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Who Taught You To Hate

As a journalist Chris Hedges spent nearly two decades filing ground-breaking stories in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He spent more than 15 years as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times and in 2002 and was part of the The New York Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. 

Today, Hedges is a political tour-de-force, encouraging people around the world to question the underpinnings of our democratic institutions that might not be so democratic after all, and leading the charge for a more equitable society.

On this episode of Think, we travel to the 2013 Parkland Institute's Fall Conference to hear Hedges deliver his keynote address 'The Myth of Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies.'

Chris Hedges: The Myth of Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies

Ten Commandments - Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens sits down with Salman Rushdie to discuss Hitchens’ searing memoir, Hitch 22, that lays bare the many contradictions in his life and affirms his conviction that all personal is also political. This was recorded June 8, 2010 at 92nd Street Y.

Christopher Hitchens with Salman Rushdie: 92Y Talks Podcast Episode 3

Dick Gregory & Dr. Leah Decodifying Movie: Lucy and More

My humble tribute to the great Christopher Hitchens. 

Christopher Hitchens - Challenge Me

Tim Wise keynote at MOSAIIC conference, Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center, Lexington KY, (12/5/2014)

"Racism, White Denial and Criminal Justice - Ferguson and Beyond," Lexington KY 12/5/14

My speech at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, April 20, 2015 - a new speech addressing the keys to challenging and eliminating racism as an institutional force.

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian 4 - 20 - 15

The unique pressure black cops face - Author & Historian Tim Wise.

The Karen Hunter Show teaches the keys to entrepreneurial success in the industries of sports, politics, entertainment and so much more, directly from the celebrities and civilians who have personally created brands from the ground up.

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Tim Wise - How black cops fit into the white supremacy equation

Prof. Shivji's keynote speech in Maputo at the Mozambique Conference 2009. 

Shivji Keynote Speech - Accumulation and Neo-liberalism

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Tim Wise Discusses Trump, GOP Presidential Race

In this interview, Tim Wise discusses his latest book, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America, and the nation's culture of cruelty with regard to those in need...

Connections - KGNU Boulder - Tim Wise on America's Culture of Cruelty

Conscientization 101 Musical Commentaries

February 1965: The Final Speeches (Malcolm X speeches & writings)- Part 3 Preview

This is a portion of a larger speech, delivered at an event for service providers and community members, sponsored by the Milwaukee YWCA in 2008. In this segment, I discuss the difference between models of social service provision that are rooted in notions of "charity for" those in need, versus models rooted in "solidarity with" those in need, and why these differences matter.

Charity vs Solidarity

This is my MLK Day Speech, 2010, delivered in Summit NJ and Fountain Baptist Church

Tim Wise MLK Speech 2010 - Fountain Baptist Church - Summit NJ

A segment of a longer speech, delivered on September 22, 2011 at Spalding University in Louisville, KY. In this clip, I discuss the ways in which the U.S. political culture is becoming increasingly indifferent to suffering and injustice, whether in the criminal justice system, with regard to health care, war, bullying or any number of other examples. Begins with a discussion of the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia the night before this talk.

Feeling No Pain - America's Deepening Culture of Indifference

This is the core of my speech at Georgia State, in Atlanta, in April, 2012, on Racism and Public Health. Here I discuss racial health disparities in the U.S., the way these disparities are ignored, explained away or rationalized by most whites, and the link between racial micro-aggressions and discrimination in health care delivery on the one hand, and worse health outcomes for people of color, on the other. I also discuss the unexpected costs of racial privilege for whites: the downside of developing an entitlement and expectation mentality and the larger societal costs of persistent inequities.

Racism, Public Health and the High Cost of White Denial

A portion of my speech at Emerson College in Boston, one week after the Marathon bombing, in which I discuss the disturbing connection between terrorism and other forms of injustice: economic inequity, the justice system, educational inequity, environmental pollution -- all connected by a mentality of disposability that defines certain people as deserving as others as "less than."

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