War

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on Feb 23, 2012

Interview with Holly Barker author of “Bravo for the Marshallese: Regaining Control in a Post-Nuclear, Post-Colonial World” and “The Consequential Damages of Nuclear War: The Rongelap Report”.

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Rich Lang and John Helmiere: Occupy Chaplains Under Assault

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Rev. Rich Lang

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on Dec 18, 2011

Interview with Rev. Rich Lang, Pastor at University Temple United Methodist Church and Rev. John Helmiere. founder of the Valley & Mountain Fellowship Church, about their recent assaults during Occupy Seattle protests.

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Michael Parenti regarding U.S. bombing other countries + The U.S. War on Yugoslavia (1999)

An animated series of maps showing the breakup...

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with Michael Parenti
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March 23, 2011

on Mar 21, 2011

Michael Parenti’s excellent comment regarding USA’s selective foreign policy towards different countries, depending on their interest.

An excerpt from “The US War on Yugoslavia”

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Chris Hedges: The Road to Modern Feudalism

by Chris Hedges
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December 3, 2010

talkingsticktv | December 02, 2010

Interview with Chris Hedges author of “Death of the Liberal Class”

He has written nine books, including “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle”, “I Don’t Believe in Atheists”, “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” and the best-selling “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”. And he is here to talk about all that and his new book “Death of the Liberal Class”.

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Michael Parenti: Lies, War, and Empire (2007; must-see) (repost)

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In case you missed this one, here it is again.

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June 17, 2007

Parenti speaks about lies, dissent, and how we arrive at the truth of our situation and still retain our sanity. He raises the question whether the Iraq war was not a failure but a success for some parts of the empire – and why.”Lies, War, and Empire” given May 12, 2007 at Antioch University in Seattle.

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Michael C. Ruppert: Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil (2005)

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February 22, 2008

Part I of a talk by Michael C. Ruppert author of “Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil” given January 15, 2005 at Kane Hall, UW Campus Seattle.

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Ray McGovern: Obama, Afghanistan and Iraq

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December 27, 2009

Interview with Ray McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) about the Obama Administration, Afghanistan and Iraq. Recorded November 14, 2009 in Seattle.

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Richard Falk: Gaza, Afghanistan and International Law

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December 20, 2009

Interview with Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and author of “Crimes of War: Iraq” and “The Costs of War: International Law, the UN, and World Order after Iraq” recorded October 17, 2009 in Seattle.

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