John Gibbs, a former Trump administration official, has received over $425,000 from the Democratic Party. Historian Paul Street joins ‘The Chris Hedges Report’ to discuss what is taking place on our bizarre political landscape as we head towards the midterm elections.
Paul Street has taught at numerous Chicago-area universities and is the author of ‘This Happened Here: Neoliberals, Amerikaners, and the Trumping of America’ (New York: Routledge, 2021). He also writes regularly for ‘Counterpunch.’
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Because they care about democracy.
Malcom X preached "black nationalism" as a policy for Black Americans to emancipate themselves…These two axxholes say that "white nationalism" is responsible for the death of democracy and the unsafe nature of american life.
As a resident White Nationalist here in the USA, id say Malcom was right.. these two- well, they are just leftist collectivists….
America is a N-Word Factory🛀🏻23:43
Wow – would of loved to the other half of what the guest said, but he kept cutting in and out.
Promoting lipstic for men? Sick !
I watched this in May 23, I was surprised to see that this was from last Sep. So prescient.
Boy was he wrong.
Thank you again, Chris Hedges for having the historian Paul Street on.
I am listening on May 18, 2023 with all that happened between the date this came on and now. Unfortunately, times are squarely aligning up with corruption of greedy powers of corporations and crooked poltiticans.
I believe you have all the problems identified, but you have the solutions all wrong because you live in an intellectual bubble.. As a liberal Democrat for 65 years, I now see the Democrats as the authoritarians, totalitarians, fascists and warmongers. Now I vote Republican and I am pro-choice. I have no problem with the states deciding abortion, since the feckless Dems have not compromised on a practical policy that respects those people who honestly feel abortion is murder, and it is murder. But my liberal opinion is that you have the right to a certain point to kill a baby, 15 weeks like most countries. But Democrats don't compromise. Mr. Gibbs repeats the word fascism too much. Monster Trucks, give me a break.
Personality politics not policy politics. Nothing will change till we change it. Join DSA
I wish he had a better mic….
I felt my daughter's spirit enter my body about an hour after intercourse. I told my neighbor the next day, "I got pregnant last night". I counted out the time that the baby would arrive. She was delivered 6 days early.
Abortion is murder.
Mother Theresa said, "The fruit of abortion is nuclear war".
The United States is ripe for destruction.
The Democrat Party has become the Satanic, Globalist, Power-Elite, Communist Party and an ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE.
Hey Production Team, you need to learn basic color balancing on Chris' camera, his skin is bright green on almost every episode, and it's distracting.
Did I heard “ Neo Serbian “ as a right winger with truck ??? Serbians are most left wingers of all ex Yugoslavian nations. Croatians, Bosnian muslims thats the comparable with American fascists. That’s Democrats talking point … very disappointed.
These Socialist , Marxist , & Fascist views & Idealologies that Attack & Denegrate Any form of Capitolism are really saddening …. If investigated & asked outright Most Professors not only Hold these Beliefs dear to themselves over the last several decades they have been teaching them & instilling them into the minds of our youths…..They believe it is the light & the way …… But asked for Any One instance through the beginning of self governed Countries that tried that Utopian Socialist type of Governing if they can Demonstrate Yet even One where it Worked ….They CNnot , because it never has …….The Young New Zealots say , how do you know it won't work we've Never tried it & we won't know til we try ….. WELL , We have watched it tried over 100 times with equal amounts of Failure ……We have observed these try's & Failures over & over again & again …..This is how we know , just from seeing our good neighbors try & fail over & over…..True , Capitolism may not be a perfect system but it seems to have been the Best system anyone has come up with that actually Works……..
Take VENEZUELA , as Case in point : One of the latest Massive Failures in recent history …. They went from being the FOURTH RICHEST COUNTRY in the World with one of the highest quality of livings to in just TWELVE YEARS TIME , ( after switching over to Socialism ) to one of the poorest Nations on the Planet with a huge part of the popular rummaging through the streets & garbage dumps to find things to wat …Their currency became almost Worthless overnight & what money you had you couldn't even find gas available to spend it on , and that is in one of the most Oil Rich Nations in the Southern Western Hemisphere All while their Newly elected Leader ( soon to become Dictator ) became Richer than Rich …..So don't Denegrate a working system while promoting Extremely Dangerous & Proven Mass Failure Systems to replace it ….. The ONLY thing failing is the Weaponized Politcals & Corrupt Politicians Legislating & Spending like we are a Socialist Government ……All the while Telling Lies about what they ARE DOING , Saying " DON'T LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN !!!!!!! , " " THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO SEE ..!!!!!!!!! " All the while they're filling their personal Bank Accounts with Millions / Billions while average families are starving , homeless , broke & cold …
Anyone doesn't believe this is the truth I invite you to travel to Venezuela & live there for awhile & witness firsthand Socialism as it really is … BTW , you'll find out just how many freedoms you DON'T have there …. Protest conditions there like lack of food & necessities you just might get gunned down in the street …..
Muchas gracias.
The idea only Republicans represent fascist policies and the merger of Corporations and the state denies the history of the corporate democratic party and Joe himself Who is a more shinning example of far right corporate ideology than crime bill Joe Joe is bringing in the merger of Corporations and the state ie fascism
They gave it to him because he's handsome.
And he's black.
He makes them uncomfortable.
They get glass head syndrome when he looks into their eyes.
They're the same party. They're like a wolf pack going after the ordinary people of this world. First one takes a bite out of its prey, then the other and they run us down and go in for the kill. Or maybe they're more like vicious Rotweillers trained to chase after prey by their master who they serve and who they brink the carcass back to.