“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.”

The abuse inherent in pornography goes unquestioned in large part by both men and women

Terror is the engine of war. And terror is what all sides in this conflict produce in overabundance.

The culture of war banishes the capacity for pity

Answering questions like: “Do you believe the US or Israel will attack Iran?” and “Is there any hope for Bradley Manning?”

Chris Hedges tells Paul Jay about his criticism of the Iraq War and the events that led to him leaving the New York Times

The legal system no longer functions to protect ordinary Americans

The corruption of the law to advance the interests of a corporate elite requires harsher and harsher measures to check a restive population

The corporate elites, blinded by their lust for profit and foolish enough to believe they can protect themselves from climate change, will not veer from our path towards ecocide unless they are forced from power

Chris Hedges gave this speech Saturday at the Sauk County Fairgrounds in Baraboo, Wis.