Dr. Anne Marie Evers is a Best Selling Author of many books on the power of Affirmations. She is an Ordained Minister and Doctor of Divinity. She is co-author of Wake Up and Live the Life you Love in Spirit with Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Wayne Dyer. Dr. Evers is an International Motivational Speaker and Talk Show Host. Her latest book, Affirmations Your Passport to Happiness is in its 6th printing. She has created the popular Cards of Life. Dr. Evers has been teaching the power of affirmations and helping people for many years. She believes that Affirmations When Properly Done Always Work!

Her recently published book, following her experience with cancer and chemotherapy, was written to help others and discusses her using affirmations to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. The book 70 Ways to Cope with Chemo with a foreword by Dr Bernie Siegel is available at Amazon

Dr. Eran Elhaik

Career

• BSc (1999) Israel, Open University (double major in Computer Science and Business)
• PhD (2009) Texas, University of Houston
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2009-2011) Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2011-2013) Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health
• Research Associate (2013-2013) Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health
• Lecturer (2014-present) University of Sheffield

Dr. Elhaik's research centers on identifying and addressing BIG QUESTIONS in biology from multiple fields such as:

• Complex disorders, particularly mental health disorders
• Population genetics (biogeography, population structure, DNA reconstruction)
• Personalised medicine (prescribing medicine based on biogeography)
• Molecular evolution (molecular clocks, evolution rates)
• Genomics (genome evolution, phylogeny)
• Paleo-genomics (Adam Y chromosome, ancient genomes)
• Epigenetics (methylation, gene expression, regulation)

My research is multidisciplinary and requires computational and statistical skills alongside epidemiological and mathematical skills. For example, in Elhaik (2013a) I designed a dedicated microarray for genetic genealogy, in Elhaik (2013b) I showed that the origin of European Jews is from the Khazars, in Elhaik (2014a) I dated the most ancient human Y chromosome known as "Adam" Y chromosome, and in Elhaik (2014b) I developed the GPS tool that uses DNA to predict geographical origin of populations with an extreme accuracy.

Current research topics include:

• Identifying the environmental causes of autism and developing therapeutic methods
• Identifying the "Missing Link" between human and ape
• Predicting the geographical origins of ancient populations
• Developing applications for personalised medicine and stem cell therapy

Dr. Elhaik will discuss his study...

The Missing Link of Jewish European Ancestry: Contrasting the Rhineland and the Khazarian Hypotheses

Dr. Elhaik's study challenges commonly held assumptions about Jewish ancestry. Instead of being primarily the descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel, present-day Jewish populations are, finds Elhaik, primarily the children of a Turkish people who lived in what is now Russia, north of Georgia, east of Ukraine. This civilization, the Khazars, converted from tribal religions to Judaism between the 7th and 9th centuries.

Reese Gaertner is a woodworker, artist, and writer who currently lives and works in Minnesota. 

 Reese spent most of her childhood years in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  She grew up in a split-level house that fortunately had a large, wooded cow pasture on the other side of the backyard fence where she climbed trees, lingered under the branches of virgin maples, and dug through field-stone piles for fossils.  

 She eventually left for Minnesota and attended Carleton College, where she squeezed art and religion courses in between basketball and softball games.  After college, she earned both an M.Div. and S.T.M degree from Yale University, and did doctoral work in religion, science, and technology at Emory University.  She has served congregations in the United Church of Christ, served as a college chaplain, and taught college and graduate level courses in religion and theology.   More recently, she has been has been practicing mediation and studying Buddhist philosophy, and has been authorized to teach within the Theravadan tradition.

When she shifted gears and began focusing on woodworking and antique restoration, the inner nerd was still very active.  She completed the full-time one-year program in wood finishing and antique restoration at the National Institute for Wood Finishing, and followed that with advanced classes taught be some of the leading wood finishers in the country and by conservationists from the Smithsonian Center for Materials, Research, and Education.

While working in antique restoration, Reese began experimenting with different finishes, veneers, and woodworking projects.  Whenever clients and friends visited, they always noticed whatever experimental piece was sitting in the workshop and wanted to take it home.   Eventually, she stopped restoring antiques and focused on making her own artistic work.

