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Ralph invites back award-winning war correspondent and author, Chris Hedges, to discuss his new book \\u201cThe Greatest Evil is War\\u201d in which he points out that war is not only a racket but - no matter what its causes - a moral obscenity. And Mark Green joins us to elaborate on \\u201cWinning America\\u201d a compendium of rhetorical strategies and concrete policies Democrats should be running on to win the midterm elections. Plus, we plug Tort Law Education Day!

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the host of The Chris Hedges Report, and he is a prolific author\\u2014 his latest book is The Greatest Evil Is War.

Unchecked militarism is cancerous to a civilization. And it overreaches in the end. So, as it decays\\u2014 as we have decayed \\u2014 it engages in more forms of military adventurism in an attempt to reclaim a lost hegemony and a lost glory and a lost power.

Chris Hedges, author of The Greatest Evil Is War

Democratic administrations are wholly in lockstep with the Republicans on militarism. In some cases, even worse, because they provide more cover\\u2026 So, we have to hold those who prosecute permanent war\\u2014 Democrat or Republican\\u2014 accountable. And I think that by surrendering to a Democratic administration in the idea that it\'s \\u201cthe least worst,\\u201d we weaken our power and our credibility.

Chris Hedges, author of The Greatest Evil Is War

Bloodthirsty military action books sell far more than books that challenge the grizzly evil and crimes of war. It\'s books of aggression, violence, military prowess that gained the bestseller list

Ralph Nader

Mark Green is a former Nader\\u2019s Raider, who ran Public Citizen\\u2019s Congress Watch for ten years and was elected New York City\\u2019s first Public Advocate. He\\u2019s a prolific author, and has collaborated with Ralph Nader on Fake President: Decoding Trump\\u2019s Gaslighting, Corruption, and General B******t, and Wrecking America: How Trump\'s Lawbreaking and Lies Betray All. He is co-founder, with Ralph Nader of Winning America.

To summarize, dangerous extremists are trying to steal our votes and our wallets. [Progressive candidates] have to get in both: \\u201cThey\\u2019re destroying democracy,\\u201d and \\u201cThat economically hurts our families.\\u201d

Mark Green, co-founder of Winning America

Trump\\u2019s GOP\\u2014 they want to be lawmakers to break the law, violate the Constitution and crush our democracy, and put the plutocrats in charge. Behind all these Trumpsters is the corporate state\\u2026 turning the government against its own people.

Ralph Nader

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