well the. technology innovation is developments around russia. exactly how. fresh terror attacks in syria claimed more lives is the u.n. wants to have a peace plan unless it's implemented by. the government and the opposition of blaming each other. give accuses the e.u. of harking back to the cold war to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine is the latest development in the row over the handling of the former prime minister yulia timoshenko. time for abusing power. the founder of

wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the has to be very interview show right here. the new president of. the arab spring began. with another summary in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we talk to chris hedges veteran u.s. war correspondent where he thinks washington is heading when it comes to its domestic and global policies that special interview next. 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 u.s. 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 our team 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 vise. in which there is no escape the system of globalization of unfettered unregulated corporate capitalism doesn't work for the ordinary citizen and that if we are seen ignite. popular protest and i think that's the main reason why occupy wall street began in new york and policed throughout 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 stuff 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 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 are smoking 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 use this kind of money constructively we handed it off to a criminal class and speaking of government where in the u.s. currently in an election year a republican candidates are now battling one another for the opportunity to oppose for iraq 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 it 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 pinions 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 and 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 then your lies 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 last 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. 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 base 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 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 homes at this point aside from the murderous showing and everything else you really have a situation where it will can't eat and there's no water and and so rather than

pass a resolution that calls for a 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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top stories this hour. fresh terror attacks in syria claimed more lives as the u.n. wants it. implemented by all sides the government and the opposition of blaming each other for orchestrating the latest problem. is the e.u. of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the row over the handling of the former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's serving time for abusing. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on r.t. on tuesday interviews the new president of. the arab spring revolts to get.

those stories in full in less than fifteen minutes from now. with the sports. thank you very much bill welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up on his way the russian football federation confirmed to wate that dick advocaat is to step down as manager at the end of this summer's european football championships. net gain maria sharapova beats world number one victoria azarenka on the schoolgirl clay to claim her first title in two thousand and twelve. and a waiting game in the drama at the weigh in as russian middleweight champion dmitri piddled prepares to put his w.b.i. crown on the line on tuesday night. but first the russian football union have confirmed to r.t.

the manager dick advocaat is to stand down from the role of this summer's european championships he's decided to reject an option for a further two year contract well though he's refused to say why he's leaving well on their own i spoke to our correspondent richard roth rates and asked if he was surprised by the news. bit surprised not surprised to be honest i mean he's always on a two plus two contract a four year contract but he had the option of leaving his post after the european championships and to be honest i don't think the russian football union may want to advance before the euro two thousand and twelve championships got underway busy didn't want to be in a similar situation to farms where they didn't keep on a long contract and. basically to speak to any team he wishes to you even france get to the finals so really don't want to try and get a decision from up accounts before the tournament starts it is actually said he hasn't he's not going to reveal the reasons for leaving his post at the moment he's going to do at least a probably after the two thousand and twelve finals but he's going to very well with the russian team i mean he took over from conceding

a very low ebb that failed to qualify for the world cup in two thousand and ten and he really took them to the euro two thousand and twelve finals but minimum of fuss they do get a new train over something we're going to return to russia trying to piece the difference it's been mooted in the prices caps or potential. future coach especially with the world cup in russia in two thousand and eighteen in mind getting a young russian coach to try and build them up towards those. well elsewhere england also looks set to have a new manager before too long west brom boss roy hodgson is having talks with the english football association about becoming the permanent successor to fabio capello the f.a. deciding the sixty four year old is the man that to lead them into moora two thousand and twelve they were granted permission to speak to the former liverpool and in some alarm brought by his current employer of west brom on sunday hodgson has previous international experience as manager of finland and switzerland is having talks with crosses with an announcement expected within forty eight hours it

was widely expected that the job would be off the top and boss harry redknapp is so far the only man approached by. the moment just to city and manchester united go head to head later on monday in the biggest game of this ng. in england the dobie much will go a long way to deciding who will be crowned premier league champions a fascinating encounter awaits so alex ferguson's when county like three points so i had of their rivals but you're about to mention his men when they're more impressive goal difference could prove crucial in the title run in the city welcome back a friend to make a richards he missed the last when i read wolves with a knee injury while apart from long term absentees manchester united have a fully fit squash to choose from. if we can happen but it's not being as they're saying i think that they have more chance than i was because. we should be in mind and after they should play against newcastle that would be

