Chris Hedges "The Greatest Evil is War"

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Chris Hedges returned to The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on October 21, 2022 to speak on the subject of his latest book, titled “The Greatest Evil is War” (Seven Stories Press). This unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war draws from experience and interviews for a book that looks at the hidden costs of war, what it does to individuals, families, communities, and nations.
In memory of Meghan Marohn
1980-2022
www.mediasanctuary.org
www.chrislhedges.com
Director: Branda Miller
Technical director and camera: Dave Publow
Cameras: Jesús Jose Nahmias Alonso, Annie Cass
Technical support: EP, Alÿcia Bacon
House management: Sina Basila Hickey, Carolyn Tennant
KitchenSanctuary: Jonathan Segol, Aileen Javier, Nancy Weber
Post production: Alexandra Shablovsky
Executive producer: Steve Pierce
Thumbnail photo by Jon Flanders

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@arnystieber732 Рік тому

I’m an Army, infantry veteran of the U.S. war against the people of Viet Nam. I’ve been involved in peace actions for many years. I’ve listened to Chris many times and to many other speakers. This is Chris’s best talk by far and the best, most specific, strongest, most honest talk I’ve ever heard!! I will spread this widely. I must keep planting seeds of peace and Chris is by far the force that gives me meaning.

@Suburbangeek Рік тому

Yes, I agree. Chris' content is always well written, conveying serious truths but this speech was disturbingly human, as well - beautiful and profoundly depressing. Bravo.

@nealamesbury1480 Рік тому

Thumbs up,arny

@michaeldamato9466 10 місяців тому

He's only telling the veneer of what's going on, he doesn't mention how Trump was the only person who wanted to stay clear of what the military industrial complex wanted, and so they brought him down, and they still wanna keep him down.

@AlexanderDunetz 9 місяців тому

Arny: Preach on , older brother .

@stormchaser419 5 місяців тому

Chris is one of the strongest most articulate voices of MODERN TIMES to clearly state truths. Truths humanity is not prepared to hear. Moral truths. Truths of modern evils. Truths about the US government and others.

@liesarenowtruth3880 Рік тому

The singular and most epic antiwar mic drop of all time. We need his voice so desperately.

@Pyasa.shaitan Рік тому

Chris hedges: The voice of reason in these dark times. Thank you for everything.

@johnnymcnoodle27 Рік тому

If only we had more journalists like Chris Hedges. The most important writer working in the US today.

@gerryboudreaultboudreault2608 2 місяці тому

Yes! As well as truth speakers like Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader.

@suzanneharris8339 Рік тому

This planet is lucky to have Chris Hedges ❤ living on it with us.

@madfoxcityemnau6414 Рік тому

Yes we are.

@lostboy583 Рік тому

The unfortunate paradox of a Hedge’s book release, as it always seems so bittersweet. A brilliant writer telling us the stories everyone needs to hear.. but no one wants to.

@madfoxcityemnau6414 Рік тому

People do want to hear it. That's why Chris Hedges exists on this platform. No surrender.

@ghostpiratelechuck2259 9 місяців тому

@@madfoxcityemnau6414You know what he means. No one actually wants to hear. He doesn’t want to tell it either. It’s just reality so must be spoken and heard.

@patriciahick3668 Рік тому

I am not an American - New Zealander - but am inspired and feeling a deep respect and gratitude for Chris for this amazing heartfelt talk on the evil of war. Thankyou Chris and i wish you inner peace and rest.

@jennefercochran259 Рік тому

I. DON'T boycott another any other country .

@stevelandry6825 Рік тому

GREAT SURF SPOTS!

@solidaritytime3650 Рік тому

I'm so pleased that UKposts, out of character, recommended this on the day of its release I'm also happy that Chris gets to speak to a live audience in this one!

@robertkowalski3365 Рік тому

This speech should be translated in all languages and presented for aspiranten soldiers.

@bernhardforcher6174 Рік тому

No one speaks like Chris Hedges. The sound of truth cannot be imitated.

@briobarb8525 4 місяці тому

Amen!!!

