Palestine, Israel, and the US war machine w/Dennis Kucinich | The Chris Hedges Report

Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza has stirred worldwide calls for a ceasefire to stop the genocide unfolding. The United States has been no exception, which countless demonstrators taking to the streets in recent weeks. That hasn't stopped the US government from backing Israel's horrific campaign in Gaza to the hilt. The White House has refused to heed calls for a ceasefire and even deployed two aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean-not to defend Palestinians, but to dissuade regional powers from joining the fray to defend Palestine. As the possibility of a regional war looms with the entry of Yemen into the conflict, many wonder how the US might respond to such a scenario. Former US Congressperson Dennis Kucinich joins The Chris Hedges Report for a discussion on the US war machine-what it is, how it works, and how it might respond should the war in Palestine spiral into a wider conflagration.
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[@user-jo4tq5tk3i]

These American warmongers should be put in jail immediately 😢

[@yaoliang1580]

Send to the battlefields which they heavily promoted

[@thecelt4807]

they have bought the city the judges the senate and police who is going to do it ?.......thats where we are at

[@davidmead6337]

Not to mention the U K useless do nothing members of Parliament who suck up to anyone for a handout. Third world here in the U K. Way past our prime.

[@Steven-nj8le]

AMEN, AND. AMEN TO THAT ❤️🙏❤️😍

[@Steven-nj8le]

Yeppers, and that is LOOOOOONNG. OVER DUE IN THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF.AMERICA.

[@muderk9671]

SAY NO TO WAR !!! SAY NO TO WAR !!!! DON'T FUND THE WAR !!! DON'T FUND THE WAR !!!

[@bryanbrowning5746]

Then stop sending aid to Ukraine, as well. Or is that proxy war okay?

[@annefischer1433]

​@@bryanbrowning5746the problem is is we have been funding the players Israel and the Palestinians for decades and evidently just recently it has become known it is right out of Putin's Playbook he is telling the Hamas what to do and how to do. However we need a ceasefire for starters and Biden must withdraw aid from Israel. From what I know it is the Godless zionists fueling and funding the annihilation of the Palestinians his bowl action wanting to do the same to the Jewish people it is a no-win situation until people raise get their Consciousness raised.

[@chadkbrignall22]

No war from the river to the sea Hamas will be free!!! We got them added to tge LGBTQIAP flag!!!!

[@grantmarcus5675]

Yes, stop ALL corporate wars, wars for oil, wars for gold, wars for lithium, wars for the resources of indigenous peoples all over the world. We couldn't get away with slavery at home, so we just exported it. Stop wars and ALL our corporate wars in 39 other American conflicts around the world and counting. Stop our "FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE." Stop our fascist Naziism. Give the American people a Department of Peace.@@bryanbrowning5746

[@barbarasmith6005]

Finally, someone is talking about ending the war by defunding the war. Thank you Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges.

[@killert-cell9943]

Chis still has TDS & is useless in analysis till he can face the fact MAGA are his moral & political betters currently.

[@marciamartins1992]

This is most certainly the key....bankster pirates are behind this because their modus operandi involves secrets, shady deals in the dark, and being above the law, And nobody can question them.

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' : “I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way." “Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue." Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: - If USA/West Leadership - Finance,Arm to defend an Apartheid - Democratic or Fascist masquerading as Democratic?

[@wuxin5847]

that is what i have been saying all my life -

[@marianorszulak-ru7jh]

Funny how any sane politician is out of office

[@paulmccarter908]

Because you can't prosecute the donor classes interests if you're not on the take. Sane politicians can't be effective in a captured corporate government

[@betseyhemmelgarn1230]

Billionaires force them out.....a whole lotta money and political shenanigans altered his political district so he was forced out. His district was split and he was put into a heavy Republican district.

[@trvst5938]

@@betseyhemmelgarn1230it seems each billionaire sugar daddy is assigned a conservative politician to take on vacations and spoil. 💀

[@nextime3927]

Actually it's extremely SAD 😢😭

[@hightonesdrifterkent6600]

they get driven out of office.

[@sandrajensen497]

What a tragedy for the US that we no longer have leaders like Dennis Kucinich in Congress--where are the ethical men of conscience now?

[@livthedream91]

We have the squad, who at least oppose this war.

[@Startaster1]

We do have a few ethical women there, Sandra.

[@mikeferrini8884]

We need more ethical women of conscience. Men are weak when tempted with power.

