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Chris Hedges - To Kill a People

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Chris Hedges

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Essential Dissent Contact Contributor

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Dec. 25, 2024, midnight

Summary: The Opening Keynote speech given by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges on November 1, 2024 at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/LliyK19WvM4?si=dpjQaeFlqul3PRm3

The event, organized by the Green Party vice presidential nominee Butch Ware, was a conference titled "End of Empire."

Chris Hedges can be found on Substack and on the Chris Hedges YouTube Channel:

https://chrishedges.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisHedgesChannel

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Version 2 rounds out the hour by adding audio from two YouTube videos by Caitlin Johnstone (read by Tim Foley):

1. That Which Can Be Destroyed By the Truth, Should Be
https://youtu.be/6AcDAkHWBFw?si=KvuW7uPWNtcZskpQ

2. Let Yourself Be Shattered By Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FKtDJhAGXk

Credits: Audio edited by Wilton Vought (last name rhymes with thought) of Essential Dissent, from YouTube videos by Chris Hedges and Caitlin Johnstone.

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Version 1: Full Speech