On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Steven Donziger, the human rights environmental justice attorney about the grim reality when we confront the real centers of power.
Donziger has been fighting polluting American oil companies for nearly three decades on behalf of indigenous communities and peasant farmers in Ecuador, and has been under house arrest in Manhattan for nearly two years. He went on trial in federal court in New York two weeks ago on contempt of court charges, which could see him jailed for six months, for appealing the demand to hand over his computer, cellphone, and other electronic devices to the court, a violation he argues of attorney-client privilege. No attorney without a criminal record in federal court has ever before been detained pretrial for a misdemeanor offense.
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gosh, I watched this to the end but I really don't understand what he is being charged with. I wish someone would do another story that talks down to people like me. I WANT to understand but this is way over my head.
People will be kicking themselves in few weeks, if they miss the opportunity to buy and invest in bitcoin.
Everybody let's stop buying chevron products. We need a mass boycott. These people will only change their behavior if they are financially hurting. STOP BUYING CHEVRON! ✊🏻👊🏻
Yet another example of pointing fingers at everybody but refusing to hold a big mirror to its own failing..from its rotten corruption of American government to its every branch of Justice & law enforcement… The worst abusers in breaking international law & never held accountable in any international courts..the whole western democracy its a joke..from its elites owned corporate Medias…who pays lip service to the government (vice verse).
Yeah, rule base order…as in WE (USA) makes the rules & everyone in the world, must kowtow & obey & follow.
Your country never fails to prove how disgustingly corrupt it truly is. . 😠😠
In the last days of rome (united states), let it be written that the royal class wrote and enacted their own laws while the empire of china and Russia rose in peace, unity, and prosperity for the common man.
The USA is such a disgustingly tyrannical society.
Felt bad for him until he showed he was an idiot as well.
Mr Donziger!Have the enjoying life of America dream .You ll' go the other way if you aren't white .
Gosh, it does sound scarey
Does everyone else see what's wrong with this picture? If you are a white blower, truth teller or expose any wrongdoing by the Corporate USA, you will be dragged, canceled, eviscerated, smeared and most likely be imprisoned, fined and/or disappeared. This system and most all within it are so damaged, corrupt and broken leaving in its wake a criminal enterprise working as the antithesis of what it was once supposed to be. Julian Assange in England is caged in a Maximum Security Prison with failing health, Edward Snowden in Russia is wanted as Public Enemy No 1 in the USA, Chelsea Manning was imprisoned, tortured and fined $1000 per day for refusing to oblige those in charge by lying to incriminate Assange, John Kariaku(?) in the states, formerly with the CIA was imprisoned, fined, bankrupted and smeared, Bill Binney here, as well, formerly with the NSA has been repeatedly threatened, invaded, hauled into court several times and would also have been imprisoned if not for his extreme brilliance and many others no longer have the life they once knew and are not acknowledged as the heroes they are by the government and where they remain.
Reminded by this story of the conquistadors, the debts they took on and similarly how expensive it is to educate these lawyers.
Preska job should be challenged by a review board. She is a bias/ hanging judge. I've seen judges removed before from the bench. It can be done.
The black hands of #chevron_texaco #shell #exxon are corrupt . Their time is coming ….the biggest mafia cartel
Thanks Chris, this story is insane and gets zero coverage.
I remember hedges interviewed donziger last year. Things have only gotten worse for him, not better. gosh it’s so depressing for those of us exposing and fighting corruption everyday. find the courage to keep going. ✌🏽
I’m waiting for Joe Biden to turn into FDR !
What are they going to do this time?
anyone but Chris Hedges.
If there is anybody out there following this..
Please forward me a simple petition or some document, I will personally bring it to Chevron Canada,,, I am currently working in the oilfield and I can drop it off in there office..
Didn't Ralph Nader warn us ? Do you still vote corporate ? Green Party for Life
So good to hear from this man. Thank you for speaking up for our environment and it's people. Finest people everywhere are with you. All the best people on earth coming together as one. It's a wonderful thing to see. This is ludicrous. What an absolute joke that these companies believe they can get away this destruction." It's illegal, it needs to stop." This case is unbelievable.
An extraordinarily great show! ''Never gamble more than your prepared to lose'' is a basic gambling principle. Are we prepared to lose our very lives !?
Wow! This is a fascist state for sure! & Its frightening!
Appreciate your up to date info…That's why I give NO fuck about the system,;!!
At this point I'm not giving a fuck about the US government legal system bullshit!!
corporate courts…. now that is in your face fascist plutocracy…. thanks for reporting on this Chris, very few will
"Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; In order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population." – Albert Einstein / The climate science and meteorological communities, along with mainstream media and countless other agencies have long since completely sold out to the power structure. Countless individuals within these groups have committed themselves to what is nothing less than a total betrayal of populations around the globe and the entire web of life. The ongoing global climate engineering assault could not be more obvious or indisputable to anyone that does any objective investigation and has the courage to face reality. Yet, the so called "experts" continue to fortify the public denial of climate engineering by themselves adhering to the lie on the officially dictated blatant deception. Radio frequency signals leave a very clear and visible signature which is extremely recognizable. 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The Diming: Full Length Climate Engineering Documentary (Geoengineering Watch) https://youtu.be/rf78rEAJvhY / Patented processes of chemical nucleation for weather modification are a primary component of climate engineering programs. https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/chemically-nucleated-winter-weather/ / Just Say No! https://thehighwire.com/watch/ /How do we end corruption? https://moreequalanimals.com The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released thousands of prevvious classified documents on unidentified flying objects (UFO). The documents were made available to the public on the Black Vault, an online archive of declassified government documents. What will happen next? / What Big Ag Doesn't Want You to Know: Small Farms Can Feed the World. According to a new peer-reviewed paper, "The Myth of a Food Crisis," corrupt philanthropic and academic sectors in agriculture and development perpetuate the lie that Big Ag is the only way to feed the world. By Jonathn Latham, PH. 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The ongoing global climate engineering assault could not be more obvious or indisputable to anyone that does any objective investigation and has the courage to face reality. Yet, the so called "experts" continue to fortify the public denial of climate engineering by themselves adhering to the lie on the officially dictated blatant deception. Radio frequency signals leave a very clear and visible signature which is extremely recognizable. Radio frequency transmissions are utilized for manipulating weather systems, cloud formations, and jet stream patterns. The electrically conductive heavy metal nanoparticles (that are constantly being sprayed into our atmosphere by the geoengineers) are manipulated with the global grid of radio frequency transmitters controled by the weather makers. Square cloud formation are not the only indication of the climate engineering insanity, voids in cloud canopies are also a telltale sign of the ongoing manipulation. 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Apparently Chevron and their corporate legal / political and judicial ballwashing hacks are a bunch of rats. Only illustrates who
is running the dog and pony show commonly referred to as Amerikan jurisprudence.
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The State Department is full of Communists.
The Justice Department is full of Nazis.
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The CIA is full of foreign agents and double agents.
And the NSA is spying on everyone. 💩💩💩💩💩
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It’s all arse backwards, Chevron, the private law firm and the judge should be on trial for perverting the course of justice.