[@judyweintraub267]

Gimme a break . No wonder the US is such a country of followers reacting to fear mongering in ignorance. The squad is what passes for a critical faction. I don’t hear anything efficacious from them, it’s not their fault, the system is designed to be ruled by a small minority owning virtually all the wealth. How can a small minority rule over a large majority who have different interests from the ruling minority? Same way it’s always been done, divide & rule. To get how US rulers carry this out effectively since the founding of the US as a country ruled by “the propertied minority,” as James Madison calls it, read his Federalist Paper No 10, find out from the guy who wrote down the US Constitution on paper how the majority of US people are being played. He explains it, the way that divide & rule is achieved, enlarging the country, making it diverse, & playing on the differences using control of wealth to manipulate who wins & who losing. US people are told they have the most democratic government in the world when the people who set up the US government saw democracy as the greatest danger to their rule, which they all agreed was necessary. The majority has been turned into ignorant fearful & often hate driven followers, yes, they want you to imagine that men vs women is the most important conflict, stay focused on that and their plan is playing out as they planned. “we need women to save the world, they should have more power, they are the wise ones, unlike the men. We could solve this.” You’re being played & it will never end because Americans think what they have is “democracy.” There’s much more to learn, start with the short Federalist Paper No 10, the purpose of which is to explain to their less informed peers how the constitution will work to help divide & rule the ignorant majority. They stole the country from the people who fought the revolution & never got the small military pay the were promised, ruled by lies & manipulation, then those people who made up the majority couldn’t afford to pay their mortgages & bank’s foreclosed, & the constitution & its rich benefactors backed the bankers, federalism. There’s a lot that could be learned about the first step, to not be ignorant & to not be followers of whichever divide & rule faction you’re loyal to. Stop hating. Try anyway, become aware of the ignorant self righteousness of political hate. You can oppose & be critical without feeling entitled to hate.

[@yihchiehseeto225]

A few Good Men, will not be able to get things on the Right Track… unfortunately…

[@brettg9481]

"I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism" - Major General Smedley Butler USMC

[@reginaldmcintire4070]

Much respect

[@matthewmichaels5522]

I was a Staff Cadet at RMC Australia. Just prior to graduation I left the Army. I wasn't going to serve corruption. I'm glad I didn't.

[@kp6215]

Amen as I was taught from my grandfather in Spanish American war from Montana.

[@kp6215]

Educate youth as I was in 1968 about American Civics debated my teacher.

[@kp6215]

Can't get American soldiers because volunteers only most not fit to serve but rejected for health and education.

[@sakkel.7357]

I was rooting Dennis for the president when he was running for the office. He's the most level headed of them all.

[@EVUK-bd2vn]

Kucinich and Dr. Jill Stein - what a Presidential dream-team that could have been and could STILL be. They're both infinitely more razor-sharp, consistently ethical/credible and youthfully energetic than the likes of Biden and Trump. Paul G

[@davidlafleche1142]

We need a Monarchy. "Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2, KJV). Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Establish the Kingdom in Jerusalem and save the world from the tyranny of Democracy (Daniel 7:7, KJV)!

[@MM-tt3np]

The president does not run USA. Politicians comes and goes, the US "masterplan" is much longer ;)

[@bonitajanssen745]

BOOK OF REVELATION IS COMING TO PASS

[@ericthomas917]

Unfortunately he still won't leave the Democratic party

[@loisodea4869]

Dennis is such a man of integrity. So proud of him for exiting the Kennedy campaign.

[@proletariatprincess1]

I would like to know more about that. Could it be because RFK left the D party? And if it is the Gaza issue, did Dennis leave or was he let go? I remember watching Dennis as RFK Jr was defending Israel some time before October 7th and he was stoic but seemed uncomfortable. I sure would like to know more about this...

[@voice4voicelessKrzysiek]

"Dennis is such a man of integrity"-yes, he seems to be the only man in the US government with such impeccable integrity and courage.

[@loisodea4869]

I would love to know what went on, as well.

[@flynnoflenniken7402]

Damn, I didn't know he left. I was hoping he could have a talk with RFK and maybe not convince him to change his view but at least give him more nuance on the issue. That's a shame.

[@galanis38]

He might not have left the Kennedy campaign if Kennedy had not been so uncritically supportive of Israel on the Palestinian issue and particularly in light of recent events.

[@ryanreedgibson]

Not once had KZbin ever recommended this channel to me. After 14 years on the platform, I found it when researching a Nixon script. I don't believe people know how fortunate they are to have access to it.

[@eemoogee160]

KZbin and the New York Times hide voices like Chris Hedges.

[@ashokddani]

I just found it by chance.

[@ttystikkrocks1042]

Chris Hedges' show has been censored by KZbin, chased off the Internet when the took down RT America and generally censored in every way. That's how you know he's telling the truth!

[@savvybytes3748]

Chris Hedges is an amazing man. Brilliant, passionate ethical, he is someone that will tell you the truth from a a powerful perspective!

[@stuce9803]

I know of Chris, watched lots of his stuff&found this channel today.

[@37Dionysos]

"Mr. Kucinich, why did you alone refuse to endorse the Patriot Act?" "Because I read it." That was the end of Dennis' road to the White House.

[@lostkeysnurse]

I literally screamed out loud "That's my president!" when he said this. Apparently I was just screaming into the void

[@mary-clarecarder3709]

😢@@lostkeysnurse

[@dianagwinn8143]

👍🏽💯

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

Good on him. The Patriot Act marked the end of freedom in America. It enabled creation of a covert police force and Stazi, that covertly attacks citizens it doesn't like. It is a monster😮😢

[@Laura-ts4dh]

The Patriot Act took away our freedoms and expanded government spying on us! It should be repealed. Instead, our idiot leaders renewed it.

