What JFK tried to do before his assassination w/Jeffrey Sachs | The Chris Hedges Report
We will never know the world that could have been had President John F. Kennedy's assassination never taken place, but an inkling of how things could have been different can be found in the final months of his life. In his new book, To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace, Jeffrey Sachs unearths JFK's final political campaign-to establish a secure and lasting peace with the Soviet Union. How far did JFK's efforts go? What sort of progress was made on ending the Cold War, not through the collapse of the Soviet Union, but rather through mutual cooperation and understanding? To answer these questions and more, Jeffrey Sachs joins The Chris Hedges Report.
Jeffrey D. Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs was Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016.
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LOL He lied about a "missile gap" in order to frighten the electorate - causing Eisenhower to give his famous Military Industrial Complex speech. Who do you think he was talking about in that speech, if not "Saint Kennedy"? In addition to being loyal servants of the Militlary Industrial Complex, the Kennedy clan was also inextricably linked to Red-baiting Communist Witch-hunter Senator Joseph McCarthy, who infamously stood as Godfather to "Saint RFK's' daughter, as well as having dated two Kennedy sisters. The Kennedys were among the coldest of cold warriors - they wiretapped MLK under the guise of "Anti-communism" - RFK himself signed off on the illegal wiretaps - this should be viewed in light of RFK's service as an senate staffer/aid to McCarthy! Why are you so invested in perpetuating the self-serving mythology of the American Empire?
What the world needs now is another JFK - Not an RFK Jr.! Maybe a Marianne Williamson would be the best choice today!
Thanks Jeffrey, please read my other comments on this video!
@@michaelbartlett6864 LOL No. No more Proglodytes. No more Saint Missile Gap. No more fake "heroes".
@@CockTaco Would you please elaborate on your reply with specifics, because it is quite ambiguous!
This video should be part of every high school history class, but the political establishment addicted to war would never allow it.
I’d like to see history classes show Eisenhower’s farewell address followed by Kennedy’s commencement speech from 6/10/63.
We probably wouldn't even be here if not for it.
Yes, Very sad.
Addicted to war with their suits and ties. Cowardly
The Mongol Horde was a violent blip in history. When you are so out of sync with the rest of the world; you are remembered unfavorably.
It is a national criminal act that the American People should be so largely ignorant of the details that are outlined in this conversation. It is shameful, saddening, disgusting and it is most certainly intentional.
After the graphic scenes of war from Vietnam were broadcast in every American's home, which led to massive anti-war protests, The Security State essentially outlawed that type of journalism.
It's not really even the details that matter. The underlying catalyst of war is fear. When one side strikes, the other becomes fearful and seeks to strike back to ease their fears. Repeat that cycle enough times, and people get lost in the fear and justify the violence. We just need taxpayers to understand their own emotions and how they justify vicious cycles of war. It's not about history, it's about critical thinking. We just need to gain control over our fears.
You can bet with me, most of them are ignorant of real issues, but they are ready to discuss reality show that has no substances.
@@tashalorm4313google order no 00447 . If they did that to their own people what would they have done to Europe ?
They are equally ignorant of the democracies that the US has overthrown as well as the popular movements we have stifled by backing dictators who serve our interests. It evens out. The elites want them ignorant, so that is what they are.
What goes through the minds of people, who feel they need to dislike a conversation like this, is beyond me.
Prof. Sachs and Mr. Hedges we are grateful to have you
These topics are what we need to teach our kids in high schools not the garbage they learn.
AND CAN I JUST ADD, THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT TAUGHT THIS HISTORY IN SCHOOLS, BUT INSTEAD ARE PROPAGANDISED FROM THE CRADLE, IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS LED US TO HERE AND NOW AROUND OUR WORLD
The compulsory school education curriculum deplores teaching High School students Civics.
That Kennedy speech is awesome. I happen to think there is more drama in seeking peace then in war. To see one another as human beings with the same basic concerns and fears is powerful.
Well said! Top comment.
Yet his actions were incongruous with that speech. Each successive US president have all been the same -fork tongued and duplicitous. People just choose the nice bits and run with that.
@@BrendanZ-cd4wryou've nailed it, despite our drive to praise past Presidents, to this day, when you consider the many - illegal - wars and military operations, the US (and NATO since its inception) have waged around the world, in countries like: 1945-1949: China 1947-1949: Greece 1948: Costa Rica 1949-1953: Albania 1949: Syria 1950-1953: South Korea 1950-1953: Burma and China 1952: Egypt 1952: Guatemala 1952-1953: Iran 1954: Guatemala 1956-1957: Syria 1957-1959: Indonesia 1959-1963: South Vietnam 1959-1962: Cuba 1960-1965: Congo-Leopoldville 1960: Laos 1961: Dominican Republic 1961-1964: Brazil 1963: Iraq 1965-1967: Indonesia 1970: Cambodia 1970-1973: Chile 1971: Bolivia 1974-1991: Ethiopia 1975-1991: Angola 1975-1999: East Timor 1976: Argentina 1979-1992: Afghanistan 1980-1989: Poland 1981-1982: Chad 1981-1990: Nicaragua 1983: Grenada 1989-1994: Panama 1989: Paraguay 1991: Iraq 1991: Haiti 1992-1996: Iraq 1994-1995: Haiti 1996-1997: Zaire 2000: FR Yugoslavia 2001-2021: Afghanistan 2003-2023: Iraq 2005: Kyrgyzstan 2006-2007: Palestinian Territories 2005-2009: Syria 2011: Libya 2012-2023: Syria 2014-2023: Yemen 2014-2023: Ukraine 2023: Somalia
I often watch his speech to the American University few months before his assassination.Great speech from a great statesman.The most powerful man's yearning for peace
You guys need to stop worshiping JFK and making him into something he wasn't. He was the chief president against the Soviet Union and communism. JFK was simply not a peaceful diplomat. His main policy was the Cold war. That's where his attention was. He did not mention any civil or domestic policy or issues in his inauguration speech.
