Part 2 of the new, hard-hitting speech by journalist/essayist Chris Hedges. It's about the corruption of "the System," the ever-increasing power of "the one percent," the betrayal of the people by the Democratic and Republican parties, the century-long crackdown on dissent, and our increasingly meaningless national politics, in which our nation's real and pressing problems are seldom even mentioned--let alone debated, let alone put to a vote.
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(Continued:) Hedges devotes some particular attention to the (then-) three national candidates: Clinton, Sanders, and Trump--none of whom advocates the sort of radical change that (to Hedges) is our only hope.
In Part 2, Hedges speaks also about the countrys drift towards a police state and about successful nonviolent revolutions. America badly needs such a revolution now, Hedges argues.
With a brief introduction by K.D.
Hedges spoke in Seattle on April 25, 2016. Video recording courtesy of Pirate Radio Seattle. I have edited the soundtrack for radio broadcast.
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