[@Abby-hi4sf]

James Freeman Clarke said - 'A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.' I wish America has more statesman like you

[@michaelbartlett6864]

Dennis has been one of the greatest voices for sanity for decades now, but the neocon war machine has pushed him aside!

[@edwardlarkin4279]

He should be running for President again without question. I met him on his two other runs. Great man. I knew he would have to leave Kennedy. How we need a moral humane intelligent person to give us a new vision.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Amateurs will never have an honest president again, not that I’m sure there ever was one 🤷‍♂️

[@OSYofRR]

@@jacobjorgenson9285 We don't because the MIC and high tech underground controls the government. They have the tools and the money and the connections. You would be shocked if you knew what they are doing down there. Both sides are fail because of their own hubris and hate for the other side. Neutral parties always have the open and honest perspective but they are always pushed out becuase they are a threat.

[@Memo-dx8nq]

Even if he is beloved, the AIPAC police would not let him win.

[@brianwheeldon4643]

There is no one in Congress or the Senate Edward. I think we are going to have to do it ourselves. Time for responsibility by the people put into ongoing non-violent civil action. A hard thing to say, and to have to admit. The marches of 100s of thousands of people around the world supporting Palastine are but small indication of this. There has to be unity overriding small divisions, it's how the hard right, the military and the enablers from Wall Street and the City of London do it. Divide and conquer using our (representative) politicians. I think it will have to come from people in the US in the first place, I don't see the various peoples of the EU getting their act together.

[@robinwavestou5526]

I believe Dennis is a campaign advisor/manager for RFJ Jr.

[@MrTnylam]

We need more voices of reason like Mr. Kucinich.

[@ttrons2]

Even when you do elect them they are turned by money or threats stop believing you are a democracy and do something about it.

[@rider65]

Rand & Dennis

[@menudobucket9837]

Never fear.. we can always count on the CIA to start something elsewhere!

[@OSYofRR]

The CIA is a tool. The are not calling the shots. It is the ultra rich billionaires(and trillionaire old banking families) who own and invest in the secret high tech underground and MIC. Government is corrupt and beholden. Some understand this and are jut plain scared and in way over their heads. You see a few in the freedom caucus stand up but as long as that tool, the CIA stands in the way it is hard to bolster support that is not running propaganda or some long con or hijacking an honest movement not much can be done. Until the people understand this dynamic independently of what anyone in government or the bureacracy says nothing will change. They also have enough money to just pay people off, easier to take that check than risk your life for something that has daunting odds of changing. This is why they have set up a vast media propaganda network to missinformation, distraction and to dissaude anyone from getting to the truth.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

😁😁😁😁 Yeah

[@stregadisalem732]

This is the realist discussion of the looming war threat I’ve heard so far since early October. Everyone needs to hear this. Not to scare people but to remind them this not a time to be complacent.

[@andrewjakubczak1512]

5:40 Quote: "We are a war machine as a nation. We prefer war over healthcare. We prefer war over housing. We prefer war over education. We prefer war over the economic welfare of our citizens." End of quote. Great points Mr. Kusinich! But why stop there?. There is more. We prefer war over peace because through war we want to conquer the WORLD. We want to subjugate it economically and financially. Already 50 countries are under our thumb, influence, and control. We prefer war over mutual cooperation of World States because we do not want any of that without us ruling over everybody! We prefer war over DEMOCRACY because what we have here is only an ILLUSION of it and we are not planning to allow vassal countries to have any, either! We prefer war because we have a perverted and insatiable lust for POWER, MONEY, and CONTROL. Those 800+ military bases worldwide are not there to spread democracy for sure! It is about time that citizens of this country catch on to all of that .. and DO something about it.

[@Xaq_udirir]

Bravo

[@dhttube]

@@Xaq_udirir Pam Ho - War of the Worlds: The New Class (look it up).

[@thorntonwilliams3851]

That comment needs to be spoken on a major debate stage.

[@user-kz5cw2gj3w]

The War Machine props up US power and dominance both politically and militarily.

[@rezakarampour6286]

' Palestinians Have A Legal Right To Armed Resistance Against Israel Colonialism . '

[@Bahador_R]

Iranians love Chris Hedges 🤍

[@timmy-wj2hc]

And the colonizers, fake state of Israel doesn't have a right to "self-defense" since they are an illegal occupying force, who is committing war crimes, collecrive punishment, apartheid, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

[@williamabbott9437]

Good luck

[@Bahador_R]

@@williamabbott9437 israel is checkmated, by the people who invented chess. It is only a matter of time now, as we watch israel's desperation moves.

[@justthinking526]

​@@Bahador_Ranybody with a brain loves Chris Hedges

[@safiramusica]

I just read that the Economist says that a 3rd world war is great for the market. Unbelievable.

[@grannygirl61812]

Oh yes! I thought everyone knew that.

[@user-yl1sm3pd1c]

The main industry the USA has is armaments - therefore great for the market. Very believable.

[@stuce9803]

God, this is so terrible!

