Chris Hedges: Stop Fascism

[Hedges begins at 5 minutes into the video.]

Partial transcripts:

The Death of the Republic by Chris Hedges

Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Disease by Chris Hedges

Revolt Is the Only Barrier to a Fascist America by Chris Hedges

Antonio Gramsci and the Battle Against Fascism by Chris Hedges

Reign of Idiots by Chris Hedges

The Price of Resistance by Chris Hedges

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Chris Hedges Explains How America is a Diseased Society and Donald Trump is the Symptom

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Chris Hedges and Chauncey discuss how America is a deeply sick and pathological society, why Donald Trump is the symptom and not the cause of this disease, and the role of celebrity culture and consumerism in the downfall of American democracy.

Chris Hedges and Chauncey also reflect on the need for a more advanced and sophisticated understanding of how race and class relate to one another and the perils of empty symbolic politics such as the so-called "Women's March". Chris Hedges also explains why peoples resistance movements such as Standing Rock and the Ferguson Uprising are the real way forward if American democracy and a humane and free society are to finally be created and salvaged in the country. 

In Conversation: Chauncey DeVega & Chis Hedges

Chris Hedges on Bernie Sanders' "Race Problem" and America's Broken Politics of Spectacle and Corruption 

 In yet another thought-provoking episode of the Chauncey Devega Show , one of my favorite public intellectuals, Chris Hedges, explains how the Michael Cohen hearings before Congress are just another symptom of how America's political leaders--both Democrats and Republicans--are corrupt and live in their own reality, why Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are hated for telling too much truth, and warns about the strangle hold that Christian fascists have over the United States through theor unholy alliance with Donald Trump. 

 And Chris Hedges is also very direct about how Bernie Sanders has a "race problem", one that is fundamentally rooted in the fact that most white liberals actually have no real and meaningful relationships with black people or other nonwhites. 

 Chauncey's wit it hilarious & always on point. If you're pressed for time, skip to the 24:40 mark in the link above to go straight into the conversation.

An Evening With Chris Hedges

 

Chris Hedges, former Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times and currently host of On Contact, was part of the team of reporters at The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. The Los Angeles Press Club honored Hedges’ original columns in Truthdig by naming the author the Online Journalist of the Year in 2009 and again in 2011. The LAPC also granted him the Best Online Column award in 2010 for his Truthdig essay “One Day We’ll All Be Terrorists.”

In Conversation: Chauncey DeVega & Chris Hedges – A Preview of Things to Come

 Chris Hedges is one of the best public intellectuals in the US. His a Pulitzer-winning journalist, author, and philosopher. In this eye-opening conversation, Hedges warns that the tumult and pain of Trump’s coronavirus crisis is but a preview of far worse things in America’s future, as social inequality and political failure combine to create a full collapse of the country’s already declining standard of living and its ailing democracy.

In Conversation: Hugh Hamilton & Chris Hedges

 

In a conversation with Chris Hedges centering around his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges tells journalist, Hugh Hamilton, how the US's institutions and practices rooted in an economic system of capitalism, are unraveling while also making a call for action. In the second part of this engaging interview, Hedges talks about the political goals of the Christian Right and the prison-industrial complex.

Well worth your time to listen, learn & hopefully, take action!

Chris Hedges and Poet Linh Dinh on the ‘Irrevocable Decline of the American Empire’

People refuse to see that the United States is a poor country, Linh Dinh tells Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges in this episode of “On Contact.” The poet continues, “We only look good because of our military might, but this farce cannot go on forever.”

 I am not too optimistic about the future. Too many lies have been told and far too many people believe these lies as truth. In the end, these lies may end up wiping us all off the face of this besieged planet. Resistance to these dangerous lies is already happening worldwide. Voices like Linh Dinh & Chris Hedges are the shards of light that will help us understand what is going on and help fuel our resistance to the suffocating darkness....

Reading Rant: "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt"by Chris Hedges

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Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges sits down with Ben Makuch at the Toronto VICE office to discuss what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Hedges discusses his new book Wages of Rebellion, an investigation of the social and psychological factors that cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. From Wall Street corruption to why the elites in corporate media have eviscerated traditional investigative journalism, Hedges tries to make sense of the world we live in.

  I couldn't put this book down. It is quite persuasive & a must-read for anyone interested in what the hell has happened to our world.

  Wake up.

  OneLove  

American Psychosis

     

“There’s a kind of emotional incapacity to understand collapse, even when it’s facing you,” says journalist, author and activist Chris Hedges. Hedges compares the disorder of Trump’s America to what he observed as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times in the former East Germany and in Bosnia under Milosevic. Totalitarianism is nothing less than mass psychosis, and dissent is the only antidote, both as a basis of hope for society and as the only way for the individual to stay sane. Inspired by an essay Hedges published in Ad Busters, filmmaker Amanda Zackem sets Hedges’ pithy narration against mournful images of daily life in America, a suggestion that the truth is in plain view if one only chooses to look. “You can’t talk about hope if you can’t see reality,” Hedges says. “And reality is pretty bleak. But that’s the starting point.”

The Death of the American City

Chris Hedges and two Detroit activists, Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell and Roshaun Harris, trace Detroit’s socio-economic apocalypse, which has taken forms specific to that city but also mirrors other communities around the country.

These two activists — & Chris Hedges himself – are quite impressive in their observations & analysis of what is happening across the land with Detroit as a horrific example. They present a devastating critique of “the sacrifice zone that Detroit has become” and call the catastrophic changes there “a consequence of unfettered, unregulated capitalism.”