@thaddeusjanczewski1308 Рік тому

Chris is a man that we need as a leader!! The world would be so much better

@minismith7329 Рік тому

Instead we have war mongers for leaders😢

@alanhehe4508 Рік тому

Chris Hedges is as much a veteran of war as any soldier. He is a tireless advocate for human rights and dignity, and an unflinching voice of truth in a world of deception. God bless Chris Hedges. His work is priceless.

@madeleinegoblet9500 Рік тому

Omg this is one of his most powerful speeches

@walterflemister606 Рік тому

The most accurate description of what war looks, tastes, smells and feels like as it happens and afterwards; that I have ever heard. It is hell and should be avoided at all cost.

@jackjack4412 Рік тому

Have you served in the military or read any books on war or military leaders?

@madfoxcityemnau6414 Рік тому

And because it actually costs too much; Hedges knows how to synthesize real talk and NEVER pulls punches. Powerfully crispy academic oration.

@peteraddison4371 11 місяців тому

... and-yet, as despicable and darstedly described, war, when it does come, is openly welcomed ethusiasticly. It is paradoxically embraced, sanctioned, and oxymoronicly promoted ...

@adambazso9207 5 місяців тому

@@jackjack4412 And if he hasn't? What would that change?

@oscarrobert4725 Рік тому

I am struck in aww. This is not a talk that I have ever heard Chris do befor. He courageously shares his soul. I am grateful for your courage and spirituality Chris. God-bless you my friend.

@annalisa14 Рік тому

This seminary graduate and war corespondent is a brilliant orator and a brother in the effort to see our fellow human as ourselves. I have done that all my life. I am a woman who resisted all wars and watched as the United States engaged in most of them. Noam Chomsky is another who I hold as a sacred brother. Listen to both of these often. Share with your most precious friends. Noam is 97, I believe. Hear him before he is gone….

@PoetlaureateNFDL Рік тому

Noam is precious

@alaskavaper2490 Рік тому

Chris Hedges is the most eloquent voice against the true horror of war. We need to listen and take to our hearts his impassioned message.

@karinheinitzretired3510 Рік тому

This is one of the most moving talks I have listened to this century. It ought to be required reading/listening not only for journalists. Thank you so much.

@thefatchap4675 Рік тому

Problem is America's shit education system.most people wouldn't get it if it were.

@jackjack4412 Рік тому

Should it be required for military? Are you familiar with SOF?

@esabelangeleca3939 Рік тому

⚡💯⚡

@esabelangeleca3939 Рік тому

@@jackjack4412 No, No, and No...

@NelaCopey2959 Рік тому

Every member of Congress should be required to listen to this. In a just and somewhat normal world, this would be required watching for all high school seniors.

@hoovesandpawsanimalrescue Рік тому

Our government profits on war, why would they want to abolish war?

@charlottecooney1019 4 місяці тому

Amen!!!!❤❤

@marciak4592 Рік тому

Powerful. Magnificent. Heart-rending. Thanks, Chris.

@robhead22 Рік тому

Thank you! Chris hedges is an unrecognized national treasure!

@l.w.paradis2108 Рік тому

I love this man. His lucidity is a solace.

@l.w.paradis2108 Рік тому

@Dr. Christopher Johnson er, blocked

@nathanmarsh3172 Рік тому

Play this on every TV tonight and let us weep together. Peace

@derekdexheimer3070 Рік тому

Thank you, Chris Hedges, for facing these terrible truths, and delivering them to us unsoftened, fully focused, without compromise. Thank you for carrying that cross, and showing us your struggle to bear that terrible weight. I am grateful for all you've experienced, you and all your fellow reporters and writers and soldier-victims, so I don't have to. I hope you know how valued and important your work is.

@susanwoo3358 Рік тому

I am surprised that you have not been censored! If more of the ‘misinformed and indoctrinated’ can listen and understand your speech and even better, read your books, the world may be a ‘little better’. As my late husband had often remarked, reflecting in the wars’ waged by our ‘patrolling great and honorable country’, that people had to live through war to know what is war ( he having lived through part of the Second World War in his country). Thank you,Chris for your eloquence and fearless attitude and deed to speak and write about the truth!