[@charlenef.9055]

My thoughts to that is what's the use if "the world" as you've lived in it is GONE? what's the good of 💰 🤑 💸 w/o fresh water, clean air, sustainable land for agriculture. (You can't eat, drink, or breathe the money!) Good stewardship of the EARTH has to have primary importance.

[@Fredmayve]

@@stuce9803 socialism or barbarism.

[@josephregallis3394]

We need to vote against any politician that funds these wars and get some sane people in Washington that will work towards peace! Otherwise our children will not have a future!

[@thalgott3]

Too bad we don't have the option for "none of the above"...

[@user-io3nd1xs9d]

After Gaza is resolved, hopefully in favor of the poor Gazan people, we need to go on the march again for no more funding for foreign wars.

[@ttystikkrocks1042]

Well that explains his split with RFK Jr pretty well, I'd say. I've always had the utmost respect for Dennis Kucinich's integrity and his willingness to stand against the tide of immorality and greed that threatens to drown our country.

[@beonlife3283]

Listen to peacemakers, not warmongers!!!! #WordsMatterForPeace

[@lindaharter4628]

Thank you Chris Hedges for giving voice to Dennis Kucinich. So wonderful to hear him state it so clearly.

[@mussaratahmad5649]

i wish all this money could be spent on our own people,on education,health and housing and every one has a home and not homeless in our country.

[@grantmarcus5675]

Yes, we could promote these projects under a Department of Peace.

[@theredboneking]

Even ex Israeli military know this is a false flag. They said that anything going near Israeli airspace would have been blown out of the sky immediately.

[@artstrology]

There are too many indications.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

The Zionists allowed it to happen in order to have the justification to committ ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza.

[@MB-dp1rj]

@@timmy-wj2hc Reading the history...one can believe that was one of their options.

[@theredboneking]

@@artstrologylook for Israeli crisis actors laughing on a different platform.

[@artstrology]

I've been at this since way before 9/11. The thing everyone misses is the British meddling. the royals do a great job playing good cop bad cop, and always slinking behind the scenes. Trump was a British operation. @@theredboneking

[@richardpeychers4076]

Using American troops as bait, great analogy

[@user-uj3lb7pn7j]

Thank you for having Dennis Kucinich on your program. It's so refreshing to hear him for a change.

[@user-xz5qi7wq1u]

Thank you for having Mr. Kucinich on. My parents were close friends with him. ❤

[@lymanreed3812]

They are totally aware of where this is going and they don't care how many troops die or come missing limbs or their minds.

[@tonyprice2256]

Sadly, it has been my experience that trying to contact senators and members of congress has not been very effective and neither has the act of voting. They are going to do whatever they want to do regardless of what the little people think or want.

[@yaoliang1580]

Your so called democracy is just a facade, if voting can make any difference, you will not be allowed to vote

[@williamcordasco945]

I know. The two Russian pranksters seem to get through; maybe we can hire them.

[@leeanderson5955]

I seriously think Dennis Kucinich should run as an independent for president. I voted for him even after the Democratic Party and Thom Hartmann did their duty to oust him in the primaries. I called into Hartmann’s show way back then, back when MSNBC was owned by MIC giant GE, and of course Kucinich’s concerns over nuclear waste depository Yucca Mountain, near Las Vegas, is why GE, a weapons manufacturer and nuclear weapons and power producer, just had to file some bullshit legal blockade to keep Kucinich off the democratic primary stage in Las Vegas. I asked Thom Hartmann “America’s No. 1 ‘progressive’ talk show host, why he endorsed pretty boy John Edwards and not Dennis Kucinich? Thom, the self-proclaimed know-it-all, has an answer for everything, “professor” had NO answer as to why this progressive talking head I.e., propagandist, I.e., Democratic Party apparatchik, wouldn’t support Kucinich. I kept pressing him and finally right after disconnecting me, he blurted out, “because he doesn’t support Obama.” Which is totally weird because Kucinich was running against Obama and Edwards and the rest of the Democratic primary candidates. Bottom line, Kucinich is guilty of being a real progressive and real progressives are not welcome in the Democratic Party, because it’s a big PARTY.

[@CallousCarter]

Would it even get much attention? The media and tech giants have developed much better firewalls to supress outsider and insurgent candidates post-trump 2016. Cornell West doesn't seem to be achieving anything with his campaign apart from mildly debasing himself.

[@eemoogee160]

Hartmann is such a disappointment.

[@user-io3nd1xs9d]

I'd vote for him in a heartbeat!.

[@mizliz333]

Thank you for all this insight. Very revealng and answers my questions re Thom also.

[@friendlybrilliant4902]

I am really proud of Dennis for speaking out.

[@paulpillow7641]

I should have listened to Dennis back in the day. Sadly, it took me more than 50 years to figure it out. Miost of which I spent as a Marine, I'm beyond disgusted with the corporate simps leading our politics.

[@singingway]

Maybe you can help to get it across to younger generations more quickly. As the Earth doesn't have time for every individual to learn it through their entire 50 year life experience.

