Tag: Human rights
On Contact: Confronting the ruling elite
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Richard Falk about the inner workings of the power elite and the institutions that do its bidding. Falk is professor emeritus of international law and practice at Princeton University, and the former United Nations human rights rapporteur in the Israeli-Occupied Territories. …
On Contact: Corporate tyranny & Steven Donziger
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Steven Donziger, the human rights environmental justice attorney, about the grim reality when we confront the real centers of power.Donziger has been fighting polluting American oil companies for nearly three decades on behalf of indigenous communities and peasant farmers in Ecuador, and has been under house arrest in Manhattan for nearly two years. …
Bashar Assad’s political adviser on Syrian presidential election, Israeli attacks on Syria, reconstruction efforts
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the political adviser of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Bouthaina Shaaban. She discusses the presidential elections being held in Syria for the first time since 2014, accusations by NATO countries that the elections are a farce, the presence of international observers from Russia, China, India, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and other nations …