Reese Gaertner's work has been a part of some of the nation's best shows, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, the American Craft Council Shows, and CraftNEWYORK, and is owned by collectors in the Midwest, New York, and Madrid, Spain.

Suzanne Spooner is a Level 3 QHHT practitioner, moderates the QHHT global forum of practitioners and assists Julia Cannon in the United States QHHT classes. Suzanne is also the creator of the channeling method called The Art of Universal Knowing (TAUK) and the Universal Mind Project which is a guided theta experience to gain access to the High Self and attune the DNA energetically.

Mario Reading was born in Dorset, and brought up in England, Germany, and the South of France. He was educated at Gorse Cliff Preparatory School, followed by Rugby School, and then went on to study Comparative Literature at the University of East Anglia, where he specialized in French and German Literature and translation before absconding, after two years, on a cargo boat to Africa.

In present day, Mario Reading is the author of six novels and eight non-fiction titles. Some of his most  well known books are: "The Nostradamus Prophecies", "The Templar Prophecy", "The Mayan Codex", "Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies For The Future", and "Nostradamus & The Third Antichrist".

Reading is introducing his new book, "Nostradamus: The Complete Prophesies For The Future" and his upcoming interview in the History Channels new documentary "Nostradamus" which is scheduled to air in May 2015.

Gayane Simonyan began playing the piano at the age of four. She earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Tchaikovsky Specialized Music School and Master’s and Doctorate degrees with Honors in Piano Performance and Keyboard Collaborative Arts from the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia where she later became a faculty member. Her principle teachers has been Anaida Shahbasyan and Yuri Hayrapetyan. She has also studied with Hovhannes Parajanyan and Victor Rosenbaum at Longy School of Music in Cambridge MA. Gayane Simonyan has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist throughout the United States, Latvia, Russia and Armenia.

Her performances have been broadcasted on Armenian Radio and Television as well as on Watertown Cable TV in Watertown MA. Recognized for her musical sensitivity and exceptional ensemble, she is in high demand both as vocal coach and collaborator. Her collaboration with many renowned artists including Gohar Gasparyan, Haik Deinian, Hasmik Dishchekenian, Tiran Lokmagozian, Carol Babikyan has been enthusiastically received. She has played competitions, auditions, masterclasses. Recent performances in music festivals include the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) Annual Conference in University of Redlands. She also accompanied in Eleonor and Alice Schoenfeld studios. Currently Ms. Simonyan maintains a private piano Studio; she is on the faculty at Glendale Community College and organist at the Our Lady of Grace Church in Encino.

Marina Manukian – violin / artistic director

At the age of 11, violinist Marina Manukian joined the Radio and Television Violin Ensemble of Armenia thus becoming the youngest professional musician in the former Soviet Union. She received her musical training from Georgi Ajemian, Alice Schoenfeld, Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh and Sidney Weiss. Marina has studied at the prestigious Mozarteum School of Music in Salzburg, Austria and is also a USC graduate with Highest Honors.

Since childhood, Marina has performed radio and television broadcasts, recordings, solos with orchestras, chamber music concerts and recitals. Her passionate artistry has been heard and embraced throughout Europe, former U.S.S.R. and the United States.

She is the winner of numerous music awards and prizes including the 1st prize for National Young Artist Competition, in former U.S.S.R., Aspen International Music Festival and Herb Alpert Music Award from A & M Records.

Marina has performed with such renowned artists as Mstislav Rostropovich, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Valeri Giergiev, Kent Nagano, James Conlon, Lynn Harell, and others. The Los Angeles Times identifies Marina Manukian as “a violinist extraordinaire…whose virtuosity is exceeded only by her calmness and confidence, working through the intricacies with masterful grace and strength.”

Since 2006 Marina has been the Artistic Director and Concertmaster of The Enlightenment Chamber Music Series which presents concerts performed by the selection of expert chamber musicians, soloists and recording artists from around the world. In addition to her solo and chamber music performances Marina has recorded for over 700 television and motion picture scores working with numerous composers including John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton-Howard, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer and Michael Giacchino.

