told the war through 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 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 protests and i think that's the main reason why occupy wall street began in new york emplaced 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 wall 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 of the threat of the occupiers 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 bed against 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 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 base 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 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 is father's 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 he 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. 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. mavis keep this inside t. to koori the room. to spin each.

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with all the sport. hello again welcome to the sports on these are the headlines season finale denominate spawn tax trap the final champions league berth in the russian prime easily. lead man city to lead counsel in the race the english premier league. being number one rory mcilroy following splitting with while holding a secret reply. let's go straight to the russian premier league where there are only two games of the season left and the nama safe in the moscow darby hoping to claim the last champions league spot the nama desperate for a win which would see them leapfrog into second in the table but they are trailing

one nil at the him chirino with hard time approaching. with the goal meanwhile spot at moscow have an aunt side chance of playing second place and the newly crowned champions and eight percent petersburg side will receive the league trophy in front of their fans after that game elsewhere angy entangle being with both sides battling for the right really places plays well where black armbands in this game in memory of the victims of the bombings in pakistan this week the boston rosoff involved or face each other in a fight to avoid relegation. in the final game of the day when they were in england leaders manchester city could move a step closer to the premier league title with a win over new castle with two games to go city on top of the table on goal difference for manchester united. elsewhere top one could leap frog arsenal into third with a winner struggling villa another boss and bolton q.p.r. both need victories to ease their relegation faces but all eyes will be on man city

kick off first and the manager knows the title is inside. these giants. united i think that is really important because. but. don't change this you won't say that we work through the food war if we can help you collusion you can we do not but now we have a big chance. it is because the guys that work really well and i am and brother for this. come out 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 but it is open for the blues early on before didier drogba made it say neil just after the break they were pulled did manage to come back with sub and the carroll pulling one back and it looked like he may have got an equaliser shortly after but his header was dane not to cross the line completely and chelsea hung on. differently dominic difference the first rule for it was the dreamer always

a right become one it was more because of the school didn't matter great side actually to keep him out of the awful for most of the gramophone we dominated and deserve to win however the job is only half done this for us chelsea are concerned they are after a unique double and already beginning to focus on their champions league final showdown with lions in a fortnight. where the true crucial week for us who won the first. of the fifty in the fifteen days will have another chance to win another two told the most important in europe. and we are all looking forward to play this game now after cruising past or latvia russia are looking to make it two wins from to the world ice hockey championships a little later on they will face norway loss to sweden in their opener one game is already underway today france are leading classics down to sing in the second period there another match is defending champions finland face a back here denmark are up against it's league switzerland make valerie's and

germany take on latvia. and boxing floyd mayweather has kept his unbeaten record intact but only just after one of the toughest fights of his career against mikail kauto and las vegas it was billed the fight of the year and mayweather had to work hard for the forty third win of his career holding off a tireless quarter before rocking him in the twelfth round to claim a light middleweight belt judges making him the clear winner at with the unanimous points decision it was also a massive payday for may whether he picks up a thirty two million dollars per before starting his three month jail sentence for domestic abuse meanwhile defending n.b.a. champions the dallas mavericks have been knocked out of the playoffs they were swept first ran by the city he rallied for one hundred three ninety seven think three in dallas elsewhere the los angeles clippers a two one arpanet best of seven series against memphis after a single point victory and saying. and he just one. hundred ninety victory.

while indiana also on the brink of aggressing edging past the land back to get three one up in that contest. very very proud of our guys. showing a great deal of resiliency in the face of a furious comeback by the magic obviously give credit to. all their players in our coaching staff for just really fighting down the stretch and making is a heck of a basketball game. is a lot of fun out there it's good and good in up on the plus side of a game like that. goal for local boy webb simpson who has reclaimed the lead at the wells fargo championship although world number to rory mcilroy the most eye catching round this is him on the far right that in a bunker he could return to the top of the world rankings this week in cardiff a penultimate round of sixty six to put in two shots off the lead tied in along

with an offer me but it is simpson he was back at him from his round of sixty nine putting him on top of the leaderboard this is him and a shot ahead of the points i'm right i'm all. i defending moto g.p. champion casey stoner were start on pole position three days portuguese grand prix this strategy led the honda one to win qualifying estoril all the next to nothing separating him from his teammate danny drives us and those chasing also were far behind britain's col crutchlow will complete the front row while standing seeding gold at the end they will start full from the grid ahead of his yamaha teammate ben spies but american call in edwards is and he frank get his call about lenny was hit by randy dipping a bike that's a painful incident this stoner meanwhile is a happy man and hopes to carry his good form into the rights. we thought we were 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 this hopefully we can do something in the morning and you know make this poll worthwhile because you know it's been a good weekend foresee and you know it would be be lovely if we can finish it off. and we will finish on two will stay because one of the wells all this cycle races has got underway in the russian capital the five rings of law sky last five days and brings together ride as from all over the world as this report. for you the first one hundred fifty kilometer stage of the five rings of moscow road race was held and the crew track built for the nine hundred eighty summer olympics it ends with a garden ring race in mosco on victory day the ninth of may which commemorates the sylvia defeats of the nazis cyclists from over twenty international teams will be penciling proponents over the next few days. for boars 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 a debilitating condition they are in the team known as type one so named as members are sufferers. b.d.'s and are making their international debut in moscow is definitely a lot tougher for them they have a lot more things 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 in 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 the eventual winner of the first stage is good very. little ball. of all. and then all the more. from the roof of his own lips today and we have his young guys on the. stage when there was serbian even on stage of the turkish 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 on top by a fraction after a frantic still so on the finishing line today was a really special day for me because we need a lot to go it's a special win because i want to hear from you and you gave me

a really special feeling when i crossed the line for the first knowledge we have to think about the next four days the cambridge is here which is going to be really hard so four 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 a change to scoring formats back in the year two thousand and today one hundred seventy four cyclists from twenty nine teams are battling for a price fund of twenty four thousand euros over the course of seven hundred and thirty kilometers. of artsy moscow and that's all we have time for for the moment kevin will be here in a couple of minutes with the news headlines. he

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