Chris Hedges: Death of the Liberal Class

We were snookered. He's not as advertised, instead we're seeing that Obama is a willing captive of Wall Street, the insurance lobby, and the other oligrachic forces and has turned his back on the hope that put him in office. Chris Hedges, author of the new book Death of the Liberal Class, argues that the familiar Democratic mechanisms for listening to and serving the working and middle classes is no longer functioning. He argues action in the streets is our only recourse.

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