Mitchell traces the arc of Detroit’s fate along his own life line, remembering when it was possible to make a living wage in the auto industry there. He also points to the many ways in which the systemic racism corroding the city is connected to America’s economic history.

On that note, Harris points out how the social contract once held out to workers—still quaintly referred to as “the American Dream”—is no longer available. Like Mitchell, Harris breaks down the problems from a standpoint in which economic and racial influences are inextricably linked.

Of the new generation of young black activists and the forms and focus their protests are taking, Harris says: “People are starting to see that it’s not just about white cops killing young black men. Historically that paradigm or that problem has existed … but how that represents itself today is a connection between people starting to understand how the state operates.

Harris describes the presence of troops in cities like Detroit as “almost like a foreign occupying army occupying the territory that’s underserved, that has not been tended to in all of the other socially necessary ways to produce vitality within that community.”

Watch, weep and by all means, rise up against the evil confronting us…Otherwise, we’re done.

OneLove

Chris Hedges and Ajamu Baraka on the Rise of Right-Wing Hate Groups

Chris Hedges examines the rise of white, right-wing hate groups with Ajamu Baraka, Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the Green Party's nominee for Vice President in the 2016 election. Quite an illuminating discussion..

Fascism vs Neoliberalism w/ Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges along with Henry Giroux, Noam Chomsky, Michael Parenti, Paul Street, Tim Wise,Glenn Greenwald,Greg Palast, Matt Taibbi, Richard D. Wolff, Amy Goodman, Ralph Nader, David Cay Johnston & Jill Stein are some of the courageous white brothers and sisters kicking down the rotting walls of empire & white supremacist thinking. They stand against the grain and should be loudly applauded & celebrated. They have reclaimed their humanity & integrity & discarded the blood-soaked coat of white skin privilege to the benefit of us all. They are the John Browns & Dorothy Days of our era and we need them just as much as we need the many people of color who are actively resisting the persistent presence of social evil in the world ....

Chris Hedges & Lee Camp, et al:Money Alone Cannot Overcome Coronavirus Crisis

  
Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges & comedian, writer, actor, and activist, Lee Camp & other guests discuss the intensifying COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the failure of US officials and infrastructure to adequately cope with the pandemic and discuss whether proposed relief measures can be expected to work. They also discuss how people are adjusting to life amid the pandemic, the possible effects of prolonged "social distancing" and the abrupt absence of sports and nightlife in the coronavirus-stricken US.

Chris Hedges & Hamza Yusuf: Wrath's Consuming Power

 

Hamza Yusuf converses with scholars, leaders, and writers to explore one of religion's most enduring conceptual frameworks, the Seven Deadly Sins. These compelling conversations shed light on how the sins manifest themselves within us, illustrate their devastating consequences on our culture, and elucidate their corresponding virtues for all of us who struggle with sin. In this episode, one of my favorite public intellectuals, Chris Hedges, offers his deep & probing thoughts & observations of the human condition...

Reading Rant: The Works of Chris Hedges

I found this interview of noted author & activist Chris Hedges. quite interesting...He speaks deeply on varied subjects, from the fall of empires to spirituality to the role of Oprah Winfrey in a decaying society. I had to take a second & third listen throughout this interview as his insights are quite profound.

Absorb & reflect....


OneLove


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The Chris Hedges Report: The Psychology of White Supremacists

 

 

They're full of shit but one can try to understand what makes these folks tick. This episode revceals a lot and is worth the watch. Chris Hedges always delivers!!

Cornel West & Chris Hedges on America's Existential Crisis

 

Chris Hedges talks to moral philosopher Dr. Cornel West about what we can learn about America's existential crisis after witnessing enraged supporters of Donald Trump storming the Capitol to try and halt Congress's counting of the electoral votes to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

Chris Hedges: It's Time For Sublime Madness

 

 

One of my favorite non-fiction writers, Chris Hedges, sits down with the always entertaining & informative Michael Moore on his provocative podcast Rumble

Why Public Intellectuals Are Endangered

With Chris Hedges and Cornel West unmasking the face of Empire, is it any wonder why the mainstream media marginalizes them? Truth is an offense in today's political climate. Or in the words of George Orwell, "During the times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

We are quietly being programmed to shut our mouths, stay tunnel-visioned & zombified when it comes to understanding and engaging with our socio-political realities. Any type of critical engagement is likely to get labeled as "terroristic", "un-American", "socialist/communist", "siding with the enemy". Just close your eyes, plug your ears, blindfold your eyes and sip the slow-poisoning Kool-aid like a true patriot! It's the American Way. As an illustration, look at how people are acting at Trump rallies and note the poisoning taking place across the land. Almost looks like some kind of cult-like demonic possession at some of these rallies.

 I encourage everyone to read the works of Chris Hedges and Cornel West to understand what is happening right before our very eyes.

 OneLove

Chris Hedges : The Politics of Cultural Despair

 

 

 

Author, activist and dissident Chris Hedges spoke at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on October 16, 2020. In this talk he examines the cultural and social forces that have given rise to extremism in the United States. He explores the myriad of factors that led to the proliferation of neo-fascist militias, extremist organizations, demagogic leaders, vast social divides defined by hate, a hyper nationalism and virulent racism as well as a mass media that has descended into burlesque and fans the flames of social disintegration.