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Pulitzer Award-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins IGL to answer our questions. We start by asking why Chris thinks that the "live-streamed genocide" in Gaza represents a longstanding global divide between Western imperialism on the one hand and the global majority on the other hand. From here we take stock of his thoughts on a wider regional conflict involving Iran and its allies on one hand and Israel and the West on the other hand. We have a detailed discussion about what Chris thinks about the NYT which was once his employer. We also take an update on the Julian Assange case as Chris attended the latest trial of Assange. We ask Chris why he thinks that the Democratic Party in the US is not the lesser of the two evils. We also discuss how the New Athiest movement is Islamophobic and how it became complicit with the US "war on terror." Finally, we end with a discussion on whether the Left has a convincing answer on its position about religion.

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Timestamps
00:00 Highlight
02:19 The ongoing crisis in Gaza and the global divide
07:51 The influence of popular protests in the US on the Biden administration's position on Israel-Palestine
10:13 The role of the Israel lobby in shaping US foreign policy
14:04 Israel's attempts to provoke conflict with Iran
21:14 The case of Julian Assange and the US-UK extradition battle
26:51 Hedges' experience as a correspondent for the New York Times
28:35 Hedges' experiences as a foreign correspondent and the challenges of reporting
31:02 The dynamics within the New York Times newsroom
35:23 The changing economic model of the New York Times
42:32 The rise of the Internet as a media space
49:39 Hedges' perspective on the differences between Republican and Democratic foreign policy
56:10 Hedges' critique of the Democratic Party and its betrayal of the working class
57:52 Hedges' analysis of the US prison system as a form of social control
01:05:07 Hedges' critique of the "New Atheist" movement and its role in justifying Islamophobia
01:13:34 Hedges' perspective on the relationship between religion, spirituality, and the left