GUEST: GENIE O’MALLEY

Genie O’Malley, President and Founder of Drug Free Solution, Inc., pioneered an emotional wellness technology which provides a breakthrough solution for heroin, meth, and opiate addiction along with community healing. Genie has provided her technology to over 260,000 individuals worldwide since 1996. She is an award-winning author, one a handful of Wall Street women business owners and an avid and accomplished photographer who is presently working on an exhibition of her work featuring communities as they heal. Her emotional wellness technique provides solutions for an additional 48 conditions, ranging from PTSD and depression to weight loss and fatigue.

In 1997 the foundational theory for what would eventually grow into a publically traded company was formed. Under the guise of multiple market tests than ran over the past 18 years, we have now come to know this theory as the Living Breath Process housed within it’s mother company Drug Free Solution Inc. What began as a journey for founder and CEO Genie OMalley to uncover new solutions in the emotional wellness market has transformed itself into 109 core products that deal with a variety of emotional conditions including but not limited to PTSD, Depression, and Chronic Fatigue. Comprehensive training and education have been developed as part of a behavioral modification system that provides additional support for the Living Breath Process. The individual programs are unique to their specific market because their results can be achieved with complete discretion inside of a person’s own living environment.

We have witnessed the most profound change through our programming in the field of Addiction. Our Heroin, Opiate, and Methamphetamine programs were tested in Santa Cruz, CA with successful integration into a majority of the local drug court systems. The most profound change took place when Genie shut down one of the largest drug homes in the city while simultaneously ensuring that all 74 occupants became free from their addictions. Roughly 95% of those original 74 occupants are still clean today. These profound results could not be ignored, so it has become the company’s mission to provide discrete and humane healing from heroin, opiate, and methamphetamine addiction through at home programming.

The company continues to thrive today as it spreads its message to people of all ages, gender, race, and background that emotional wellness is not a choice but a right within us all.

Paul Sutliff has a BA in Religion and Philosophy from Roberts Wesleyan College and a Master's in Education from Nazareth College of Rochester. He is a teacher and was a published research writer in his field before he was made aware that the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT or Triple I-T) gave Nazareth $500,000 (a HALF MILLION DOLLARS!). Paul had hear of IIIT before somewhere but he did not remember why. So after an hour's worth of research he wrote the president of Nazareth and was ignored. He posted his letter to the president on an alumni site. He was soon black listed for asking questions. Paul says that is the wrong thing to do a research writer! Since then Paul has written two books, appeared on several radio shows and two TV shows. Paul says he will go wherever he is invited to get this message of truth out about the war of Civilization Jihad being waged against Canada and the USA.

Journalist Alison Weir is the executive director of "If Americans Knew," a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing Americans with information on topics of importance that are misreported or under-reported in the American media. She is also on the board of directors
of the Council for the National Interest.

In February and March of 2001 Alison left her position as editor of MarinScope newspaper in Sausalito, California, to travel independently as a freelance reporter throughout Gaza  and the West Bank. Upon her return she founded If Americans Knew. She continues to research the issue intensively, her library on the issue now includes over 100 books, and she recently returned from three months traveling through the West Bank, Israel, and the Golan Heights.

In March of 2004, Weir was inducted into honorary membership of Phi Alpha Literary Society, founded in 1845 at Illinois College. The award cited her as a: "Courageous journalist-lecturer on behalf of human rights. The first woman to receive an honorary membership in Phi Alpha history."

ABOUT 'Against Our Better Judgement: The Hidden History of How the U.S. was used to Create Israel by Alison Weir...

"Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly hard light on the relationship between the United States and Israel. I hope this marvelous book gets all the attention it deserves." - Ambassador Andrew Killgore, Publisher, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

 Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would "imperil" both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians.

Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts.

As this work demonstrates, these politicians were bombarded by a massive pro-Israel lobbying effort that ranged from well-funded and very public Zionist organizations to an "elitist secret society" whose members included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.

AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT brings together meticulously sourced evidence to illuminate a reality that differs starkly from the prevailing narrative. It provides a clear view of the history that is key to understanding one of the most critically important political issues of our day.

Chris Murhpy is a Violinist, Composer and Band Leader

For 25 years, and with no sign of slowing, violinist Chris Murphy has made a living by writing, performing and recording original music. For Murphy, the path forward is charted by looking backward, to the troubadours and minstrels of ages past. Forget the exaggerated reports of the music industry’s demise. It’s only the record industry, a relative blip in the history of putting tones in sequence, that’s suffering. Music, and the opportunity to make a life’s work out of it, well, that’s not going anywhere. “In another era,” he says, “I would have played square dances, and loved it. I would have been a court musician in Versailles in the 17th Century, or a violinist in a circus orchestra.” For Chris Murphy, inspiration spans eras and aesthetics, but the fundamentals are the same.

Born into an Irish-Italian family near New York City, Murphy was surrounded by the disparate and eclectic sounds of his neighbors’ traditional music. “I heard and was influenced by everything – from Italian-mandolin music, to bluegrass and folk, to Latin music,” he says. Inevitably, he discovered rock ‘n’ roll, claiming still further influence from some of rock’s most adventurous and eclectic icons: Lou Reed and Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson. “My real hero,” he says, “was David Lindley. Hearing him play fiddle and lap steel with Jackson Browne — that kind of esoteric, enigmatic soloing over songs is originally what I loved.”

He learned about Turkish and Indian music at Simon’s Rock of Bard College and then studied composition at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. A longtime instrumental dabbler, Murphy has mostly taught himself how to play percussion, guitar and mandolin, even some Eastern instruments, but he found his proper match at 22, when he picked up the violin. “It’s the one instrument you’ll find anywhere you go,” he says. “And it has a wonderful, charming kind of minstrel quality. I love all the myths surrounding it.”

Eventually, Murphy did as so many American adventure seekers had done before him: He sought his fortune in the West. Now based in Los Angeles, Murphy earns his living by teaching — guitar, mandolin and violin — working on music for films, and, mostly, by performing his work for audiences.

And that’s hardly at the exclusion of recording. To wit, Murphy has amassed a deep catalog of solo and collaborative albums and made cameo appearances on records by Har Mar Superstar and The Dandy Warhols, among others. Murphy’s recordings include the likes of Steve Hodges and Larry Taylor from Tom Waits’ band, Nels Cline (Wilco), Mike Watt (fIREHOSE), D.J. Bonebrake and John Doe (X, The Knitters), Herb Pedersen (The Desert Rose Band), Tim O’Brien, Joachim Cooder (Buena Vista Social Club), Joey Peters (Grant Lee Buffalo), Walfredo Reyes Jr. (Santana), Trevor Hutchinson (Waterboys, Lunasa) and Pat D’Arcy, L. Shankar (Peter Gabriel), Victoria Williams. In the last year alone, Murphy has written and recorded six new albums in a vast array of styles. Chris has also been featured on television programs such as ‘Til Death and The Ellen Degeneres Show; his diverse and chameleon-like talents make him a sought after composer and collaborator for film and television. Chris has also performed in over 40 US states, in England and in Ireland.

As he searches for new ways to communicate through music, fusing styles and techniques from across the globe — a unique fabric of world music, he calls it — Murphy finds his element on the stage, where spontaneity and improvisation reign. “To me, the music is liquid, and I’m looking to have some kind of experience.” he says. “I’ll twist and turn and hammer and mold and shape cut and paste the music to do that. We’ve never done a song the same way twice.” As ever, Murphy re-forges the past to make a new way.

