Chris Hedges
Director
Days of Revolt (2015)
Season 2
A platform to dissidents and rebels, both within the United States and abroad, who offer critiques of power not heard within mainstream society or permitted by the corporate press. Host Chris Hedges and his guests lay bare the mechanisms that uphold systems of power, including the role of the military and the internal security apparatus, as well as the elaborate forms of propaganda and corporate-controlled media.
Released Aug. 3, 2015
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, News, Talk, Talk Show, War
Keywords: imdb.democracy, imdb.social-issues, imdb.american-imperialism, imdb.militarism, imdb.imperialism, imdb.social-inequality, imdb.21st-century + 17 more, imdb.geopolitics, imdb.propaganda, imdb.public-affairs, imdb.politics, imdb.current-affairs, imdb.society, imdb.social-class, imdb.world-history, imdb.neoliberalism, imdb.political-science, imdb.interview, imdb.archive-footage, imdb.united-states-of-america, imdb.economics, imdb.american-history, imdb.philosophy, imdb.non-fiction
Network: TeleSUR
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - America's Death Squads
Chris Hedges and investigative journalist Allan Nairn break down the mechanics of U.S. intervention across the globe, and the consequences still unraveling today.
Jan. 4, 2016, midnight
S2E2 - The New Black Militants
Chris Hedges sits down with two activists from Ferguson’s Hands Up United, Rika Tyler and T-Dubb-O, to discuss the oppression of Black people in and around Ferguson, and the importance of international solidarity in the fight for racial justice.
Jan. 11, 2016, midnight
S2E3 - All Life is Sacred
Chris Hedges sits down with legal scholar, animal rights activist and longtime vegan, Gary Francione. Francione begins by unpacking criticisms of the vegan movement, specifically addressing the structures of power that control the means of food production and access. He defends veganism from a moral standpoint, and explains how violence against animals is merely one form of violence inflicted by humans.
Jan. 17, 2016, midnight
S2E4 - The Death of the American City
Chris Hedges speaks with two esteemed labor activists from Detroit about the desperation caused by industrial decline and deregulation, especially amongst Black people, and attest to the necessity and inevitability of revolt under such conditions.
Jan. 24, 2016, midnight
S2E5 - The Suicide of the Liberal Church
Chris Hedges speaks with two Union Theological Seminary student-activists about their fight against the school's plans to sell property to luxury condo developers and further gentrify Harlem.
Jan. 31, 2016, midnight
S2E6 - Company Town
Chris Hedges discusses the corporate takeover of Salinas, CA by a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, and the ways in which a radical city councilman and a civil rights attorney have been able to fight against it.
Feb. 5, 2016, midnight
S2E7 - The Problem
Chris Hedges and Green Party candidate Jill Stein diagnose the problems plaguing US politics, highlighting the dysfunction of a two-party system dominated by corporate interests.
Feb. 16, 2016, midnight
S2E8 - The Solution
Chris Hedges and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein lay out the solutions to issues like economic inequality and climate change, and explain the need for sustained civil disobedience and a unified grassroots movement.
Feb. 22, 2016, midnight
S2E9 - Sacrifice Zones
Chris Hedges and two Native American activists discuss the violation of land and lives of Indigenous peoples, particularly the decades of open-pit uranium mining that is responsible for spreading nuclear contaminants across the continent today.
Feb. 29, 2016, midnight
S2E10 - The New Mexican Revolution
Chris Hedges interviews two activists from Mexico who explain the effects of US-imposed neoliberalism on Mexico, and their demands for a new constitution.
March 8, 2016, midnight
S2E11 - Mr. Fish
Chris Hedges and political cartoonist Dwayne “Mr. Fish” Booth discuss the use of art to speak truth to systems of power in an age of corporate domination of information.
March 14, 2016, midnight
S2E12 - How We Got to Junk Economics
Chris Hedges interviews Michael Hudson, UMKC economics professor and author of Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy. In the first half of their conversation, Hedges and Hudson trace the history of classical economics and explore Marx’s interpretation of capitalism as exploitation.
March 21, 2016, midnight
S2E13 - Junk Economics and the Future
Chris Hedges continues his discussion with UMKC economics professor Michael Hudson on his new book Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy. Hedges and Hudson expose the liberal class’ allegiance to the predatory creditors on Wall Street and their indifference to real economic justice.
March 28, 2016, midnight
S2E14 - Why the Brutalized Become Brutal
Chris Hedges interviews two veterans of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They lament the brutality of the American military presence, which they say creates the conditions for terrorism and fuels attacks in places like Brussels. They also speak out about the painful struggle of coping with PTSD, and the alienation faced by many soldiers when they come home.
April 4, 2016, midnight
S2E15 - Letting Go of the World
Chris Hedges interviews documentary filmmaker Josh Fox, who directed the new film “How to Let Go of the World”. The two discuss the catastrophe of climate change, and the role of art and culture in helping us embrace what climate can’t change.
April 18, 2016, midnight
S2E16 - Coping with Reality
Chris Hedges interviews climate change activist Tim DeChristopher about the deadly failure of industrial world to confront the effects of climate change. The two discuss how climate change has, and continues to trigger social tension and injustice, and the necessary ethical response on the part of humanity as a whole.
April 24, 2016, midnight
S2E17 - The Assault of the Animal Agriculture Industry
In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews co-directors Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn on their film “Conspiracy: The Sustainability Secret”. Together they discuss the extraordinary impact that the animal agriculture industry has on accelerating climate change and environmental degradation, and explain the surprising silence on the part of environmental groups.
May 3, 2016, midnight
Network: TeleSUR
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 3, 2015
Last Air Date: May 3, 2016, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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