"Disappeared": Chris Hedges Responds to YouTube Deleting His 6-Year Archive of RT America Shows 

Exactly!

Meh! They censor leftists all. The. Time. Not to mention I was regularly on RU-vid for several years before I ever saw *any* black political left commentary and that’s just one example of how the algorithm favours white conservative content.

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Same as anything they do to us if you let them strip the rights from someone. They can and WILL do it to ANY and EVERYONE. They are coming for ALL of us it's inevitable. WE have ourselves to blame for this. Those who delude themselves into believing they can just mind their own business. That it doesn't concern them what's happening to others invite calamity to their own doorsteps in all due time.

I told my friends, they don't won't to censor Trump, they want to censor you. They censored Trump the smoke screen, now they get to censor us which was always the plan

@Travel Crawl ​ Right after Trump won the election all we heard was how there would be a clamp down on "fake news" . It was obvious a lot of speech censorship was coming

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Agreed ,👍 access to these platforms is imperative to exposing corruptions.🙏🇨🇦

Too bad Amy Goodman has sold out to the elites and has become a propagandist. She is no longer a truth journalist. She is now gone pro-war with her reporting when she covers the Russia Ukraine conflict.

@@biguy617 I'm hoping that her having Chris on us a step towards change. She has had some warmongering segments, but she has also had peace activists pushing for negotiations. Hopefully, us supporting segments like this one will encourage more of them to air

He has a lot of good information to share but I couldn't take his constant negativity. I mean come on, no matter how awful thew world is, there's always good things happening, too. I don't like how hopeless many on the left wind up getting, which makes them less likely to fight back.

@@jezra4427 If you can't handle reality then stick to fairy tales. So anyway, are YOU 'fighting back', and if so, HOW exactly? Could you elaborate? No?! Thought not!!

Massive yawn ... We all love Orwell and his nightmare well in place... However this channel is but a part of the racket, that you qoute so nobel ... Duh

@@AudioPervert1 Proverbs 18:2-3 "A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. With a froward man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace."

@Meme Memeson Proverbs 12:15 "Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice."

@Meme Memeson Proverbs 14:7 "Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge."

@Meme Memeson Proverbs 29:9 "If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and will not shut up."

Why does the Russian government support Chris Hedges?

I assume because any 3rd party position undermines our Coke-Pepsi democracy. Assume they’re happy to amplify any anti-establishment thinking, whether progressive or Trump-type, as long as it destabilises. It may be the same to them, but it’s not to us. Have to use discernment. We want a democracy based on discerning voters; not on sheltered voters - single media and single, state sponsored narrative, Putin style.

he's a left wing propagandist now he gets the trump treatment from a media giant and crys lmao boohoo chris

Mr. Hedges finally distance yourself from the Russian-funded media! Otherwise you are guilty of legitimizing and supporting an unprovoked war of aggression. You know very well that RT not only consists of your program, but is also involved in disinformation campaigns about COVID or the conditions in Russia. For example, in Great Britain, in connection with the Russian poison attack in Salisbury and the war in Syria three years ago, RT was fined 200,000 pounds for repeated violations of objectivity rules. If a media outlet repeatedly violates such regulations, it should not be surprised if it is closed down. Don't tinker with a martyr legend here. RT is not innocent. If you do not finally distance yourself from Putin and his misdeeds, you will flush your credibility down the toilet.

All the Russians need is Fox, and they are too big to cancel. It is hard to empathize with Hedges though. It is tough to get funding to perform real journalism independent of ratings these days. That is no excuse to take funding from authoritarian governments like Russia or China -- countries that demonstrably kill, imprison, and disappear journalist who dare to contradict state propaganda. Take your lumps Chris, find a better, less conflicted way to practice journalism.

Great quote - but actually attributed to Kevin Alfred Strom - White Nationalist dude

Oy vey

@@darkhorse3253 Reality check about that in so many more countries in the world. If any type of racial tolerance is used to destroy the tolerant? Obviously not the best way to go about it all in the world.

@@anaibarangan4908 Shut it down! G knows!

