All settler colonial projects, including Israel, reach a point when they embrace wholesale slaughter and genocide to eradicate a native population that refuses to capitulate.
Yes he’s generally very good. He’s constantly calling out the empire and know the slick games of american duopoly politics. He was a war reporter and is an ordained minister. Had shows on RT.
He spent like twenty or so years abroad as a war correspondent, including the Yugoslav war, in South America, and Iraq & Palestine. He also sued Obama for NDAA clause of habeus corpus called Hedges v. Obama. His articles and analyses are generally very astute and prescient.
He also, as far as 2015, predicted Bernie never stood a chance as Hedges noticed that Clinton’s campaign had already deep structural and institutional control over the DNC.
‘War is a force that gives us meaning’ was the book that introduced me to his work , way back during the Iraq slaughter. He is on point. Sharp AF and a solid moral compass.
I don’t live in the US and just learned about Chris Hedges - what’s his deal is he generally good?
Yes he’s generally very good. He’s constantly calling out the empire and know the slick games of american duopoly politics. He was a war reporter and is an ordained minister. Had shows on RT.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges
https://www.truthdig.com/author/chris_hedges/
https://muckrack.com/chris-hedges-1/articles
https://chrishedges.substack.com/
He spent like twenty or so years abroad as a war correspondent, including the Yugoslav war, in South America, and Iraq & Palestine. He also sued Obama for NDAA clause of habeus corpus called Hedges v. Obama. His articles and analyses are generally very astute and prescient.
He also, as far as 2015, predicted Bernie never stood a chance as Hedges noticed that Clinton’s campaign had already deep structural and institutional control over the DNC.
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/why-our-popular-mass-movements-fail - insightful stuff.
‘War is a force that gives us meaning’ was the book that introduced me to his work , way back during the Iraq slaughter. He is on point. Sharp AF and a solid moral compass.