welcome back this is our see the headlines. from these heads to pawns in a run off while which will define what the nicolas sarkozy over the latest do you need to sweat from his post by the crippling debt crisis. jepson presidential campaign is marred by escalating violence as a protest against the military with time from being peaceful and a deadly clash. also russia's north caucasus is walked by twin terror attacks in the republic of dagestan that's thirteen people dead and one of a hundred injured. plus an anti-government rallies expected in moscow a day before letting the pleated takes over from dimitri medvedev as russia's

president. up next the connection between big box and the revolutionary drive across the globe as we talk to all time and war correspondent chris hedges. 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 that 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 about 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 we are seen ignite popular protests and i think that's the main reason why occupy wall street began in new york emplaced not just the nation but the world what does the occupy movement lack to become a real politic factor in the us 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 in

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 me 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 hours 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 u.s. 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 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 power 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 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 sells 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 is farther 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 who can eat and there's no water and and so rather then 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. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow is encroaching upon all the birds. to leave early twenty first century military bases a 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 more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have fallen 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 the in the last i want bases of one of the noises i want nor is it doesn't bother us at all because they're our bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people. since the end of world war two the spaces i've been . working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the

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songz heads to the polls in a runoff word which will define whether he will and sarkozy will be the latest you need to swept from his post by the crippling debt crisis. the gyptian presidential campaign is a mob by escalating violence that's a protest against military rule has turned from being peaceful and and and deadly clashes. also russia's north caucuses rocked by twin tower of talks in the republic of dagestan that left thirteen people dead and more than a hundred injured. and an anti-government rally is expected in moscow a day before letting the putin takes over from the tribute about it as russia's president. as the headlines for you sports news is next with anger.

hello there good to have you company you're watching the sport here in r.t. and these are the headlines majestic malkin strikes twice for the red machine as russia rallied to beat latvia five two and their world championship. wild blue collar didier drogba schools that were not as chelsea big liverpool see one at wembley to lift the f.a. cup for a seventh time. the number one rory mcilroy finds while hollow as he bids to reclaim goal top spot. but first they are talking world championships by russia have got off to a winning start a brace from you get e-mail can helping them overcome latvia five two in stock i had taken a short read in that i she's midway through the first period but even uniquely equalized early in the second full mountains bright bright from alexander pope all the again you can never stop gave russia a five team victory in other games the usa age limit champions and there were no

overtime who were also wins just switzerland and sweden. in modern football russian champions and he will receive the premier league trophy today after their last home game of the season against spartak moscow on his abilities man clinched their secondly crown in a row with last week and will receive the silverware after today's game at the patrolled city stadium instant sparta desperate to spoil the party they need to win to keep alive their claim in the second and final champions league spot. vulcano moscow also lost that and hopes local mighty few will be without the injured first choice goalkeeper. elsewhere angy host rubin with both sides battling for really places places will wear black armbands in that match in memory of the victims of the bombings in the town this week and the boss of rough stuff involved to face each other in a fight to avoid relegation. in the final game of the day. an

england chelsea captain john terry says his team deserved to lift the f.a. cup for a seventh time they beat liverpool two one in the final at wembley stadium ramirez open for the blues early on before didier drogba made it so you know just after the break liverpool did manage to come back with sub andy carroll pulling one back and it looked like he got an equaliser shortly after but he's had it with thing not to cross the line completely and chelsea on loan. from the door might be fanciful so for those of agreement with iran i mean the morning it was mostly because the school didn't. actually to to keep him out of the awful for most of the gramophone we dominated because of the win however the job is only half done as far as chelsea are concerned they are after a unique double and are already beginning to focus on their champions league final showdown in the fortnight. where they are two crucial weeks for us who won the first. ever fifteen in fifteen days you have another chance to win

another to build the most important in europe. and we are all looking forward to play this game while our hopes of champions league football next season would dented on saturday vagary three three with knowledge of the emirates rather than the person scored twice to put the gun is through to of course the morrison got a late equaliser and that means asked will no longer assured of the spanish in fact tottenham quickly program into third if they win at struggling aston villa today bolton q.p.r. both need victories to ease their. relegation unfazed by the battle at the top continues second place manchester united twelve in swansea failing to keep up the pressure on leaders manchester city newcastle city boss mancini don't feel the sides are in touching distance of the title. i am happy that. this chance. to be united i do that is very important these but. don't change this won't say that we work with the food war if we can happen