[@beth1979]

I was always puzzled as to why people didn't learn from the Vietnam vets, then I realised I grew up around them, not everyone else. So not everyone knew the personal views of the ex servicemen. There was a narrative created that made the protestors for peace the bad guys and the vets the poor victims of those protesters. Unfortunately it worked and off went another generation to war, because they listened to the Hollywood stories and not the stories of the people who were there doing the fighting.

[@antoniodelrey164]

Dennis was the man in Congress but it was a lonely place for such a progressive and independent man…

[@Liedetector11]

Too late… the 14 billion went through. Sadly. This was never about saving the Palestinian people….

[@lwells3937]

I remember Dennis running for president and was our best choice and only hope. As far as who won,I know someone who supported Bush because her husband worked for Boeing and we needed a war for them to get business.

[@katiekane5247]

I live where lot's of Lockheed employees have vacation homes. It's obscene to have a part time home with money made off the deaths of others. We've got a messed up idea of success IMO 😕

[@hamms35]

Yea and I bet they all go to church on Sunday.

[@chrisredstall1321]

Thank you Chris Hedges

[@istiaqmujibtafader]

Hassan Nasrallah is delivering a speech regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza. I identify myself as an individual who lives in Canada and does not have any religious or political affiliations. We are fortunate to live in a time where we can still access the original version of this speech. This is a profoundly profound period of sadness in the annals of global history. The perpetrators in the Gaza Strip felt empowered due to the perceived support from the Western countries and their lack of condemnation. The international community has witnessed a tragic event in Gaza that was unexpected and not something they wanted to see. This incident must never happen and must not happen again, and it is crucial to take measures to prevent it from happening in the future. A universally shared objective is to achieve a cease-fire in the Middle East and put an end to all forms of persecution. Human suffering is the tragic outcome of the implementation of an ethnic cleansing policy that took place in the quarter of the twenty-first century. This policy destroyed civilian buildings of communities, leaving them in ruins and filled with the lifeless bodies of unarmed women and children. The perception of the United States' geopolitical significance among the general population has declined, resulting in an image crisis. The deliberate violation of international law clearly shows a complete disregard for the country's obligations under international law. Constraints on governments' moral obligations must preclude the pursuit of global justice to be hypocritical. The main reason for instigating conflict is to gain control over the Middle East. Intentional conflicts worsen the situation by ruthlessly intensifying it. Gaza has tragically become a burial ground for over nine thousand innocent civilians, including women and children, and increasing every hour. For those who remain, it is an ongoing and unimaginable nightmare. The situation has reached a point where there are no surviving family members to grieve the loss of their loved ones. It has had a profound impact on the importance placed on the United States' global image. The façade has been dismantled, the so-called "values" have crumbled, and only the rhetoric remains intact.

[@user-yl1sm3pd1c]

The USA is garnering an image/reputation as lying warmongers. Once a reputation has been tarnished, very difficult to change world-wide perceptions. Once trust is broken, very difficult to rebuild.

[@Xaq_udirir]

Your way of writing is a higher level and clear. Studied university?

[@yvonnem.langlois5197]

He's Canadian @@Xaq_udirir

[@richardjarrell3585]

I voted for Kucinich for President in 2004 and have not felt any need to regret it

[@joanstepleton1637]

I voted for him in our primaries and I am a moderate Dem (registered as an independent). I’ve always liked him.

[@dallasmustang11]

Putting Wars on a credit card. Love that line.

[@onibioh]

Good to see Denis is still out there raising his voice against this injustice.

[@parvizt2937]

A lot of respect for mr Dennis Kucinich .

[@suzanneharris8339]

I learned Dennis Kucinich was RFK JR's campaign manager before I learned about his hopelessly extreme position on Israel. Millions of others, like me, I'm sure, had a few rare moments of joy that the U.S. finally had someone to vote FOR. 😔

[@coastofmaine5118]

10/15/23 email from 'Team Kennedy' announced that Dennis had been replaced as campaign mgr by RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law, ex-CIA officer Amaryllis Kennedy.

[@tonyprice2256]

@@coastofmaine5118 If that is true then don't vote for RFK Jr., as if voting matters anyway. If he supports Israel and has CIA ties, he is clearly one of the bad guys - a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@SteveSmith-mw5zk]

I wish Dennis would run for president. We need his sanity

[@ern.col.1588]

i wish YOU would run for president. We need outsiders not career politicians.

[@thalgott3]

He's an older man who survived an assassination attempt while he was Mayor of Cleveland. I think he's done quite enough in his public life already, though I cannot disagree that he would be an amazing asset to the American people and the rest of the World.

[@Steven-nj8le]

We would have to get rid of the. ELECTORAL COLLEGE and bring in a system where WE THE PEOPLE ELECT OUR PRESIDENT AND NOT 155 Electors which is, I think, how the system works now!!!

[@carlosquesadamateo9003]

As a foreigner that first spent my senior year as a 1963-64 AFS exchange student in the U.S. and later, between 1969 and 1979, spend 6 more years in a U.S. university in graduate School for my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, I have followed closely the U.S. politics. In the past, I have had admiration for a handful of notable politicians; among them, my favorite was Dennis Kucinich for his clear strategic thinking, world views, bravery, and humanism. No doubt that he would had been a great President, the world a much better and safer place, and the U.S. a country to be proud of. Thank you Dennis, you are a champion of great causes that really matters! I always learn from you!