@@darkhorse3253 God knows when people are as unaware of how wicked or not they are, as would be generations of cannibals. An extreme example of what I mean. So messed up, call it "wicked good". Good for whom? Selfish animals. That's why support Zelenskyy, no matter what happens to the population of Ukraine. That's the national annihilation game, and that's good?

Why does the Russian government support Chris Hedges?

@@tuckerbugeater Because . . . It doesn't?

He works for RT maybe the reason... I'm watching RT and they provide alternative...but yes with exception about issues of Russia...just like left or right mainstream in the USA

If you haven't figured it out yet people like Mr hedges don't get invited back and if they do it's very briefly and sharply contained. If you followed this channel long enough you would know that controversial guests and cohosts that tell truth the power don't want told or not invited back. That list is growing about as quickly as the censorship on this platform and other social media.

​@@RedTitan5 I also watch the Indian news channel WION, which gives an Indian point of view on world news, but the comments section has a lot of complaints about their softness regarding Indian politics. That's why it's important-to me, at least-to get as many points of view as possible & not tune out voices that may be far from my worldview.

How is this censorship? If a company doesn’t want to promote something they have the entire right to do so

If Chris had all these vids on his own RU-vid channel they would still be up. RU-vid decided they did not want to do business with RT (Russian Gov) any longer (their choice), then RT shut itself down 5 days later, their choice too.

Mickey - overly simplistic response, but that's what people do these days.

@@nospeedlimit4me58 just because you can do it, doesn't make it right. It's censorship when it deals with Social Media, and tax revenue. It's not what YOU think, but what the combined collective believes. As the birthplace of the Democratic Process, Chris Hedges represents an effective chisel that works to slowly chip away at our conservative roots. The Federalist Party is what's confusing most Americans. They splintered the CONSERVATIVE Party into a lot of little-minded liberal morons, spouting their political "conservative" beliefs like they were Thomas Jefferson. Even though Thomas Jefferson wrote in his Notes on Virginia that the time for addressing our rights on a LEGAL basis was while our rulers are honest and the People UNITED. Friggin MORONS.

@@nospeedlimit4me58 Not when they're a monopoly.

ha!

Good point!

Hedges is not a good guy. In his eye, no one is any good. Almost everyone is bad. He has no actual solutions to anything. And he praises Jimmy Dore who is clearly a sociopathic liar. In many ways, he plays the part of the traditional doomsayer con artist. He wraps it all in a phony intellectual veneer.

@@peterstafford4426 Bahahahaha! That was the best joke I've seen in a long time "Jimmuy is a sociopath and a liar"!!! That tell's me ALL about you! Cognitive dissonance or a pathetic troll at its finest.

Right beside Alex Jones.

LMAO

RU-vid surely is a joke.

If you rely on YT for journalism content, you are definitely in the wrong place. I don't watch the mainstream, pro-war, anti-Russia, Democracy No-more, but I saw this title. There are way better places for video journalism. Places that fully support the 1st Amendment, Free Speech.

@@VidarrKerr care to elaborate?

Andre Balsa, The reason he was silenced is that he is one of the best journalists with credibility. One of very few left standing. RU-vid is now full of rug media outlets. All following the plan to design a society of "bewildered herd". I stumbled upon an article about this plan 4 or 5 years ago. I thought it was preposterous until I visited our local shopping centre, and paid attention to the people there. To my horror, what I saw was a bewildered herd: a crowd of people aimlessly wandering around and many were munching or sucking on something

YT is complicit in 9/11

@@federalreservebrown2507 YT conspired with Al Qaida? I find that a incredible accusation. Al Qaida doesn't even believe in computers.

@@drmodestoesq if you think Al Qaeda did 9/11 after 20 years you are what we call intentionally ignorant

@@drmodestoesq the criminal media says Al-Qaeda did 9/11 the FBI says there's no evidence of that whatsoever now why would you choose to listen to a criminal media instead of the fbi?

@@drmodestoesq you spelled AlJuda wrong

Money is all he gives a crap about. He is upset he lost his regular check from the mass murderer Putin.

The Americans will then use credit card information from crowdfund to assassinate and imprison us all.