a tough game and after it would be instead united would play against swansea sand and in that form then we would be crazy again. now tennis where maria sharapova has lifted her first title of the year beating world number one victoria azarenka to claim they still got a grand prix the russian looking much sharper than in the previous two finals which she lost to us around good this year at the australian open indian wells droppers precise groundstrokes and consistent serve on the german clay helping the twenty five year old take the ring set six one as a rank he would only last once this season into the clash on idol to contain her opponent in the second track of breaking the belorussian before holding so six one six four victory great if you are going to hit top form you can see the start of the year the french open giving the end of next month. now an on the n.b.a. hard work day spas have hit form early in the playoffs san antonio winning their

first playoff in four years to set the tone in their opening round encounter with the utah jazz we pick it up late in the second with tony parker in the process of putting together his best playoff performance since two thousand and nine he finished with twenty eight points tim duncan also turning back the clock with a vintage performance seventeen points and eleven rebounds for the thirty six year old younger less experienced jazz kept going close but ultimately couldn't find an answer to the top seeded squad in the western conference one hundred six ninety one the final score and eleven straight win for the spurs going to also takes place in texas on wednesday or not. elsewhere finally tied the n.b.a. postseason record with ten block shots to help the lakers deny the nuggets while boston's rajon rondo was ejected for bumping a referee as the celtics lost their playoff to atlanta and the los angeles clippers cemented their status as comeback kings storming back from twenty seven points down to the memphis. finally to boxing where russian dimitri paired august putting his w

b r middleweight title on the line here in moscow on choose day night and there was a bit of pre-fight drama during the weigh in on monday made the cuts but only just weighing in. just under the middleweight limit however his opponents japans not be a hero ishida initially failed his way in putting the fight in jeopardy but managed to sweat off the extra weight in the given two hour time limit and set a combination of tire confusion and the use of his own scales before hand outs of playing. this there was a miscommunication i got the way in time confused i also used my own scales before but it's not a big problem. i sincerely hope the fight will be dynamic and spectacular simply because i've heard ishida is here to win and do everything to achieve this he's not going to duck all run so i'm looking forward to an exciting fight but which way it will go will see in the ring. well ahead of the big fight are to. catch up with

iraq in order to find out exactly what makes him tick. boxing's middleweight division the sweet sport of this board why there is move like light weights and points like heavier weights russia is number one in this class is meet the payroll the winning w bill chandler is styled combining fearsome punching power with old school intelligence just one of the numerous reasons the jimmy took native has been thrilling audiences for years now. sometimes i do things to disturb my opponent in the ring to confuse him but i don't have a plan it happens spontaneously the crowd loves such things and at 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 to not just a boxing match. and then tell it 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 final 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 that's what 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 attitude to the boxing is no less than his skills there are constantly seeking the chance to face the cream of his class that desire government not by love thing or money but by the sport itself. there's nothing wrong with winning titles

it's great. reflects your achievements and skills because 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 to earn 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. he can reach an ounce of this level. becoming twice as good as he is now and terms of dedication and intensive training so that to him that he was going to huge potential including great physical characteristics there's still plenty of room to develop in the ring in doing still get off his every chance to pull in the footsteps of course to do the only russian to be crowned undisputed books and jan of the world it would take a brave person to bet against him. r.t. . well that is all the sport for now i'll have more for you in

a little under two hours time showing that. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of europe. and the shadow is encroaching upon all the birds. the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the former sleep empire that the united states is trying to build that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million a more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have a foreign bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean

base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in our bases of a lot of the noise is our noise and those bother to us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people a day since the into world war two the spaces i've been. working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions they are thing else you get everything you needed. to be soon which brightened if you move out sound from finest impressions.

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