Chris Hedges is one of our nation’s most insightful cultural critics,
social and political activists and investigative journalists. For
almost 20 years he was a foreign correspondent in war zones and
conflicts in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans,
having reported for The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and
other news outlets. While at the Times, Chris received the 2002
Pulitzer Prize for reporting on global terrorism. That same year he
received Amnesty International’s Global Award for Human Rights
Journalism. Chris has authored many bestselling
books. His most recent is “Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of
Revolt”, a philosophical, historical and timely clarion call for a new
revolution against a repressive political and corporate hegemony.
Chris’ weekly column can be read every Monday at Truthdig.com and his TV
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Here is the Video Gary played:
YOU TUBE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJWNE83j__k
TITLE: Israel accused of war crimes (UK Parliament) DESCRIPTION: Highlights
from a UK parliamentary debate in which MPs variously accused Israel of
war crimes, disproportionate violence, ruining peace negotiations by
building illegal settlements, running the worlds largest outdoor prison,
collective punishment, and attacking water supplies, hospitals, supply
centres and all manner of other civilian targets. I have edited out the
contributions of Foreign Secretary, William Hague, because nearly all of
them displayed a shameful lack of compassion for the sufferings of the
Palestinian people (Hague is a prominent member of an organization
called the "Conservative Friends of Israel" and is well aware of the
funding that involvement brings to his party and his own political
campaigns.) The debate took place on the 14th of July 2014