I would , but I would like to point out that if the government does not like you crowd funding a particular cause, they freeze your bank account - if Canada can do it, any country can do it. Not that this would stop me, but I would take precautions 😀

@Ace McMillan Hedges is an extreme right winger. You prove it.

@@peterstafford4426 Wüt?

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Copyright crap already does that. The only surviving copies of very old shows and TV/radio broadcasts are constantly being removed.

Sure it is.

Democracy Now stopped inviting Aaron Maté on after he questioned the Russiagate narrative DN and MSM were pushing

@@codaalive5076 Do you even know the essence of what I am talking about. Do you need it in bitesize chunks.

@M Fitch. Stop reading my mind (I 100% agree).

Little people who can't be heard do. All the time.

Christopher Bollyn spits truth just like Chris hedges maybe even more

And that's why they removed him

Really? How about when he was spreading stories about how Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was planning to fly planes into American buildings? You can look that up.

Nobody eats their own like the left.

Nut seekers 😂

Correct.i can only give him a big thank you... regards Jason.

He was a CIA mockingbird project creation.Who helped destabilize the eastern bloc countries

This particular brand of f ac ism means state media repression has been outsourced. It's not being done for the govts for free. YT would run anything no matter how offensive (*and does* ) if there was $ to be made. Closing down channels has a cost in terms of lost revenue, which isn't a good business model.

u tube behavior, is a form of fascism,,,so they are culpable. all these people can't be wrong!

Duh.

Not a journalist. He's an activist.

@@dylanbutts1628 what ever label you pin on him he is straight talker. Because of his background he has enough knowledge to beat any “talking head” of cable and NPR types too. By the way, NPR also sold its soul and became a mouthpiece of the Democrats. I love being an Independent and seeing through the BS that is shoved at us daily.

Lmao it's so cute when liberals think the War-pigs and the capitalists have shame.

well welcome to tyranny

It's because our tory government has cancelled RT news channel, so we can't watch it even if we wanted to. I think it's always good to get both sides of a story and try and be objective, do some critical thinking

RT is on the wrong side of history as well, so....

@@lilacer6841 ,Funny how some never admit it ........until it affects them?

and WTC7Amy is NOT!!!

@@federalreservebrown2507 And she doesn't believe in flat Earth. What does that tell you? Goddam Spherical Earthers!!!!

@@drmodestoesq I have every confidence you keep saying twin towers in reference to three skyscrapers

listen to Scott Ritter and Richard Medhurst

Me too

They all still exist, the clickbait headline got you too

Exactly. Next we'll see the yahoos burning copies of "Crime and Punishment." Oh, wait....

Silencing opinions that contradict Left Wing Orthodoxy is one of the foundations of the Left.

And once you start burning books you soon start burning people except the USA did it the opposite way , they started burning people first and then started to burn books that critiqued the burning of people....

@@markfisher6404 not to most of the world if it is not on the media sites that world frequents. To many, if it is not on them, it does not exist, by the intent of the sites.

"Cancel Culture " itself is criminal.......Sadly too many are too damned thin-skinned to listen to a differing opinion.

Don't call it cancel culture as it means that it somewhat part and parcel of modern living in the west , cancel culture sometimes has the connotations of something done to protect people from harmful things ...this is plain and simple suppression of democracy ...we start by saying for the good of the country we need to stop other views because they are " misinforming us " and will harm us , next we start to silence and marginalized views which are harmful to the government , finally we arrest and disappear all opposing views . When it is done on the purpose of protecting the majority of the people it is call autocracy , when it's done to protect a plutocracy of people at the top it is called fascism ....

Cancel culture should not apply at all. It's full on attack on western civilization. Free speech is essential

If Chris had these videos up on his own RU-vid channel they would not have been taken down. Not a single thing Chris has ever said would lead to RU-vid taking them down. RU-vid made the decision to stop doing business with the Russian government, the videos were on the Russian government's channel.

"Cancel culture" has always been a thing, but yeah i agree with you.

"Herr Hitler, come meet Comrade Stalin." "Oceania vs. Eurasia" Yikes.

That would be like Canada fighting the USA.

