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On Contact: The new global order
Chris Hedges discusses the decline of the American empire and the new global order with Professor Alfred McCoy, who holds the Harrington Chair in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. McCoy looks at past empires and how they disintegrated...
Dec 5, 2021 06:10
On Contact: Police abuse & torture
Chris Hedges discusses police abuse and torture with civil rights attorney Flint Taylor. Taylor’s new book is ‘The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago’. With his colleagues at the People's Law Office, Taylor...
May 2, 2021 07:14
On Contact: America's secret government
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the rise of America's secret government with journalist and author David Talbot. David Talbot's book is ‘The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret...
Mar 21, 2021 06:26
On Contact: Ecosocialism with Victor Wallis
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to writer, teacher and activist Victor Wallis about the prospect and need for ecosocialism. Wallis’ book is entitled ‘Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism’....
May 24, 2020 08:37
Globalization was like a bring-your-own-booze party that’s now halted – Swedish economist
As coronavirus rages across the planet, keeping billions on lockdown and putting countries’ economies under immense pressure, Sweden has gone with a pretty unique approach to it – keeping society open and businesses running. We talked...
May 1, 2020 07:58
RT News - May 15, 2018 (12:00 MSK)
The Gaza-Israeli border is braced for more violence, after 59 Palestinians were killed during protests against the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem on Monday. The US move sparked outcry across the globe - with several world leaders, and...
May 15, 2018 09:55
Defusal experts in cat-and-mouse game with bombmakers - veteran bomb technician
A profession in which one makes a mistake only once. Called “the most dangerous job in the world,” bomb disposal is unforgiving - and yet, vital in the era of terrorism. Widely portrayed in the media, the details, the intricacies of...
Dec 18, 2015 08:32
Beatings, sleep deprivation, sexual abuse, isolation used on us - Ex-Gitmo prisoner
Guantanamo bay. The infamous prison facility has been the cynosure of attention since the day it opened its inhospitable doors to the hapless inmates America deemed a threat to a national security. The facility keeps grim secrets, but some have...
Jul 10, 2015 07:16
US prison camps in Iraq helped forge ISIS leaders’ network - ex-FBI veteran
The ascent of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) from a mere band of radicals to a terrorist network of enormous proportion means that the threat of jihad has spilled over the borders of Syria, Iraq - or even the whole Middle East. Other...
Mar 23, 2015 09:04
RT America -- March 20, 2015
TSA screening program challenged by ACLU as profiling technique A controversial screening method by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) known as ‘Spot’ is being grilled by privacy advocates such as the ACLU. The program uses...
Mar 21, 2015 00:40