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In Conversation with Chris Hedges

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Chris Hedges shows us in America: The Farewell Tour, a country that should Shame us, a land of rampant and deadly drug addiction, of escape into gambling with slots online and pornography, of xenophobic scapegoating – a country where the super rich exploit the poor and vulnerable. He is calling us out for having become a corporate state … Continued


A new investigative report by Reuters has found that Donald Trump ignored his own governments review concluding that it was safe to preserve the US refugee program. On our show today Melissa Keaney of the National Immigration Law Center will explain how Trumps administration is strangling the refugee program to death. Then well spend the … Continued


A new investigative report by Reuters has found that Donald Trump ignored his own governments review concluding that it was safe to preserve the US refugee program. On our show today Melissa Keaney of the National Immigration Law Center will explain how Trumps administration is strangling the refugee program to death. Then well spend the … Continued


On today’s show we’ll analyze Day 2 of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings with my guest Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause. We’ll play clips from the exchanges between Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy and Kavanaugh’s responses on issues such as reproductive rights, gun control and presidential authority. Then, Chris Hedges speaks about his newest … Continued


Ralph talks to world–renowned doctor Andrew Weil about the pharmaceutical industry and the problem of over-medication, outlined in his book “Mind Over Meds.” And Princeton professor Robert Tignor tells us about the petition he wrote calling for the denuclearization of the Middle East that was signed by the likes of Ralph, Noam Chomsky and Chris … Continued


Updates on decline of cities/private cities, freelancers’ economy, why legalize sports betting now, Fiat-Chrysler-Porsche added to emissions cheating scandal, new federal jobs guarantee, Catholic University attacks tenure. Interview with Chris Hedges on unsustainable US system.


Hard Knock Radio

Chris Hedges – Overcoming Fascism

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Chris Hedges has been telling truth to (and against) power since his earliest days as a radical journalist. He is an intellectual warrior who confronts American empire in the most incisive, challenging ways. The insights he provides into the deeply troubled state of our nation cannot be found anywhere else. Like many of our most … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

In Conversation with Chris Hedges

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After Trump and Pussy Hats, With Chris Hedges.  Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter & Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution produced an event, AFTER TRUMP AND PUSSY HATS, A discussion of next steps With Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and leading Vancouver feminist Suzanne Jay. Hedges is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, New York Times best … Continued