There is nothing more authoritarian than a revolution

@@halilzelenka5813 How about a peaceful revolution whose purpose is compassion and freedom.

​@@berniv7375Peaceful revolution is an oxymoron

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” ― Benito Mussolini

it's just a circus to keep us distracted so we don't lynch the lot of them.....

You're being ridiculous. You still have freedom of speech. Set up your own website and say whatever you want. Go out on the streets and say whatever you want. If you want to see what lack of freedom of speech looks like, go on the streets of Russia right now.

It has nothing to do with freedom of expression but rather the bottom line: Advertisers on RU-vid have very little Russian products to sell.

@@vsrr83 ???

The modern liberal believes they can silence the truth and add credibility to their cause. But they only illuminate their manipulation and lies, while making themselves a fool.

Chris Hedges' channel was owned by RT America so Hedges didnt own his IP. When you give someone else control of your ip, you're at risk of losing it forever as happened with hedges. Im a huge fan and supporter of Chris's work but it's never as straight forward as "free speech" in our capitalist society

Democracy now spreads state misinformation and propaganda.

Didn't DN celebrate Trump being censored?

@@xian4812 people died because of obesity caused heart attacks and overzealous behavior So sometimes censorship is ok? When else is censorship acceptable?

@@xian4812 you definitely smoke better weed than I do

Even worse, the freakin evil corporations are now considered "persons" with all rights therein. What a sick, pathetic society the USA has become.

How many replies can you see?

@@Appalling68 yep. That’s capitalists.

Sadly true

@@raymundogonzalez6450 So much for "free markets."

They used to. They gave him Taibbi and Greenwald the cold shoulder since Russiagate. This maybe the first time Chris has been on in years.

Noam is a fraud and complicit in 9/11

Never mind Noam, try Christopher Bollyn, he is on par with Hedges

@@federalreservebrown2507 Noam was effectively silenced by the powers.

@@Thanksabunch when that old buffoon uttered the words miniscule number of architects he silenced himself.

You just discovered Chris, huh? Don't get hoodwinked. Chris WORKED DIRECTLY FOR THE KREMLIN.

Despicable interview. Chris used the entire segment to push the blatantly false disinforming idea of "Russian war crimes", parroting NATO's war propaganda, without referring to a single fact of what he actually means. "Russian war crimes in Syria"? Against whom, the ISIS? What are you babbling about, Chris. Or did you mean to say the "Israeli, American, Turkish and NATO war crimes in Syria", but somehow misspoke and said "Russia", making a total fool of yourself? Do you even KNOW what's been going on in Syria for more than a decade now and who's been occupying the country illegally, supporting the terrorist thugs there and perpetrating the actual war crimes, if not the genocide on the Syrian people? And since when is the honorable action to demilitarize a brutal NAZI regime in Ukraine that has been committing a full-out genocide of Donbass for the entire eight years right on the Russian border, perpetrating endless atrocities since the Nazi coup in 2014, including the burning of citizens in Odessa, shelling and bombing of hospitals, schools, kindergartens, nursery homes, public transport, buildings and houses of entire cities and villages of Donetsk and Lugansk regions; the water and energy blockade of Donbass and Crimea; the mass terror and persecution of the outlawed anti-fascists and millions of the Russian people - is considered a "war crime", in whose book, in what sickening Goebbelsian propaganda? NOT A WORD on all of this or any mention of the NATO's client Nazi regime in Kiev and its real, not fabricated war crimes and atrocities that finally led so belatedly to the Russian humanitarian action. Where Russia is actually ridiculed by the war-crime professionals of the NATO block for such tiptoeing approach and not leveling the cities and villages to the ground, as NATO itself has done and would do. I've lost the last bits of respect for Chris after these sickeningly false accusations. Either be factual or don't be a blabbermouth, in a simple attempt to "cover your bases" and retain an "objective viewpoint" in the eyes of the anti-Russian hawkish American public.

Chris is literally paid by the Russian government and has been lying about Russia's motivations in Ukraine.

@@DetroitMicroSound Washington DC, has become a dictatorship. You must be proud 🥲.

