This week we present a rebroadcast of a speech delivered one year ago by journalist Chris Hedges.

In a Zoom speech shortly after the 2020 election, Hedges spoke about the deeper forces of political and economic decay

afflicting the US. This episode contains Hedges' complete speech, titled "The Culture of Despair."

 

Notes:

 

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist with a long career as a foreign correspondent around the world.

He hosts the program "On Contact" for RT Television, and writes online at www.scheerpost.com  His books include

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning,  Death of the Liberal Class, and most recently, America: The Farewell Tour.