i'm tom hardy welcome to the big show. this is our t. here are your headlines deadly blasts in syria killing at least a dozen cities right near the turkish border of this is all while you and i both sides have laid down their weapons and complying with the united nations peace. a few pro donald voices struggle to be heard above the war chorus in the u.s. congress with a strike on iran is still firmly on the agenda as critics accuse arms merchants of contractors of driving the debate. on terrorists planning to attack london during

the olympics could be fired on from residential rooftops hosting state of the art. officials say the rockets would be a last resort but people are long but they could become targets for terrorists. are up next we sit down with chris hedges author and us war correspondent things that washington is heading and when it comes to us domestics and particularly its global policy. chris hedges is an american author journalist former war correspondent and respected expert on middle east politics the pulitzer prize winner is also a man who is suing the us president and secretary of defense will be talking about that and a range of other issues as mr hedges joins me now for a one on one interview thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. sure we have seen

a lot of violence and instability over the past couple of years the arab spring foreign intervention in libya uncontrollable debt problems and riots in the u.s. and throughout europe threats of global recession how do you think these political and economic crises feed off of one another and keep the momentum going well it's all the same crisis which is the collapse of globalization it doesn't work anymore and it manifests itself through the rise of commodity prices forty seven million americans live in poverty they're not spending half of their income on food but they're now spending about thirty five percent. when you see a rise in gasoline prices. which are going up words in the united states and in oil projections will continue to rise up words above four dollars a gallon maybe five dollars a gallon so. we have created a kind of global oligarchy elite which is super national it owes no loyalty to any particular country it has reduced the working class within the united states within

the developing world. to a level of almost subsistence existence it tells workers that they have to be competitive on a global marketplace which means they have to be competitive with sweatshop workers in bangladesh or prison labor in china so we are it's a reconfiguration by corporations of a global economy where the working and and beleaguered middle class are increasingly caught in a vice. in which there is no escape the system of globalization of unfettered unregulated corporate capitalism doesn't work for the ordinary citizen and that we are seen ignite. popular protest and i think that's the main reason why occupy wall street began in new york and policed so out not just the nation but the world what does the occupy movement lack to become a real politic factor in the u.s.

and throughout the world right i mean the other thing about the occupy movement is that it had the right target which is wall street at this point washington is an appendage of wall street well street is where power lies both economic and political and so it it it was a powerful movement because it articulated these two truths. you know the idea of the one percent the economic inequality coupled with a targeting of where actual power lies the occupy movement has now. felt the full wrath of the state they've been their encampments have been physically eradicated. without question they have been heavily infiltrated the power of the occupy movement was that it spoke for the mainstream and the state's goal is to sever the occupy movement from the mainstream so the occupy movement has got to build walls it's got to develop

a kind of self-discipline it's got to set standards which do not allow internal movements within the occupy. organization to sever itself from the mainstream and the threat of the occupy movement in zuccotti park and you were there was that on weekends you had mothers from new jersey with their kids with strollers this terrified so the occupy movement they have to form agreements by which they can operate and the second thing is that they have to begin to organize around very specific issues i think if the occupy movement organizes around raising the minimum wage from seven dollars twenty five cents an hour which is the federal minimum wage to ten dollars an hour. it can galvanize around an issue seventy percent of americans by the way support a rise of the minimum wage in order to keep labor with it it has to latch on to issues such as the raising the minimum wage that will bring labor out into the

street and keep the main stream keep it as the kind of vanguard movement of the mainstream whether it can do that or not i don't know we'll have to see what role do you see for u.s. banks and u.s. corporations how else if not through them can the economy get. overcovered well the the not only are we not in a recovery i mean the the the banks are playing some very dirty game the fact that we've not regulated the banks the fact that we bailed out firms like goldman sachs and are in essence lending them free money what's the big zero one percent interest or something means they're all back to the speculative games and that's what they are games they don't produce anything they bet against things i mean one of the reasons the price of petrol is rising is because they're buying up futures and hoarding which is what they do with commodity prices you know basic staples of food rice and everything else and we are headed for another implosion and some of

