Category Archives: Justice
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: “Why Does the U.S. Support Israel?” / Noam Chomsky ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Keith Olbermann: Hillary was Wrong; ALL of Trump’s Supporters Are ‘Deplorable'” / The Closer / GQ ☮
After another week of violence and mayhem, it’s clear Hillary Clinton’s controversial assessment of Trump’s fans was, well, generous.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Keith Olbermann: Rudy Giuliani Attacking Hillary Clinton’s Health is Sick” / The Closer/ GQ ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Keith Olbermann: 176 Shocking Things Donald Trump Has Done This Election” / The Closer / GQ ☮
WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE RACIST NATIONALISM: “Roland Martin Calls out Ignorance and Hypocrisy” ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Mark Blyth: The Detrimental Ramifications of Austerity Programs” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges sits down with economist Mark Blyth to discuss the detrimental ramifications of austerity programs following the 2008 financial crisis. Professor Blyth, author of Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, addresses the political effects of the spending cuts and considers why the elites will not take responsibility for the fallout, while RT Correspondent Anya Parampil examines the impact austerity measures have had on America’s working class and poor since 2008.
WISDOM: “The Essentials” / Noam Chomsky ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Adam Hochschild: The Moral Force” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges is joined by journalist and author Adam Hochschild to remember the rebels in history whose moral conviction drove them to battle. Hochschild chronicles rebels who joined the fight against fascism in his latest book “Spain in Our Hearts: Americans and the Spanish Civil War”. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil provides a brief history on why the idealists from the U.S. and Europe made the journey in the 1930s to join the civil war.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chris Hedges: Alt-right Movement has ‘Overt Characteristics of Racism'” / RT America / Anya Parampil ☮
Hillary Clinton recently railed against the rightwing movement known as the “alt-right.” Chris Hedges, host of RT’s ‘On Contact’ joins RT America’s Anya Parampil to discuss this fringe ideology and whether Clinton’s attack on the movement will have any impact. He says that the alt-right movement has “overt characteristics of racism” and that it is “utterly impervious to anything Hillary Clinton says.”