John Malkin interviews Chris Hedges about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Occupy movement, Hedges recent book and more.

The ideological and physical hold of American imperial power, buttressed by the utopian ideology of neoliberalism and global capitalism, is unraveling

Shoot us down. We keep coming. Lie on us. We keep coming. Subordinate us. We keep coming. That’s the fightback

We will not return to a rational economy or restore democracy until these global speculators are stripped of power

It is a frightening fact that intelligence agencies now work on behalf of corporations as well as the state

There may be good people within the system, but that is not the point. It is the system that is rotten. It must be replaced

Halting the abuse and exploitation of the poor inside prisons is not only the most important civil rights issue of our time, it promises to be a vital check against a corporate state that, if not dismantled, will imprison us all

Global capitalism seeks to erase our stories and our histories

The corporate powers, from Seattle’s mayor to the Chamber of Commerce and the area’s Democratic Party, are determined Kshama Sawant be defeated

“If nothing happens in the United States, if nothing new is created to challenge systemic excesses and empire, it will be a bad situation for all of us,” he said. “One is doomed if nothing happens in the U.S.”