our most respected financial reporters gretchen morgenson and others at the new york times walking around saying this we've done nothing to curb them we have permitted the largest transference of wealth upwards in american history the looting of the u.s. treasury or the tragedy is that the government when the banks were on its knees didn't step in instead of for instance creating taking ten billion dollars. or one hundred billion dollars in creating regional banks capitalizing those banks leveraging them ten to one loaning you know refinancing mortgages i mean there were all sorts of ways we could to use this kind of money constructively we handed it off to a criminal class and speaking of government where in the us currently in an election year a republican candidates are now battling one another for the opportunity to oppose barack obama come november however skeptics view both parties as more similar than different because we've seen military invasions corporate

bailouts and breaks for the wealthiest under both democrats and republicans how can a new political force start to grow in america if it's sort of that the same type of cycle every four years well that's the problem and it's gotten worse because after citizens united in two thousand and ten with the creation of these super pacs and obama broke a campaign promise by. reaching out to a super pac of his own i mean in a way he has no choice because this money rules and it has a pernicious effect not only on elections but on the process of legislation because if you are an elected official and you do anything. that angers corporate lobbyists and corporate power then you know that the weight of that super pac will sweep you out of office and not only that but that when you are under attack you won't have a super pac to appeal to so it is essentially destroyed i mean it's all

political theater i mean look at what the republican debate is what's that about colonies supporting the newt gingrich and when thirteen thousand people live on the moon they can apply to be a state you know. the fact is the personal narratives and personal opinions of political candidates do not matter there is no way to vote in this country against the interests of goldman sachs obama is a more appealing political candidate because he's sane but our i mean look the obama administration has carried out the policies of the george w. bush administration whether in terms of wall street imperial projects a failure to address the suffering of the working class. address the long term unemployment crisis we have cities now filing for bankruptcy states that are talking about filing for bankruptcy in the federal government is doing nothing

except squandering four trillion dollars on wars that we're going to lose we're losing and handing money over to a class on wall street that is complicitous in a centrally hollowing the country out from the inside you are plaintiffs in the case are suing us president barack obama and secretary of defense leon panetta over the national defense authorization act from what i read. in other activists have now joined you in that lawsuit you're scheduled to appear in court at the end of this month what do you what do you realistically aiming for well the laws clearly unconstitutional i mean i don't think you need to be a legal scholar figure out what you don't but it was still signed into law yes it was and. at the. lower level there are certainly judges unfortunately we may not have been handed one but there are judges that i think would would find the courage to rule that the problem is that if it got to the supreme court given the

composition of the court it seems very likely that we would not win. however i think it does raise public consciousness it creates an awareness of this law. it gives us a focal point by which we can carry out public demonstrations to oppose the law so it's an effort but i don't think we're naive about about the corruption within the judiciary the u.s. claims to promote democracy within america and throughout the world when it comes to syria the u.s. is calling essentially for regime change sovereign state the u.s. says that syrians deserve democratic transition but when you mention countries like iraq afghanistan and libya shouldn't the u.s. and in some ways learn some lessons before trying to teach more countries about well let's imagine how this so those in the middle east where we were mubarak's great supporter. you know i don't think anyone in the muslim world thinks that

we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military bases some the size of small cities i think there is at this point absolutely no credibility i'm talking about within the middle east when the united states claims that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria. that said the assad regime and i was there under saddam or is a pretty repugnant and horrible regime my feeling on syria and i'm not on the ground and as a reporter you know i i think that finally for one to make those kinds of judgments have to be on the ground but my feeling. is that everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a cease fire because in cities like cities like holmes at this point aside from the murderous showing and everything else you really have a situation where it will can't eat there's no water and and so rather than

pass a resolution that calls for assad's removal or resolution. that you know calls for intervention or anything else i would rather see them work more incrementally if that doesn't happen do you think there's any chance of european military intervention i don't think so i think the u.s. is so overextended and i think that the situation in syria is so messy there is you know there's no real formal opposition. you know it's a sort of a mess and they just went through this in libya months and months of hard time believing they do it again in syria we'll have to leave it right there mr hedges thank you for your time and for speaking with r.t. thanks.