@@dylanbutts1628 obviously you have proof that you can share

he's just another opinion, that you happen to agree with.

@@paladro So?

@@paladro Then why don't platforms allow him to present his opinions?

@@AmorFati72 other *western* platforms you mean. Because*no dissenting views* are allowed now in the West. You either accept the single narrative or get cancelled.

This is frightening and most ppl don’t even get the significance. Chris is one of the few journalists with integrity, always speaking truth to power. I will continue to follow his work and hope ppl wake up.

Going to RT was a bad decision. I liked to read and watch Chris Hedges on Truthdig regularly, but refused to follow him to RT, and only watched the occasional talk of his on other platforms.

Nope these people like Cris and say John are extremely right I'd say terrorist and so much so they don't make any sense and it's justice

@@KlausJLinke why? If he went on Radio Free America wouldn’t he be on a “propaganda outlet? He just stated that he and his colleagues at RT criticized the Russian government without reprisal. Contrast that with the inability to get any progressive voices on US for-profit corporate media. Where was he supposed to go to get the viewership he had on RT?

These people like Cris is amount to treason and that is giving information to other government like Putin and John is next and this is done bc of Russian money that isn't coming back so defending Russia at this point is idiocy

Wow. So deep. 🤦‍♀️

Soo truth. Too bad the majority of people dont get that obvious AND simple statement.

Love that quote!

@Meme Memeson LMFAO!!!! That P.O.S. had me believing in Russia Gate for all of 2017.

Exactly. But try saying that in the MSM.....

Thanks for your deep-as-a-puddle analysis.

It was probably long before, actually.

Maybe get the facts straight first.

@@jeffmpvd7689 elaborate

Anyone that supports Palestine, brings up illegal wars, crimes against humanity modern day slavery, Gaza, Yemen, racism is being censored on this platform now. It is really is no longer valid as a source for independent journalists. Which to me was half the reason I was up here. Now I’m following everyone to all these different independent platforms and know I’m missing a lot in the meantime because I’m one of the marginalized who can’t afford to subscribe to all of these.

They did not remove Chris, they removed RT because they have chosen to no longer do business with Russia. If Chris owns the video material he can put it up on his own channel, no problem.

Chris is an innocent bystander. YT is rightfully removing RT. Russian propaganda. Our country is under attack by psychologically warfare. Maybe Chris can muster up reasons to why saving this country from becoming an authoritarian state, would be more productive.

It sucks, yep, but YT don't have to keep anything on their system because it's theirs. Not mine or anyone elses. There's no contractural or legal reason why they can't delete whatever they want. But as Jeff noted (below) they deleted RT, not Chris. He can just re-post it under a different account. And YT isn't the only platform out there...

oops... (above)...

Absolutely right.

Agree 100%. One of my favorite RU-vidrs says “If the content is so bad you have to delete it, call the police.” She’s not advocating for arresting RU-vidrs; she’s pointing out that the way RU-vid responds is similar to how you’d respond to criminals. Are they breaking the law? No? Then why the heavy hand with punitive elements?

US sux anyway you look at it! So goddamned ashamed of being US human ! USA is evil, racist, full of BS, hypocrites, liars, thieves, misogynists, religious zealots, rapists, bigots, xenophobic pukes! I hate it!!!

They know they have lost the battle for “Thoughts and Beliefs” and the Economy has been on life support since 2008, all they have left is the Monopoly on Violence.

Look up Web 3.0

that;'s exactly why 'they' delete his posts....he is intelligent, morals and speaks truths

@@jacquelinedaniel2324 "they" did not delete his posts, it was not his channel. RU-vid like most other US business stopped doing business with Russia, their choice.

@@jeffmpvd7689 is M$M paying you?

@@jeffmpvd7689 you just don't get it do you? ALL of the mainstream media and internet platforms are PRIVATELY OWNED companies. The entire press is privately owned. It's still suppression of freedom and free speech to block someone because what they have to say makes you feel uncomfortable and goes against the SINGLE NARRATIVE.

Russian prop station. Constant lies.

Media was never free you poor naive pawn. 🤦‍♀️

Nah RT is just exposing the NATO lies that you’ve been fed.

