"Reality Asserts Itself" Chris Hedges Interview

[Coyotl]

[longship]

1. Remarkable interview. This needs to be seen.

Who is Real News Network? I like what I see and hear here. I want a link to the continuation of the interview.

Chris Hedges is an awesome person who has written so much and has a perspective that few can claim.

I want more of this. So please post a link to the continuation of this, if only for those rural DUers, like me, who will burn their monthly bandwidth allocation to view the rest of a profound, and what looks to be, an insightful interview with a brilliant and ethical visionary.

And who the hell is Real News Network?

This guy is pretty damned good.

[BelgianMadCow]

3. "Who is the Real News Network" & all parts

the best source for independent news in video format, bar none, that I have found so far. On par with Amy Goodman and Bill Moyers - but with a broader perspective. They also have a regular segment with Bill Black on the shenanigans of the banksters, very enlightening. Only imho, of course.

On edit: here is their home page http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

part 6

part 7 is a Q&A

[snappyturtle]

6. Thanks for posting the series....big help. nt

[angstlessk]

10. Kick for BelgianMadCow...thanks for the 'rest of the story'

oops left out the L

[Coyotl]

2. Seven videos in series now available

Not yet a playlist.

[BelgianMadCow]

4. Happy 5th rec

off to viewing now

[mother earth]

5. Chris Hedges is incredible, a man who sees the big picture and conveys it well.

In his December 29, 2008, column for Truthdig, Hedges stated that "the inability to articulate a viable socialism has been our gravest mistake. It will ensure, if this does not soon change, a ruthless totalitarian capitalism."

Thank you, Coyotl, bring us more...please. K & R

[snappyturtle]

7. Regretably, I fear Hedges is correct. Many here will not like what

he had to say about the President but I hope they will listen anyway.

[Titonwan]

9. You're probably right

but that's a sad thing to be- a tribalist cheerleader. Haven't we had enough of the corporatist 'democrats'?

[snappyturtle]

8. Kick! Must see.....nt

[Quantess]

11. The always fascinating Chris Hedges.

I find him compelling to listen to. He expresses himself and articulates so clearly.

[BelgianMadCow]

12. Something Chris said struck a chord: John Kennan, 1948

"Furthermore, we have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. This disparity is particularly great as between ourselves and the peoples of Asia. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world-benefaction."

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memo_PPS23_by_George_Kennan

So much for the "spreading freedom and democracy" meme, I guess.

[zeemike]

13. Now THAT was an interview.

He actually wanted to hear where Hedges was coming from.