Truthdig: Chris Hedges "Days of Revolt" - Ralph Nader

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In part two of his conversation with former presidential candidate Ralph Nader on TeleSUR’s “Days of Revolt” series, Chris Hedges seeks Nader’s opinion on the role of the third party in American politics, the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline and Bernie Sanders’ game plan.

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“Well, Bernie Sanders has been around a long time,” says Nader, whose latest books include “Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State” and “Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015.” “He can see beyond the next hill, or around the next corner. I think I know what his game plan is. Basically, he wants to arouse public opinion in a progressive manner, domestically. He’s got real problems with military and foreign policy positions that he has not taken, progressively. But he wants to build progressive public opinion so that it pulls the Democratic party a little bit. But he doesn’t want to do this in any way that can take a vote away from the nominee, if you say, Hillary Clinton.

So, he’s lost his bargaining power electorally, when he said he’ll endorse the Democratic nominee five months ago. Without saying it depends on who it is, he would have had some bargaining power. So, he’s finished in terms of any electoral dynamics when the primary season is over.”

“Do you have a theory as to why?” Hedges asks...snip
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Chris Hedges: Days of Revolt
http://videos.telesurtv.net/en/video/467193/days-of-revolt-467193

Days of Revolt - The Corporate Coup d'etat with Ralph Nader
Monday November 02, 2015

Chris Hedges at Truthdig
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