To Learn More About Chris Murhpy, Visit:  http://chrismurphymusic.com/

To Book Chris Murhpy and His Bands, Visit: https://www.teahouseco.com/

To Study with Chris Murphy, Visit:  http://blacktreeschool.com/

GUEST:  PETER BEDARD

Mr. Peter Bedard MA, C.Ht.
Alternative health expert and host/producer of CYH
Expertise: Alternative Health, Author of Convergence Healing, Healing, Hosting, Community Activist, Anxiety, Addiction, Chronic Pain, Integrative Wellness, Guided Imagery

Originally hailing from San Jose, CA Peter Bedard is passionate about alternative health, empowering others to heal, and inspiring them to live a life that is full of wellness and awareness. Peter has a “been there done that” positive attitude when it comes to healing. He’s died before and come back to a shattered life and dreams. He knows the pain of being in pain and his work focuses around addiction, anxiety, and pain while guiding people to reclaim their life and stand in their personal strengths. For many he is a bright light in a dark world of misery.

You know how some people just don’t seem to heal? They are stuck in a loop of pain whether it be emotional, spiritual, or physical and they live in fear of never being able to effortlessly engage in life again. Well, Peter helps them find hope and reclaim their life so as to once again live happy, joyous, and free. Peter is a Hypnotherapist with an MA in Consciousness Studies (the study of quantum theory and theology), the host of CreateYourHealth.com, the owner of CYH Teas, Healing Herbs and Spices, a teacher/workshop facilitator, author, and sought after personality full of life and positive energy.

Having survived an astounding near-death experiences (Check out “I Survived, Beyond and Back)and four other close to death experiences Peter had to learn how to walk (again) and heal himself from a number of medical conditions over the years. Peter has now turned his attentions to his personal passion for assisting others with their wellness.

Somewhere at the crossroad of Dr. Andrew Weil and the daredevils from Jackass lies Peter’s ongoing project, Create Your Health, where he tries on alternative or traditional (indigenous) health practice he can track down. Whether they are off the shelf or off the wall – ear coning, tapping, acupuncture, sound therapy, iridology, shamanism, witch doctors, stone throwers, scientists – Peter welcomes the opportunity to be a human guinea pig!

Peter spent close to 20 years in pain and Healed himself of fibromyalgia, bronchitis, chronic pain, chronic sinus infections, asthma, depression, anxiety, siatica, chronic allergies, and an allergy to chlorine.

His mission is to “Inspire Wellness” and share information about healing through a process he created for his own life, Convergence Healing, A 7 Step Process for Healing Pain, that he now teaches in workshops, through his private practice, and in his upcoming book.

Kate Curtis began specializing in alternative methods of pain relief in the early 90’s as an addition to her professional career as a nurse and midwife. She continued her healing education, qualifying in Reflexology and then graduating with a Licentiate from The Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland College. Having completed a post graduate internship in one of the Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals, she received a Diploma in Acupuncture from Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.

She has trained extensively in different healing modalities including Qigong and Tuina qigong, Reiki, and Taichi Chuan, and also in classical acupuncture and celtic herbalism. Kate has also trained with Dr. Stanislav Grof in transpersonal psychology and Holotropic Breathwork.

Kate’s specialty lies in her ability to help a person get to the root of their pain.  Her extensive understanding of energy healing and her knowledge of western medicine, and midwifery, brings reassurance to the people coming to her for healing.  She also brings the values of empathy and integrity, and has learned to listen to silence.  Her gift lies in her intuition, which facilitates her to be able to help bring to the surface the more deep and hidden issues, thereby allowing a person to heal from the deeper core level.

Kate has in more recent years also been working with more emphasis on the psychological and spiritual aspect of the individual. This has led her to work more closely with the more ancient traditional systems of healing, incorporating different cultural philosophies, such as is found in the shamanic traditions of each country. She uses alongside the traditional Chinese medical form of acupuncture both esoteric and classical forms of acupuncture which assist the person in their quest for consciousness exploration and personal awareness.

My upcoming guest on Cosmic LOVE, David Christopher Lewis, author of 'Saint Germain on Advanced Alchemy'.

David will be introducing Saint Germain on Advanced Alchemy - VOLUME 2

Welcome David Lewis to Cosmic LOVE with your Presence!

