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War racket EXPLAINED: Business booming for US 'defense' contractors (Full show)
Despite stock market turmoil in other sectors, defense contractors Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Raytheon are doing good business. Meanwhile, the US outspends Russia by a factor of ten on its military. The US military budget is more than the...
Feb 18, 2022 02:45
Assange's supporters raise $52 million for his defense (Full show)
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange received a $52.8 million to fund his legal defense when the auction of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and donated the proceeds in hopes of aiding the controversial publisher, imprisoned in London after years of...
Feb 10, 2022 02:03
On Contact: Outlier – Jimmy Carter
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the legacy of the Carter administration with his biographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Kai Bird. Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, who served one term from 1977 to 1981 before being defeated by...
Jan 16, 2022 06:22
On Contact: ‘Foregone’ – the power of fiction
Russell Banks in books such as ‘Continental Drift’, ‘Affliction’ and ‘The Sweet Hereafter’ has long chronicled the struggles and inner torment that come with being a member of our dispossessed working class. In...
Jan 14, 2022 05:47
Violent clashes in Kazakhstan, state of emergency declared (FULL show)
Demonstrations broke out across Kazakhstan this week, as the people protested the worsening economic climate that has seen new price hikes for the cost of fuel. The protesters took to the streets of several Kazakh cities, including the former...
Jan 5, 2022 01:13
On Contact: Slow-motion execution of Julian Assange
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the torture of Julian Assange with his father, John Shipton. Julian Assange committed the empire’s greatest sin – he exposed it as a criminal enterprise. He documented its lies, callous disregard for...
Dec 26, 2021 06:16
On Contact: The persecution of Julian Assange
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses ‘The Trial of Julian Assange,’ a new book by Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture. In July 2010, WikiLeaks published ‘Cablegate,’ one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US...
Dec 19, 2021 06:04
On Contact: Assange can be extradited, says court
Chris Hedges and Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria discuss the British High Court ruling to allow the extradition of Julian Assange. On Friday, the British High Court in London overturned an earlier lower court decision blocking the...
Dec 12, 2021 06:08
On Contact: Julian Assange extradition case
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the extradition hearing of Julian Assange in London with Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News. For the past two days, Chris Hedges has been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video...
Oct 31, 2021 06:19
On Contact: War, News and Chaos in the Middle East
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses ‘War, News and Chaos in the Middle East’ with its author, foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn. When Patrick Cockburn, the Middle East correspondent for The Independent, first traveled to the region...
Oct 29, 2021 07:18