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contractors of driving the debate. on to those with headlines here and on t.v. next unit is patiently standing by there you are so into your world the sports we go proceedings are set to hit a boiling point in the english football world tonight on the way they certainly are they don't come much bigger than manchester city versus monk shift united for essentially the english premier league title back kicks off tonight we've got more on that rory pulis to rest after a busy weekend of world sport right. pre-fab your company this is sports today plenty had a few over the next ten eleven minutes or so including the. next game maria sharapova beats world number one victoria azarenka on the still dark clay to claim for first title these are. all the top seeds are

truly cute son just in their opening of the n.b.a. season. on boxing clever russian middleweight champion. who argues brains are just as important as brawn in the ring the person put his w.b. oaklawn on the line again on chance to. get the ball rolling with tennis where maria sharapova has lifted her first title of the year in stuff start beating world number one victoria azarenka to claim the timely cry on the russian looking much sharper than in the previous two finals she was ranking this year the string open well from the most precise scoring strokes and consistent serve helping the twenty five year old take the opening set six one as rankin who had only lost once this season had a user account to enable to thank me in the second round about breaking the validation in the second before falling so that's a. very good time for sure but for the second year of french open.

the barcelona open men's title will be staying in spain for the ninth straight year . to be a record setting trying to getting a country for in the final the world over to force to work hard right from the all for to take the opening set seventy six things didn't get easier for rough in the second but his resilience. i did pay dividends winning out seven six seven five forever on the other hand has not finished runner up probably the i the biggest game of the english football season gets going later today it is the battle of manchester on the top two teams in the table with city hosting united in a game which could decide where the premier league resides for the next twelve months fascinating and country awaits alex ferguson's men currently like three points ahead of the sky blues but should revert to cheney's charges when they're

more impressive pool difference could prove crucial in the title run and city will welcome back defender mika richards missed their last win over walls with a knee injury while apart from long term absentees united have a fully fit squad trues from expect fireworks of instance. if he can happen but. as the saying i think that. more chance than i was because of. enough to play against newcastle it would be. good for game enough to stand united play against swansea sound in that form then we would be too easy going. in spain real madrid have taken another big step towards their first league championship in four years off freezing to a three no win at home to severe or strike from on a second brace. from benson i'm just damage that meant should barcelona lose later

in the evening to radio reale would be crying champions but the champagne still on ice after boss ahead of adepts and seven goals in fi account headroom leo messi doubles for the visitors seven notice with our victory over build bol on whedon's day or will. let's switch to ice hockey where russia have relinquished their euro hockey tour title the red machine going down to new champions the czech republic in bern no rushing to the window and some in their prime on safety caps off they took the lead but the czechs would then strike twice within two minutes to win a two one finish top of the overall standings before that sweden got the wooden spoon following a four one defeat by reigning world champions finland the czech games with the last major tournaments ahead of next month's world championships. on the n.b.a. hardware the spurs to finally come early in the playoffs someone tonia winning their first postseason game one in four years the set the tone in their opening run

encounter with the utah jazz let's pick it up late in the second with twenty parker in the midst of putting together his best playoff performance since zero nine who finished with twenty eight points tim duncan also turning back the clock with a vintage performance seventeen points eleven rebounds for the thirty six through the younger just kept the game close but ultimately could not find an answer for the top seed in the west one hundred six ninety one the final score in eleven straight win for the spurs that game to also takes place in texas on wednesday. for a hundred buying them tied the n.b.a. postseason record with ten blocked shots to help the lakers deny the nuggets. boston's rachel wrongdoers objected for bumping a referee as the celtics lost their playoff opener to atlanta on the los angeles clippers cemented their status as comeback hangs of the league storming back to twenty seven dollars to beat them for. more support and sebastian loeb is back to