@ghostpiratelechuck2259 Рік тому

Unfortunately, he has been censored. “On contact” has been completely erased from YT, and removed from western google. And he is now labeled as a right wing ptn apologist. Along with Noam and Amnesty Intl. It’s a great tragedy. He’s uniquely able to articulate the horrors, survivor guilt, inundation of memories and loss of meaning suffered by conflict journalists and veterans (on any side) alike. At least, to me. It’s a hard thing to explain but he puts the correct words to it.

@jordanm2984 Рік тому

Reading and listening to Hedges is like diet and exercise for the intellect. It's not often fun, but it's important to do, and good for you.

@kakistocracyusa Рік тому

One of the most effective speeches I've heard from Hedges.

@azzaelgazzar4947 Рік тому

A valuable speech. Thank you. I wish more would stand up in Germany and give us hope.

@anoldmannameddave7455 Рік тому

This was as powerful a statement ever made about the horror, and reasons why these horrors are propagated. Chris delivers a ‘truth bomb’, that I’ve never heard expressed so eloquently. I think this should be presented to every high school and college class, regarding civics, government, and history. Instead, our society is fed constant propaganda, trying to lead us all to accept this shit. This man, Mr. Hedges, is an example of a TRUE Patriot! He tells the truth to all the lies. Much honor and respect to him.❤️✌️

@jayspik6498 Рік тому

This should be broadcast on prime time media.. We should all sit our children in front of the television and have them listen in every school and university in the country.. That is what must be done.. Time is of the essence..

@ct371006 Рік тому

Its like reading Camus' The Plague. We are powerless to win but we must fight the good fight. Our meaning comes from the fight itself.

@levinpsy Рік тому

Brilliant, Necessary, Important, Brave and True. Thank you Mr. Hedges.

@jimnutter6901 Рік тому

Ultimate respect to you , my brother. I hear you, through my tears.🌹j.

@jimnutter6901 Рік тому

@Dr. Christopher Johnson Thanx , Cristopher. I am an Australian in my 86th year Living in the hills in the hills at the source of the Brunswick river and looking down the valley to Byron Bay and the most Easterly point on the continent. Though living in a small transportable cabin, known colloquially as a donga , and surrounded by tall trees,I am able to travel the world, see the greatest concerts and hear the greatest minds on the planet through the screen of my iPad. Cris Hedges andJefferySachs are at the top of a list I’m writing of my informants. In Australia, we have been following the US for many years and I believe it is time for a divorce. I think we should declare ourselves a neutral state. Felicitations.🌹j.

@jimnutter6901 Рік тому

@Dr. Christopher Johnson Apart from the first half of the 60s, which I spent in NZ . driving cranes on the waterfront, all my life. And your good self?🌹j.

@jimnutter6901 Рік тому

Your domain gmail couldn’t be found.

@jordiecane836 Рік тому

A man of the highest integrity and morality, who cuts through the lies and narratives spun by the global elites. Thankyou Chris Hedges ❤️

@amanderik Рік тому

I have been reading and listening to speeches from Chris Hedges for many years. He has unflinching integrity and moral clarity. This is among his most moving speeches. The least we can do as Americans is demand that our representatives in government stop supporting war. And today the stakes have never been higher. Call Congress, email them a link to this speech. Let them know we want them to act. Demand the neocons be removed forever from positions of power and that genuine diplomacy be restored.

@brigitteparrant9589 Рік тому

Thank you SO much for your Service Chris 👌

@CyborgNinja442 Рік тому

Chris is a true warrior poet. This is something that really resonated with me, and I believe embodies what the human spirit should always align with. - Just wanna say thanks btw, I'll keep the fire burning

@scorpio9420 Рік тому

Chris Hedges is one of the greatest journalists. We need more people like him. This had 27 t views, but where are the comments?

