22 Sept 2012

Chris Hedges "Death of the liberal Class" - FedCanada

By : Further informations about Chris and topics addressed are available in favourites, play lists on my channel and complementary video responses. Mirrored and published with the permission of: http://www.youtube.com/user/FedCanada. Original upload: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hImYfdl5pE "According to Chris Hedges, liberal institutions are to blame for the downward spiral of the American political system. In his Big Thinkinglecture at Congress 2012, he argues that the liberal class—the press, universities, liberal religious institutions, labour unions and the Democratic Party—have forsaken their core values and sold out to corporate interests.


Chris Hedges was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades for The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitorand National Public Radio, and the author of such books as War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), American Fascists (2007), I Don't Believe in Atheists (2008) and Empire of Illusion(2009). He is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute and has taught at Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University." Source

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