[@tonyprice2256]

Sadly, the ultra wealthy criminals that operate the levers of real power in this world would never allow a man or woman of genuine integrity a seat at their table. It will never happen.

[@Steven-nj8le]

You didn't/ forgot to mention Jimmy Carter and John F. Kennedy.

[@livthedream91]

His explanation at minute is exactly why so many of us want to leave the U.S.. 😢

[@user-yl1sm3pd1c]

Great - where to go? Please advise.

[@philhubb5885]

​@@user-yl1sm3pd1cI'm going to Cartagena, Colombia. See ya!

[@justthinking526]

WARNING: Common sense spoken here!

[@Peppinr]

Dennis, you are the best!!!

[@andrewmacdonald1904]

According to the Stockholm Peace Institute the world spends 2.2 trillion a year on military budgets. Forty per cent of that is U.S. spending alone. Two per cent of that world spending per year would eliminate world hunger. Between 1.5 and 3 % of world GDP (which is apx 100 trillion/year) or about as much as the world spends on its war machine per year would eliminate global warming.

[@susanmercurio1060]

11:15 Spend it for food, housing, gas, and necessities for the AMERICAN PEOPLE. We need it here and not in military adventures overseas.

[@carreromartialarts]

Maybe that’s why Kucinic quit RFK campaign.

[@eemoogee160]

Was RFK never mentioned?

[@dennismiller5725]

I've missed hearing from Dennis! I had forgotten about Smedly, but that is one of the last guys to define how military power is funded without a real enemy. Outstanding coverage!

[@busyb8676]

Incredibly frightening. Thank you for alerting us. I wish you would run for president again. We NEED your insightful guidance.

[@postscript5549]

Our host introduces Mr. Kucinich as a man of courage and conviction. I agree! I thank Mr. Kucinich for working for peace/people.

[@bernie4268]

If common people could get one thing done for the future it would be to stop our taxes to fund the war machine.

[@user-wz7eq2qz3c]

Not taxes.borrowed debt from central banks

[@SusanBrittonSeyler]

I worked phone banking for Dennis from PA. He's uniquely qualified and too good for the #corruptDNC 1:49 so sorry he could not persuade RFKJR to accept his sure footed insights.😢

[@haroldnicol]

Thank you Mr. Kucinich for your voice for defending people's rights...not profit rights! 3:47

[@CallousCarter]

Slight correction Chris. There's one carrier group in the Mediterranean just off Cyprus and there's one carrier group in the Persian gulff. Marines have also deployed the USS Bataan which is an "Amphibious Assault ship" aka a smaller conventionally powered carrier. Russia has deployed Mig31s armed with Kinzal missiles in the black sea in range of the US carriers in the eastern med. China has sent cruise missile armed destroyers into the Persian gulf. Dennis Kucinich is an unfortunately rare combination of wise and well-informed and he truly is right that we're spiralling towards a very calamitous global conflict here.

[@kristianveijola3234]

We need more people who believes peace is the best option.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Bullies don’t know diplomacy

[@HavanaPirici]

Could you please go for next president? Why we cannot vote for people like Dennis!

[@marciamartins1992]

Because Big money is thrown against anyone who isn't a team player.

[@zombiehampster1397]

What i'd like to know is that if the US eases off on it's war-mongering, how would that affect the US economically, or would it? I would think so, but it just seems we're too dependent on it, as in the cycle of war the US wages every few years or so. Thank you for the Smedley Butler reference.

[@ellengran6814]

Trumps trade war and Bidens economic punishment of Russia , have made the world start to moove away from the dollar. Eventually this will destroy the US economy.

[@Steven-nj8le]

ME THINKS it would help our economy ENORMOUSLY!! I don't see why it would not

[@OpheliaPG]

There’s not one member of the US legislative bodies who is ethically or morally qualified to represent the country. Mr. Kucinich is a dying breed of what once was an honorable group of sane citizens. All we have left are garbage arms salesmen and women. I’m ashamed of what our government is doing!

[@simpinainteasy680]

We dont prefer War the Government Does...Democracy is a Ruse.

[@nextime3927]

How come never any big corporations ever supported decent men like Dennis K.?

[@uncomfortabletruth3831]

Because decent people can’t be coerced. Every person in politics eventually becomes tainted, even when they don’t seek it..

[@elsonck2523]

Dennis' quote at the end from Yeat's "Second Coming" was stunning.

[@justthinking526]

I think of this line often😢

[@Dapaker]

I believe the poet he quoted was William Butler Yeats, not John Keats.

[@elsonck2523]

@@Dapaker Good to know. Corrected my comment.

[@AWT8900]

Dennis needs a bigger platform...much respect.

[@tedolphbundler724]

There isn't much that I agree with Dennis about, but he is a very intelligent, well read man. You can always learn something by listening to him.