@phuongthaodoan3531 Рік тому

I feel fortunate to find his speech here, will remember his words for life

@katnip198 Рік тому

God Bless you Chris Hedges, a voice in this vast wilderness. I pray God for you to know deep peace. Thank you

@squirreldiglight964 Рік тому

Well Said... Chris spoke the TRUTH! The world is in a mess which shows clearly that we are not equipped to solve our own problems and we, as a species, have failed badly! We need a change and this change does not come from us. It will come from whoever put use here on earth! Pray that the change come sooner than later!

@saskk2290 10 місяців тому

I don't think that's his point...

@mindbodysoul9066 Рік тому

Bless you Chris. Thank you.

@paddyp42 Рік тому

❤chris headges - we need a moral evolution and his words are essential in getting us there.

@TomvanBodegraven Рік тому

This is a fantastic talk by Chris Hedges - it's difficult to imagine anyone with more authority on the topic.

@Brianbeesandbikes Рік тому

Well done Chris!👍🏿👍♥️🌎

@cengizinceoglu2671 Рік тому

Absolutely stunning and moving speech.

@Muskidd Рік тому

Chris never misses.

@michaelascheffler4229 Рік тому

Thank you Mr. Hedges!

@georgepaul5843 Рік тому

Chris Hedges delivers a powerful emotional and moving speech. He does a fine job as a spokesman condemning war as an act of human insanity, destructive of not only life, but all things we love and cherish. Keep your good work up.

@jackjack4412 Рік тому

Alexander the Great, Napoleon and many others would probably say it's a bit more complex than that.

@adambazso9207 5 місяців тому

@@jackjack4412 Your comments show that you yourself don't like to think about complex issues in their complexity. You are not ready to widen the horizon of your thinking. Why? Why can't we have few voices, which don't promote constant war and military intervention, voices which are critical with the current system. What's your angle? Why can't you imagine, that someone analyzed isssues in detail and came to different conclusions than your own???

@MonaLisa-lu8zi Рік тому

What a wonderful speech. 💯 % engaging. Maithú Chris. 👏

@tahteluik9881 Рік тому

Dear mr. Hedges! Your speech touched me very deeply! Love and peace from Estonia!

@theascendance Рік тому

Excellent talk and to the point thank you Chris

@vanessac1965 Рік тому

God bless and protect this man.

@hailmaryrecordings8255 Рік тому

I wish I were half as brave as this man.

@jimdelaney2198 Рік тому

Frankly, spine-tingling. A powerful testimonial from a man who's seen it all. As a vet, it all rings terribly true. I thank Pastor Hedges for his tough, take-no-prisoners testimonial and analysis. Where are the peacemakers???????

@margotgarcia1 Рік тому

either we are the peacemakers or there are none...

@margaretsenior9821 Рік тому

Thank you for your common sense, and pushing the horror of war right into our faces.

@margaretsenior9821 Рік тому

@Dr. Christopher Johnson I’m from England, but now living in Australia.

@margaretsenior9821 Рік тому

@Dr. Christopher Johnson I have been here over 30 years, I have 4 children, 3 are married and I have 3 grandchildren.

@annacook6965 Рік тому

Amazing speech, so powerful and revealing...

@chrizastenium Рік тому

Chris, thank you so much for your honesty and courage in talking about US foreign policy now, at the time of most dangerous nuclear escalation. It already propagated so many wars around the globe and this one could be the last for all of us. The silence in mainstream media about this is absolutely astonishing. Independent journalism rests in piece...

@philbob_d9254 Рік тому

POWERFUL! HEDGES IS A HERO.

@haifaisrail2016 Рік тому

Thank you for the truth! May God bless you!

@leemason4024 Рік тому

Thank you Chris. Oh course I'm going to have a really solemn weekend now.

@ferlinabrahamson8447 Рік тому

Powerful!

@ms_kitka5032 Рік тому

Absolutely brilliant! Everyone should be made to listen to this.

@MohicanD Рік тому

One of the best Journalist ever. God mercy on humanity with uncalled wars and its growing. 💔

@KanafanisGhost Рік тому

This is an incredibly wrenching and cathartic speech. Hedges is a gift to humanity.

