In an online speech delivered one week after the election, journalist Chris Hedges spoke about the much deeper forces

of political and economic decay afflicting the US. This week's Project Censored Show 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.

 

Music-Break information:

 

 “The Truth Won't Fade Away” by Procol Harum