~ Christopher Rudy

In the late 80s, author Colleen Mauro founded Intuition: A Magazine for the Higher Potential of the Mind to introduce readers to the emerging field of intuition development. Now that we know the basics, it’s time to take the next step. In her new book, she introduces us to a more advanced form of intuitive perception called spiritual telepathy. Spiritual Telepathy introduces readers to the ancient mind-training techniques that will allow them to access the wisdom and guidance of their own souls. These techniques, once taught in the ancient mystery schools of Egypt, Greece, Babylon and India, come from a body of knowledge called the Ageless Wisdom. As the Wisdom teachings tell us, the soul is our gateway to the higher worlds. Through the soul, we have access to the universal or divine mind where information on all subjects can be found. In the past, it's been only the "special" people--our saints, shamans and spiritual leaders--who have had access to the higher worlds. The tide of evolution has brought us to the point where many of us can now take this momentous step. It takes only the willingness to commit to a daily spiritual practice. The catastrophic problems we face today are speeding up the pace of evolution and calling forth this expansion in human consciousness. With our world in crisis, our very survival depends on our ability to tap higher sources of wisdom and knowledge. As Albert Einstein famously said, the problems in our world cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. Spiritual Telepathy provides readers with a step-by-step method for contacting the soul and accessing the universal wellspring of inspiration and knowledge. The author draws on a variety of spiritual traditions and explains how the new science validates these ancient teachings. She shares her own experiences and introduces readers to others who have also used these practices. When we contact the soul, our life purpose becomes clear. Each of us has a task, a contribution to make to the world, and, as Eckhart Tolle and others have told us, we are all urgently needed. When we invoke the magic of our souls, we take our place among the pioneers who will lead the way to a more peaceful, sustainable, and compassionate world.

CHRIS HEDGES spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years.

Hedges was part of the team of reporters at The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. The Los Angeles Press Club honored Hedges' original columns in Truthdig by naming the author the Online Journalist of the Year in 2009, and granted him the Best Online Column award in 2010 for his Truthdig essay "One Day We'll All Be Terrorists."

Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City and has taught at Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University. He currently teaches inmates at a correctional facility in New Jersey.

Hedges began his career reporting the war in El Salvador. Following six years in Latin America, he took time off to study Arabic and then went to Jerusalem and later Cairo. He spent seven years in the Middle East, most of them as the bureau chief there for The New York Times. He left the Middle East in 1995 for Sarajevo to cover the war in Bosnia and later reported the war in Kosovo. Afterward, he joined the Times' investigative team and was based in Paris to cover al-Qaida. He left the Times after being issued a formal reprimand for denouncing the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq.

He has written nine books, including "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle" (2009), "I Don't Believe in Atheists" (2008) and the best-selling "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America" (2008). His book "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" (2003) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. His latest book is "Death of the Liberal Class" (2010)

Hedges holds a B.A. in English literature from Colgate University and a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, Calif. Hedges speaks Arabic, French and Spanish and knows ancient Greek and Latin. In addition to writing a weekly original column for Truthdig, he has written for Harper's Magazine, The New Statesman, The New York Review of Books, Adbusters, Granta, Foreign Affairs and other publications.

Unspeakable

by Chris Hedges, David Talbot (With)

Hedges here speaks up about the most pressing issues that currently face our nation. He tackles the rise of a fascist right in support of Donald Trump, which advocates xenophobia and violence in a push for American totalitarianism. He rails against the posturing of inclusivity from establishment elites on both sides of the aisle, who post-Occupy-Wall-Street continue to advocate for policies that make America uninhabitable for all but the ultra-rich and, as lackeys for corporate interests, continue to expand income inequality in all directions. He tears into the contemporary glamorization of the military and the unchecked, unchallenged hawkishness that defines contemporary American foreign policy. Moreover, he shows his support for contemporary revolts against this twisted order—such as Black Lives Matter—that represent Americans refusing to take the destruction of their country lying down. And that’s just the start.

He possesses a clear understanding of the challenges that lie before us, and has proven to be ahead of the curve time and again. All of which is to say, Chris Hedges is unafraid to say what is necessary and true—and has always been. If we are to combat the intellectual and moral decay that have come to grip American life, we must listen to him and the urgent message he brings in this book.