[@Steven-nj8le]

WHY is that?? It seems that he IS ONLY TRYING TO PUT AMERICA AND AMERICANS FIRST

[@leslielandberg5620]

Kusinich really understands the economics behind the war machine. Especially when so many other domestic industries have been systematically hollowed out and destroyed by globalism, munitions manufacture remains a bulwark of local economies and the sale of their products (on black markets as well as legal markets) props up our economy.

[@whoever6458]

In my opinion, we were in WWIII when the war in Ukraine started and the fact that war making has spread only goes to show that. What if they threw a war and no one showed up? It's up to us to refuse to fight.

[@livthedream91]

Iran is the final piece in the Wolfowitz doctrine.

[@smjbr79]

Appreciate this report. Was sad that Cornell West sold out. That was a gut punch.

[@elsonck2523]

I think Cornell West was just being realistic when he dropped out. Too many factions pulling at him and picking him apart.

[@kateoneal4215]

...and Tulsi and Bobby and Bernie, ETC!

[@katiekane5247]

​@@kateoneal4215yeah, I'm over the posers.

[@eemoogee160]

​@@elsonck2523dropped out of the Green Party you mean?

[@eccentricaste3232]

Cornell west sold out where and when?

[@diannafreeland8212]

❤thank you Chris & Dennis.

[@mitcha1065]

Two things I would love to know... 1. what does Hedges think of West's recent campaign choices. And 2. What caused Kusinich to leave rfk jr. campaign?

[@toddhalfnight2280]

Thank you Dennis & Chris once again for the real commentary & analysis

[@jaywalsh6422]

Remember this? "At the meeting in New Jersey, Trump told his guests that Milley wanted to attack Iran and, in fact, presented him with an attack plan, the audio transcript shows."

[@VROne111]

Iconic politician makes a great role model God Bless

[@antimattv]

Kucinic is angry. I can't imagine things went well with RFK. In fact, I think Kucinic was the only redeeming aspect of that campaign. Now he's out.

[@cadilacdesert]

Kucinich has always been on the correct side of history. Should have been president.

[@user-mc7ez6lm4x]

If you have emergency fund and procedure to deploy aircraft carriers imediately, whithout delay, then there also must be a Congress procedure to juge whether emergency deployment of carriers was justified or not necessary, as soon as the negative jugement is passed everything must be reverted to status quo.

[@swisscottagecleanairaction]

It's like alcoholics being in charge of all the breweries on the planet.

[@thomasmollo3568]

Admirable clarity of expression bringing important information to listeners. It's a valuable learning experience for me when I hear Dennis Kucinich speak. Thanks to both Mr. Kucinich and Mr. Hedges! Every best wish for both of you! T

[@krisinmcirvin782]

Regulations = consumer protection De regulations = capitalism protection

[@LydiaAnstiss-dh7uz]

Chris, please consider doing a show on the topic of the "Project for a New American Century". This is sadly widely unknown, yet as the authors and proponents seem to weild such power and influence in the sphere of US foreign policy and expeditions, more should be known about the project and its actors.

[@gingershrub]

ABSOLUTELY. I have been trying to keep up with those neocons all since I learned of PNAC while in undergrad in the 90s. When I realized Nuland was Kagan's wife in March of 2022, I immediately started sounding the alarm.

[@yvonnem.langlois5197]

Agree, 'would like to see a discussion on this. The original document used to be accessible on line, but my links no longer work. The only document I could find was a report written for the project: "Rebuilding America's Defenses".

[@tobyclear1651]

Thanks for this great program! Dennis & Chris would both make wonderful presidents! Maybe that will happen. Maybe big changes are just around the bend! Far too few are aware of the esoteric view, which says in brief: We are now seeing a ~2,150 yr cycle come to a close & a new ~2,150 yr cycle begin. Therefore, these days are marking the "end of the world" --- but ONLY as we've come to know it. According to Esoteric Teachings, each ~ 2,150 year cycle is fueled & characterized by particular energies, with many differences between the two. At the start of the age ending now, around 2,000 years ago, humanity was much more like an unthinking, illiterate herd of animals. The masses were totally controlled by chieftains/shepards -much more than they are now. In the the last several centuries, we have developed individuality, learned to read, and have started thinking, recognizing & resisting attempts by the elite to manipulate us. Many thinkers now routinely question the 'authorities' & their behavior, without the ancient fear of being burned to death at the stake (as millions were) for daring to question the mis-leaders. The old order/chieftains/leaders who have for centuries, controlled the herds & held the reins of power, are naturally resisting change. They don't want to let go of their prestige & power over the people. Many of them are power drunk, in the dark & full of fear. The truth terrifies them, but is the ally of the people. For the ruling elite, the new energies - growing stronger with each passing day, pose an existential threat. They want us to remain obedient sheep & to keep playing the same old ridiculous games that we have outgrown. Their resistance is both understandible & futile. Too few realize that the same intelligence that created our solar system has created an unalterable plan for humanity. Fear & pessimism go hand in hand with ignorance & are tools of the old passing order. Free your mind! Learn More: en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Age_of_Aquarius#C The best IS yet to come.