@ToddBoyle Рік тому

Thanks to the video crew and audio crew for a great shoot. YES IT MATTERS. Thank you so much..

@mp7161 Рік тому

Thank you for the wise and painful speech

@_sunshine_rainbows Рік тому

absolute perfection from chris hedges. beautiful and truthful words

@Stfushitlib2 Рік тому

Holy crap!!! New Hedges!!!! Thank you MS.

@terrygribb9185 Рік тому

A great man..

@G_truPrGrSv Рік тому

Pleeeeeease 🙏🏼continue Chris ; do not cease bringing the heat to their asses , truth to the powers .

@janicecountess3351 Рік тому

Graphic speaker and he hits the soul. Chris pricks our spiritual conscience.

@DrStepperphd Рік тому

That was an amazing speech Mr. Hedges. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your work.. Thank you.

@vrill3890 Рік тому

Amazing. No words. Thank you 🙏

@michaelascheffler4229 Рік тому

Thank you again and again !

@igweogba6774 Рік тому

What a powerful speech

@londonoalex Рік тому

My goodness. Thank-you for lifting this veil

@johleby8048 Рік тому

🙏❤️🙏Thank You, Chris Hedges. Sad but it’s our reality to fight amongst ourselves to make even more money to the wealthy ones who are the war mongers. 🙏❤️🙏

@quintama1007 Рік тому

Whenever this guy speaks it touches something deep inside me. His speeches have that power.

@SamuelOrjiM Рік тому

Thank you Chris for using your body to defend mine, live well and die a legend.

@LordTempist Рік тому

Thank God for Chris Hedges. A single articulate clear mind in a World of Lies and Evil.

@LordTempist Рік тому

@Dr. Christopher Johnson Happy Thanksgiving. Hoping you and yours are well and good. Be safe.

@virginiachade801 Рік тому

Wow, everyone should listen to these words of true wisdom!!!!

@robertprice2148 Рік тому

Brilliant. Thank you for posting.

@thedude3369 Рік тому

Such a great author and journalist. Thank you for all you do Mr. Hedges.

@PhilipTraumWaits Рік тому

That was very moving. I appreciate Chris Hedges work so much

@elfraser3538 Рік тому

Thank you Chris. My parents knew, in a direct sense, of some of the very real lies about WWII. They were both there, but my mother knew due to her work in the lead-in to the heaviest parts of the battles.

@aoeu256 Рік тому

There are lies about WWII?

@fillyjamalama5201 Рік тому

@@aoeu256 it is the very essence of every war, lies!!

@zakarieoreilly5097 Рік тому

Unflinchingly honest and truthful

@bohditony Рік тому

Thank you for always speaking to truth

@oh_no9594 Рік тому

These speeches are something to look forward to every year.

@jamesremi6585 Рік тому

This man is amazing. Respect him a lot and I am grateful for his work.

@eileenmc4746 Рік тому

Been waiting to see his annual brilliant speech, thanks

@barrymalkin4404 Рік тому

Chris, your book "War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning" was cathartic for me and I look forward to reading your latest book on the subject.

@robbieelliot9491 Рік тому

Thank you so much for being the voice and words and knowledge and moral compass I could not express. I cry for all those mothers, families, people who fall victim to carnage of war. For all our education, we in the west, understand so little. I will share where possible. May you be given more platforms to share your message of peace and sanity.

@corydahl7926 Рік тому

Amazing speech! Nothing more I can say, great work

@deborahloew-black5637 Рік тому

Thank You; such a voice of opinion gained through experience is the voice of education that everyone on planet earth needs to hear.

@DoctorD3 Рік тому

The absolute best interpretation of what we are all facing today. The greatest evil is war; and those to promote it; cause it; advocate for it; profit from it; and encourage others to follow along under the guise of patriotism or glory, should be soundly condemned.

@NelsonGuzmanGarcia Рік тому

Powerful speech.

@777palena Рік тому

Thankyou! Chris, war is a tool that is truly demonic, it is time to Share the world's resources only through sharing can we generate trust between nations, and therefore create a peaceful world, knowing that humanity is One.