Season 1
20 episodes · Aug 3, 2015
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- S1E2
The Betrayal by the Black Elite
Aug 10, 2015In this episode of Days of Revolt host Chris Hedges continues his conversation with Dr. Cornel West to discuss the way in which the black prophetic tradition has been supplanted by black elitism and individualism.
- S1E3
The Long Distance Revolutionary
Aug 17, 2015In this episode of Days of Revolt, Hedges sits down with founder of the People’s Organization for Progress Larry Hamm to dissect periods of American resistance, and explain how shifts in political climate have and will shape new modes of community organizing.
- S1E4
State Violence and Counter-Violence
Aug 24, 2015In this episode, host Chris Hedges sits down with former Black Panther Eddie Conway and former member of the Black Liberation Army Ojore Lutalo to discuss their roles in the radical movements in the 1960s and early 1970s, and the state's use of violence to crush them.
- S1E5
The Revolutionary, Caged
Aug 31, 2015Chris Hedges continues his conversation with two black revolutionaries and former political prisoners, Eddie Conway and Ojore Lutalo, to discuss their resistance within the prison system.
- S1E6
The Making of Global Capitalism
Sep 7, 2015Chris Hedges sits down with author and professor Leo Panitch to discuss how global imperialism and capitalism are upheld by economic and cultural forces, and debate the roles of ignorance, myth, and malevolence in the perpetuation of systems of inequality.
- S1E7
We're All Greeks Now
Sep 14, 2015Chris Hedges continues his conversation on global neoliberalism with Leo Panitch, where they examine the possibilities for revolutionary change in Greece in the face of imposed austerity and political suppression.
- S1E8
Israel's War on Children
Sep 21, 2015Chris Hedges sits down with author and activist Laila el-Haddad to discuss the psychological repression of Gaza's youth by Israeli state violence and occupation.
- S1E9
ISIS, the New Israel
Sep 28, 2015Chris Hedges and Sabah Alnasseri discuss how US foreign policy and class struggle created the conditions for the rise of ISIS, and compare ISIS’s colonialist strategies to those of the Israeli independence movement in Palestine.
- S1E10
The Revolutionary Age
Oct 5, 2015Chris Hedges and Sabah Alnasseri dissect the genesis of political revolutions in the Middle East, and discuss the role of religion and the reasons for the increased prevalence of fundamentalism.
- S1E11
The 51-Day War
Oct 12, 2015Chris Hedges interviews Max Blumenthal about his latest book and the brutal tactics used by the Israeli state in attempt to suppress Palestinian resistance.
- S1E12
Prostitution
Oct 19, 2015Chris Hedges speaks with author and former prostitute Rachel Moran about the violence and disempowerment inherent in prostitution.
- S1E13
Neoliberalism as Utopianism
Oct 26, 2015Chris Hedges and author John Ralston Saul discuss neoliberalism as an ideology, the breakdown of that ideology, and what comes next.
- S1E14
The Corporate Coup d'etat with Ralph Nader
Nov 3, 2015Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader trace the advancement of corporate control in the US political system.
- S1E15
The Death of Electoral Politics
Nov 13, 2015Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader analyze Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and the role of the two-party system in shutting out third parties.
- S1E16
The Most Brazen Corporate Power Grab in History
Nov 16, 2015Chris Hedges and organizer Kevin Zeese break down the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and detail the upcoming demonstrations organized against it.
- S1E17
Militarizing Education
Nov 23, 2015Chris Hedges discusses the militarization of higher education institutions with journalist Alexa O'Brien to uncover the trail of money and influence from the national security state to college programs.
- S1E18
The Whoredom of the Left
Nov 30, 2015Chris Hedges and anti-prostitution advocates Lee Lakeman and Alice Lee discuss the Left’s absence in confronting male violence against women, and the role of colonialism in perpetuating prostitution.
S1E19The Revolution Will Be Local
Dec 7, 2015Chris Hedges speaks with attorney Thomas Linzey and activist Mark Clatterbuck about the grassroots movements rising up against the fracking industry, and the legislative and direct action necessary to resist corporate power in the absence of a true democratic system.
S1E20The Militarism of U.S. Diplomacy
Dec 14, 2015Chris Hedges and author Vijay Prashad trace the acceleration of U.S. militarism since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and discuss the consequences of U.S. domination over global affairs.