[@juliegrimme]

Dennis Kucinich being a peace lover. Glad to have you back.

[@jerrywatt6813]

No matter which party is in power when the Intel agency's and the pentagon decide to mobilize they get on board so who Is Really in control of our Government ??

[@postscript5549]

I will respectfully correct Mr. Kucinich that the federal debt (the major one of different types) is $33.3 TRILLION (not $31 trillion). The increase has been RECENT.

[@WahkeenaSitka]

I voted for Dennis Kucinich. Instead we have snakes like Biden and Trump.

[@ruthokelley5833]

It looks dire to me! I sure do believe your opinion on just about every topic! I think that many many Americans’ eyes have been jarred wide open! I plan on contacting my Congressman, was in contact with my Senator today! There must be a cease fire now! 🤬🌿

[@krisinmcirvin782]

There is no credit card or taxes that funds anything at the federal level… it’s only appropriations of funds passed by Congress. Article one section eight of the Constitution states THIS!!! It’s public money and it’s a LAW of congress to create the “spending “ for the public purpose. Not taxes not credit cards from China…. Or private banks

[@mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598]

No explanation of why he left Kennedy's campaign. Both of them, Kucinic and Kennedy himself should be transparent about this, and should have announced together that Kucinic would leave and why he was leaving the campaign. Honesty and transparency are values Kennedy is standing for during his campaign. But in this case, they are not practiced... It's a pity, it's really sad. BOTH of them are staying silent, they clearly have agreed NOT to tell the world what happened, what changed in there relationship that made further collaboration impossible. But for my feeling, either they should have overcome the difficulty and he could stay in the campaign, or they should have been open about why he was leaving. I don't want to judge anyone but I do feel sad about both for their silence. If I were American I would still vote Kennedy as he's still by very far the best candidate. But the enthusiasm I was feeling before sure has taken a blow.

[@jared_r]

I agree

[@tonyprice2256]

If i were to guess, it could have something to do with RFK Jr's support for Israel? Most political candidates 'support' Israel out of fear more than anything else. The vast majority of the politicians who fail to 'support' Israel are crucified by the mainstream media, and eventually lose their positions in congress. JFK was probably the only US President to ever stand up to the modern Zionist State of Israel. He was very much opposed to the idea of Israel becoming a nuclear armed nation. At the very same time, he was actively trying to deescalate the tensions between the US and Russia. He wanted less nukes in this world, not more. And that is very likely one of the several actual reasons why he was murdered. And i imagine that RFK Jr. is very much aware of all of this, but he would never dare to speak publicly about any of it. I think that his 'support' of Israel is largely based on his fear of Israel and Israel's very powerful Zionist supporters.

[@grahamgoldie1577]

I`ve just ordered the book `March of Folly` Dennis mentioned. We can only hope I`ve time left to read it. Thank you both all the same.

[@Sharkdanceteacher]

Did Dennis leave RFK team because of this ? Was going to vote for RFK till him saying give Israel anything they want which goes against what he was preaching also replacing Dennis with former CIA daughter in law of RFK is a bit suspicious

[@eemoogee160]

Hair-wrenchingly maddening...

[@Elizabeth.384]

I agree 100%. Unfortunately the Americans are not listening and they don't care.

[@dhttube]

They don't care unless the war hits home and US cities are getting bombed and destroyed and millions of US citizens start fleeing as refugees to Canada and Mexico. In other words, US foreign wars are always thousands of miles away so the US continental homeland is never effected so they don't care since they are not the ones being bombed, destroyed, killed, sanctioned, starved to death. So who cares? It's not happening to me.

[@tonyprice2256]

There are two words that sum up the majority of Americans, and it is beyond sad. Those two words are: Ignorance and apathy.

[@3Kefka6Palazzo9]

2008 produced the perfect presidential ticket to have fixed America. Ron Paul with Dennis Kucinich as VP. These two men were the best of their respective parties and both sponsored more bi-partisan legislation than any other two members of the House.

[@timmoore3188]

There is so much pro war sentiment where I live. I think it is basically everywhere in the US to some degree or other crossing party lines. It's on the local news it's on social media, it's all about being for the troops. It's how someone like Darrel Issa gets elected in my district. People ignore his crimes because he says he is "for the troops" and sends out other similar dog whistles about immigrants. I think it is cultural. It's the same frontier mentality that caused the genocide of native Americans. Can't just blame this attitude totally on the politicians or the arms industry. It's some deeper aberration in the American collective psyche. We have the seeds of our own destruction in our hearts

[@emptydog1109]

You asked “how could this all go bad? “ this is all going so bad. This is going really really bad catastrophically bad. How could this all turn out well is the question. And Dennis I wanted you for president. we were sold short by the medias, not betraying you as the genius you are.. but this is going really really bad and it’s gonna take a huge momentum to shift it

[@joekonopka2363]

Unfortunately No "god" can save us from religion

[@user-vv6gj8fq7n]

On point

[@conradgonzales1185]

When the self-proclaimed Firefighters are also the arsonists.

[@rachelsearles8728]

"We have a war dependent economy"