Chris Hedges: Fight GOP Fascism

Hedges urges the poor deal effectively with the right wing's grip on power, counter their fascistic racial targeting of Islam and other scapegoats like immigrants, gays, feminists, and lefties, by getting the public to see it's a deliberate distraction to prevent our realizing the need to replace obsolete economic institutions, a corrupt media, and a criminal government lacking in legitimacy. Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary brought Chris Hedges to their Poverty Scholars Strategic Dialogues on Media and Religion and he delivered a monumental address. Poverty Initiative convened 90 Poverty Scholars--low-income organizers, faith leaders and media makers from over 41 organizations. Check out povertyinitiative.org and help make change happen!

NYC, April 10, 2010. Camera and audio by Joe Friendly

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[pretorious700]

Sorry, you're wrong. The US government and corporate America are joined at the hip. Voting is meaningless in a controlled electoral environment.

[VegitoVai90]

Bad troll is bad. He meant to say political figure (as he does about King in other videos). The people do not rule. >80% of the country wants out of Iraq, and has since ~'06. We're still there. Over 90% of the country wants an end to the Patriot Act. Nothing. The NDAA is in clear violation of the 5th and 9th amendments. Apparently the Constitution doesn't matter. Almost 100% of the country opposed the bailouts. They still happened. Face it, you're powerless.

[StopWhiteGenocide2]

No "anti-racists" say a 100% Black area needs more diversity.

No "anti-racists" say a 100% Asian area needs more diversity.

No "anti-racists" say a 100% Muslim area needs more diversity.

According to "anti-racists", they are already 100% diverse.

They say ALL & ONLY White area need to be more diverse, and that White areas only stop needing to be more diverse when there are no White people left in them.

Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.

[CloudFeather1]

The Bible is a collection of examples of enslavement. Enslavement of every kind imaginable and a way to Avoid It. But most important it shows us a way to Get Out Of It. I can see why they chose Religion as a topic out of so many other important ones.

[mikey39977]

That's a prejudicial statement, and you are calling me an arrogant jerk. Isn't that odd?

By the way buddy, you're the one who comes here to watch a video regarding your own future and the future of your government and you are the one arrogantly brushing it off as nonsense and insulting every intelligent person who is here out of concern for their future. You related their concerns to dog shit, and followed it with yet another stupid, petty, childish joke. So YOU'RE the arrogant one here, not I.

[shaggybreeks]

hehe, I knew when I saw your name, you'd have something like that to say.

Why is every "mikey" an arrogant jerk?

[mikey39977]

What a fucking idiot ^

[shaggybreeks]

I don't know why I read this stuff. When I see dog shit, I don't go up and sniff it.

I mean, I know what I'll find... same thing in both cases. STINK.

You're not solving any problems, you guys. Bye-bye.

[shaggybreeks]

Hey, I know! Let's hate people based upon their AGE! That way, if they're the same race as us, we can still feel good about ourselves!

[dick gosinya]

You mean he THINKS he's smart because he's liberal. Rationalization is a wonderful human trait.

[Alfonso Gutierrez]

one more massage for little libertarian dick i have to work right now.because do you know what work is?and if you believe in capitalism get a job.and ron paul get a job you old shit.(by hernan gutierrez)