Activism

The Liberal Elite has Betrayed the People they Claim they Defend – Chris Hedges on RAI (5/7)

ByPaul Jay July 22, 2013May 9, 2022

On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Chris Hedges says the Democratic Party used to watch out for the interests of labor and even for the poor. But that all changed under Bill Clinton. Although Clinton, like Obama, continues to speak in that feel-your-pain language of traditional liberalism, they’ve completely betrayed the very people that they purport to represent and defend. This episode was produced on July 22, 2013.

We Must Grasp Reality to Build Effective Resistance – Chris Hedges on RAI (3/7)

ByPaul Jay July 18, 2013May 9, 2022

In the continuation of Paul Jay’s Reality Asserts Itself interview with Chris Hedges, they discuss the fantasy that we can have everything we want and the reality of the grave dangers facing us. This episode was produced on July 18, 2013.

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Homicide and Baltimore’s Black Butterfly – RAI with Eddie Conway (12/12)

ByPaul Jay March 26, 2019February 14, 2023

Murders take place in Baltimore at a rate that compares with New York, thirteen times the size; Eddie Conway says deep poverty, unemployment, and brutal policing are contributing factors to the murder epidemic – on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay.

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Eddie Conway: 5-Year Anniversary of His Release From Prison – RAI (11/12)

ByPaul Jay March 22, 2019February 14, 2023

We continue our Reality Asserts Itself series with TRNN Executive Producer Eddie Conway, who spent 44 years as a political prisoner and is now in the leadership of TRNN.

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Why Eddie Joined the Real News – Eddie Conway on RAI (10/12)

ByPaul Jay November 28, 2014February 14, 2023

Mr. Conway says that after 44 years in prison, he found the conditions in Baltimore worse than when he went in. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself produced on November 28, 2014.

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We Dehumanize Those We Want to Exploit – Eddie Conway on RAI (9/12)

ByPaul Jay November 26, 2014February 14, 2023

Mr. Conway says police are asked by society to control the poor as if they are fighting a war, so anything goes. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself produced on November 26, 2014.

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I Refused to be Treated Like an Animal – Eddie Conway on RAI (8/12)

ByPaul Jay September 27, 2014February 14, 2023

Mr. Conway says after 44 years in prison, he considered people to be of value and to be respected and refused to be dehumanized himself. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself produced on September 16, 2014.

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Six Years in Solitary Confinement – Eddie Conway (7/12)

ByPaul Jay September 25, 2014February 14, 2023

Mr. Conway says prisoners were treated like animals; and because he resisted and organized, he was in lockup twenty-three and a half hours a day for six years. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself produced on September 25, 2014.

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The Frame Up – Eddie Conway on RAI (6/12)

ByPaul Jay September 24, 2014February 14, 2023

Mr. Conway tells the story of his arrest and trial and being “represented” by a lawyer who spent 45 minutes with him before going to trial. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself produced on September 24, 2014.

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An American Fascism – Eddie Conway on RAI (5/12)

ByPaul Jay September 16, 2014February 14, 2023

Mr. Conway says, by targeting the Panthers, the FBI and other state and local agencies were functioning as national secret police. That was COINTELPRO; it carries on under The Patriot Act. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself produced on September 16, 2014.

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