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On Contact: John Brown, abolitionist
Chris Hedges discusses the novel ‘Cloudsplitter’ and John Brown with author Russell Banks. The painter Jacob Lawrence, in his 22-piece series ‘The Legend of John Brown’, first exhibited in 1941, chronicles in each of his...
Feb 18, 2022 06:21
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
On Contact: Rich People Things
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the peculiar pathology of the rich and our oligarchic state with Chris Lehmann, editor-at-large for The New Republic. “The rich are different from us,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to...
Nov 26, 2021 06:43
On Contact: The second war on terror
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the second war on terror with journalist Glenn Greenwald. The liberal and Democratic Party elites have seized on the January 6 mob assault on the US Capitol as the domestic equivalent of the 9/11 attacks. Joe...
Nov 14, 2021 06:23
US in stupor, doesn't know what to do or even what it wants in Syria - MidEast studies academic
As Syrian peace talks pick up speed, should we hope for any progress in ending the war? This conflict is a riddle, surely - as years go on, it becomes more and more difficult to sort out who’s fighting whom and for what purpose. And over that...
Nov 6, 2015 08:46
ISIS cells in America & Europe ready to launch Third World War - terrorism expert
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has been calling in recruits from all across the globe – and it’s not just men who answer. Young women come to IS to join the jihad, to be sex slaves for terrorists – or to commit terror...
Sep 4, 2015 07:23
Tough guise 2
In this highly anticipated, all-new sequel to the acclaimed Tough Guise, pioneering anti-violence educator Jackson Katz examines the epidemic of violence in America against the backdrop of a media culture that continues to normalize, and glamorize,...
Apr 8, 2015 09:14