winning ways the eight time defending world champion securing a seven straight rally of argentina triumph his seventieth career when loeb silencing his new fine critics who saw a possible chink in this armor would be a fuel truck start of the rally of portugal the frenchman battling with statement maker herman on till the team instructed drivers to hold positions with loeb in the lead man's all spurred would squeeze into the final podium spot behind the supreme jewel while dummy sordo crushed after holding third place right up to the final stage petter solberg he was six meaning he trails though by eighteen points in new rules. on the greens jason dufner is finally find out what it's like to hold aloft the p.g.a. tour title trophy the thirty five year old getting the better of ernie els in a playoff to secure this year a classic crown in new orleans charles hall the third meanwhile will be content with stealing the highlight of the day the thirty two year old hitting

a hole in one to wrap up the front nine but would finish eleven strokes back the spiked outstanding effort on the ninth hole els meanwhile was left to pop the whipped off there in a play off tough luck for the big easy though with els misfiring on what should have been a birdie on the second extra hole dufner making the most out of the opening by tapping in for an under par effort himself the thirty five rule left to celebrate his first title and one hundred sixty four p.g.a. tour starts. now he's the best boxer in the country at the moment and can walk on the street without being recognized middleweight world champion meet your program has gone up on his judy's quietly but successfully resulting in the russian preparing on choose it to defend his w b o belt for the third time robert for timing caught up with the man who really does see the sport as a sweet science. boxing's middleweight vision the sweet sport of the sport well why there is move like light weights and punch like heavyweights rush is

number one in this class is me to iraq the winning w bill chandler is style combining fearsome punching power with old school intelligence just one of the numerous reasons that to lead it has been thrilling audiences for years now. sometimes i do things to disturb my opponent in the ring to confuse him with him but i don't have a plan it happens spontaneously the crowd loves such things and of the same time my opponent loses confidence because he can't get me sometimes i try some old boxing tricks like raising one hand and punching with the other professional boxing is not only a sport now it's a spectacle a performance which needs to be a great show too not just a boxing match. mentality getting one's head right is also an essential part of the game particularly adept in this regard both in and out of the ring.

i prefer isolation ahead of a fight i need to be on my own with my coaches without phone calls or any type of communication i focus on building up my energy even when i'm not training i'm thinking of boxing rehearsing in my mind but i believe there should be anger inside of you some positive anger you're able to control or not driven by it and i never get driven by a crowd or going for a knockout when i feel the opponent is still dangerous. the thirty one year old's attitude to boxing is no less special that his skills there are constantly seeking the chance to face the cream of his class that bizarre government not by love or money but by the sport itself you know people there's nothing wrong with winning titles it's great reflects your achievements and skills it builds confidence but when you get a title you realise it's not the most important thing they come and go although

some hold on to that title is just too more money i never worried about earning money through boxing i just enjoy it and because of that it will grow as a sportsman and as a person. to bone he can reach an ounce of this world level i really soon is becoming twice as good as he is now and terms of dedication and intensive training it's all up to him and he was going to huge potential including great physical characteristics watching this still plenty of room to develop in the ring in doing so need to get over his average jones to bowl in the footsteps of goes to do the only russian to be crowned undisputed books and jumpin of the world it would take a brave person to bet against him. r.t. ok finally before we go i'll just leave you to some news and it's coming out of russian media circles that dick advocaat is to step down as the national team football manager after euro two thousand and twelve that is from the sport express

newspaper and it's also quoted the dutchman as saying it's true i will resign after the finals the article adding that money was not part of the decision according to advocate the sixty four year old he took over in two thousand and ten from composite haitink i'll tell you a poll scots will have more in that story in the next two hours here on sports day i'll leave that with you whether it's next.

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