you can lose you can win i don't know but now we have a big chance. it is because the guys are working really well and i am proud for this now let's turn to gulf where local boy webb simpson has reclaimed the lead at the wells fargo championship although world number two rory mcilroy had the most eye catching rand that's him on the far right there in a bunker he could return to the top of the world rankings this week and carded a pronouncement round of sixty six to put into shots off the lead tied in third along with nick watney but it is simpson he's back out in front his round of sixty nine putting him on top of the leaderboard here he is and a shot ahead of da points more. i. was released the spanish open but only by single shot after he double bogeyed the last hole he'll be kicking himself after reeling off five birdies before the

disaster on the eighteenth spain's. and dane for the fields and just behind tied in second place at the final round gets underway shortly. defending moto g.p. champion casey stoner has taken his first pole of the season the stray and that the honda one to win qualifying for the portuguese grand prix however it looks like it will be close in estoril next to nothing separated the reigning world champion from his teammate danny throws and those chasing them also aren't far behind crutchlow will complete the front row on sunday mornings leaving will be the renzo will start from the great head of his yamaha team mate ben spies colin edwards is an after fracturing his collarbone when hit by around the bike it was a painful incident so you study meanwhile a happier man and hopes to carry his good form into the race i. thought we needed something extra like we had this morning in you know we just need

a little bit more regroup but you know we create a little bit more regroup and then the turning just went you know we just had nothing in that last corner long last sector and we're losing a lot of time there so hopefully we can do something in the morning and you know make this poll worthwhile because you know it's been a good weekend for us here and you know it would be lovely if we can finish it off and we will finish off on two wheels too because one of the world's oldest cycle races has got underway in the russian capital the five rings of moscow the last five days and brings together riders from all over the world from across the wrath as this report. no you the first one hundred fifty kilometer stage of the five rings of moscow road race was held and the crew loves track built for the one nine hundred eighty s. summer olympics it ends with a garden ring race in moscow on victory day the ninth of may which commemorates the sylvia defeats of the nazis cyclists from over twenty international teams building that selling proponents over the next few days i mean you know it's sort of

a growing for boys everything in the world evolves including this race but the five rings of moscow has a rich history dating back from the one nine hundred twenty s. in recent years we have noticed better organisation of this event and this particular race features athletes who compete at the olympic games in london professional athletes are usually associated with the highest possible levels of health however one group of cyclists are defying the odds for those suffering from what can be and debilitating condition they are in the team known as type one so named as members or sufferers site one day b.t.s. and are making their international debut in moscow is definitely a lot tougher for them they have a lot more things to to pay attention to specially during the race before the race and after the race always paying attention or blood sugar if it's if it's a little too low blow too high they need to adjust it up to more range that they would like to be on and i always pay attention to it for them too tight one cyclist

managed to impress right from the off and finish the race in the top thirty crossing the finish line only around three minutes behind eventually winner of the first stage given as good very so therefore i am a little afraid the ball is at all. and then all the more. from there have his own lives today and we have his young guys and. stage winner was serbian even on stage of the turkish teen south kano with a time of three hours fifty four minutes and nine seconds he claimed the race leader's a yellow jersey coming out until by fraction after a frantic still so on the finishing line today was a really special day for me because we need longer lots but it's especially when you because i never want to hear from you that you gave me

a really special feeling when i crossed the line in front of the people first now or because we have to think about the next four days to keep the jersey which is going to be a really hard sell for more days of cycling ahead for muscovites in a city more used to gridlock than bicycles being kings of the road five rings of moscow is one of the all the cycling races in the world that change to this current five day format back in the year two thousand and today one hundred seventy four cyclists from twenty nine teams are battling for a price upon the twenty four thousand euros over the course of seven hundred and thirty kilometers from on cost of artsy moscow and good luck to them all that is all the sport for moments lol like to run. well into the. technology innovation all the list of elements from

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