@@kanani717 What lies are those comrade?

​@@mrsmartypants_1 Look up the term Russophobia- it describes modern Democrats pretty well and it's a pretty right-wing/fascistic mindset.

As an Arabic speaker, perhaps Chris can tell her "👍🏽!!!" As an American, I'd like to give her a 👞 , but W. & Darth Cheney need it pitched @ 103 mph. (God, I love baseball!) Amy needs a pair of Nerf shoes thrown UNDERHAND at that Russia Gating dome. Knock some sense into your " Foreign Policy's For Quasi Dummies" episode of DN! 11/2016--Present Day. ($oftball or some such ☮️ of 💩).

NWO is coming....under security, protection of people all will be burned down... Every new order did that..In colonization..Now to own people...

United States is deranged and very sick nation which pathology (it's lust and fetish for war, violence and weapons) and it's toxic and dangerous nationalism, exceptionalism and chauvinism goes deep back to it's bloody and violent history. Since the days of Wild West and wars with Native Americans.

Great book. I reccommend it to everyone

@@johnedward5656 But it's NOT like Mr. Hedges is advocating for war...he's simply stating the reason why we do it despite its savagery. The philosophy of war, if you like.

@@johnedward5656 Hare Kṛṣṇa Depopulation of the planet of so many souless, godless demons posing as philanthropists seems to me at the moment agreeable enough, certainly. Where do I sign? Or when will my own mind and intelligence be thus depopulated, thus making room for at least a single moment of real, perfect peace and happiness? Or of clear consciousness? Hare Rāma

RT played both sides just to improve how the Kremlin looked, the liberties that certain hosts like Hedges talks about don’t exist in Russia either. Al Jazeera has even better coverage of world events than RT but Qatar is even more repressive than Russia has been (pre full invasion).

@@ricardobarahona3939 lies

@@ricardobarahona3939 again. If you censor the opinions of those you hate, even if you had factual reasons-which you don't have in the case of RT, you open the path for them to censor everyone. It's bad enough that the USA gets to pick and choose which opinions to promote, but now that it's insufficient they want to shut them down???

Even Amy g and democracy now is censoring. Weak

How in the world could anyone say there is a different side, given just the daily first 15 minutes of hate and horror of Demo©®ac¥ NoWhere, when it echo$ the same talking points used by the M$M and the top three news wires that also promote the corporate State supremacist war line, to manufacture ©on$ent?

In a sensible world I agree lets hear all sides but we’re far from a sensible world. To build an obvious case, to understand climate science, bring a climate scientist on who has expertise, is published and peer reviewed and for balance lets bring in a flat earther. I hope you’ll agree the flat earther is only there to vandalise the conversation. We can and should be able to have sensible conversations but everyone has to play fair, facts, reality and a good faith commitment to the conversation are hard to come by these days.

@@andylane7142 Flat earth is not the opposite of climate science. The debate is between man-made vs natural warming, what can/can't be done about it, etc., between/among experts on the subject. Flat earth is the opposite only of round earth, not worth discussing. Or else have that discussion apart from climate science.

@@nolitetebastardescarborund9761 Hey, that was my point. Again, sensible world would be 2 good faith experts in their field arguing a point based on their expertise. More common ATM is an expert in a given subject and someone doing cartwheels, circus stunts and generally messing things up. 2 sides of a given subject seems increasingly difficult to find these days as media seems to thrive on controversy instead of accuracy.

I'll buy it.....Good journalists like Chris Hedges don't exist anymore.

Full of misdirected rage?

@@drmodestoesq I don't understand what you mean.

@@DariusSarrafi Steroid abuse produces deleterious psychological effects. Like lack of emotional control. Otherwise known as "roid rage."

@@drmodestoesq Apparently you haven't heard the expression: "something is on steroids". It means it's more powerful or intense.

Congrats, brother! @15, you have 15 more 👍 than I do, and alot more than 15 less than almost anyone else. Do we REALLY believe that?

putin's propaganda machine, and its Western viewers typical useful idiots

this is America

@@pkingperk6628 💯

Well George Orwell was banned alot too.