Great thanks to the Prof. Sachs for his dignity, honesty and professionalism
As an immigrant I can tell you he defines the spirit of a true american.
From the beginning, almost single-handedly, Prof Sachs has sounded the alarm about the lies and dangers surrounding Ukraine. For which, profound thanks, sir.
WE IGNITED THE FUSE IN UKRAINE
@@rogerdorsey7823 oh please the whole thing is staged, they all work together their only one enemy one is the people they want to depopulate.
The fact this interview is not on a MSM platform says a lot about what those outlets are about and who's in charge of the messages they craft for the public consumption. I know why they are on the real news network and that's why I have been a subscriber since day 1 of my introduction to the network. Thanks Max, Chris and Dr Sachs for being a bastion of truth.
it's also about how VERY FEW own the entire MSM
And I'd say thanks Noam in addition, guys, because our venerable "modern Socrates" definitely made these truth-tellers possible, in the first place. All most remarkable and bravest men, including the late Dr. Ellsberg, of course. 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏
Dudes like Tom Brokaw belong to Council of Foreign Relations.
Great to hear these two sane, eloquent and high profile commentators speaking together These are the kind of people the world needs as leaders, but the mass media tragically ignores ...
Two high class and last intellectuals of America !
Ignore until they can't?. Russell Brand is fighting the good fight too, a lot of us are on the same side. Stalwarts like these..Chris &Jeff, we need.
I listen to Chris Hedges and Jeffrey Sachs every chance I get, too bad we will never see either of them on mainstream media.
Two Soviet military men who saved the world at different times: (Search 'em!) Vasily Arkhipov Stanislav Petrov. The American people and probably the rest of the world too-! have no idea! These 2 should have an international holiday to honor them and try to glean lessons from what they did.
@@rogbrogb5341 I could never understand, the US hate towards Russia. The US could have had a friend,instead they pushed Russia into the arms of China and the Middle East 😢
This speech causes me to weep for what had been lost, what we have thrown away, and what we have forgotten.
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." "Governments derive their just powers from the CONSENT of the governed." "“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” “Well done is better than well said.”
I to am so angry for what America lost and @jimjessup5041-2 I feel the your sentiments. But what would those generals do without a false war. It’s not their sons fathers daughters mothers who are being killed. And what about the zionists and their billions how on earth could we have peace.
America can still be a leader and competitive with China. It's just the bloated defense industry preventing this from happening. If America had real change, diverge funds away from war and put it into development of infrastructure and economic policy for development of technology. It would put the US ahead of China. America playing world police is a waste of resources, these war profiteers are hurting American industry. China will continue to get the upper hand in deals if the US cannot offer anything other than defense contracts. Logical leaders will pick infrastructure development over US military bases. RFK Jr is what America needs but due to political bureaucracy, slander, and censorship, he faces difficulty in getting support. If he can get through all the obstacles and get his messages out. America still has hope.
@jimjessup5041 : Me too❤ JFK was in my opinion the best president we ever had. Lincoln was an amazing orator but the American University Commencement Speech brings me to tears at what could have been and what was stolen from our country and the world.
…And what we were never informed of.
Thank you, Chris Hedges and Mr. Jeffrey Sacs . I bought the book, and it is extremely informative . Thank you. My middle brother was in the Navy and was in the Bay of Pigs. My brother told me about that particular Russian submarine and the story. The ruthlessly around his presidency was unforgivable. President Kennedy's assassination was a loss for our country. He will never be forgotten in American history. A great statesmen we have had not since, regrettably. I have the book, "R.F.K The Man Who Would Be President," written by Ralph de Toledana in 1967. Excellent critical analysis by Mr. Jeffrey Sacs on Ukraine. We saw it coming when we left Afghanistan the way we did and on to the next war. In the 400 years of our country, we had only twenty years of peace. (Twenty years) I'm listening to this again and it is a very important part of American history. It may have been a different world for all of us today, if President Kennedy had lived. Many at the top including the military and Alan Dulles had it out for President Kennedy. In retrospect, where did Robert McNamara stand with President Kennedy and Vice- President Johnson? Under the Johnson administration, the USS Liberty Navel Ship AGTR-5, 1967 6-day, was hit by Israei forces. James A. Ennes, Jr., wrote a book, "Assault on the Liberty, "The True Story ofthe Israeli Attack of an American Intelligence Ship. A few documentaries were made about this horrible incident and nothing was done for all these great men who were on that ship to come to.their aid after the Israelis forces hit that ship. The attack lasted more than two hours, killing 34 Americans and wounding 171 others. The men on that ship were asked to sign an oath that they could never repeat what happened. It was a cover up on purpose. My brother, Tommy Wayne Wheeler, was aboard the ship, and he was one of the fortunate ones that live. Unfortunately, his beautiful soul and mind mind was harmfully damaged, and he passed away on July 3rd,1983. Many families were affected by this incident. All sides are betraying the American people today both the Repulicans and the Democrats and those of powers of greed and wars for profits. May we alll find peaceful solutions now while we can. Just like what lived in President Kennedy's soul, and Dr. Martin Luther KingJr, Malcolm X, and Mandella and others. I will not vote blue or red in the election of 2024. If Cornel West doesn't make it. I will be voting for watermelon. 🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶
22:03 22:16 22:21 😢
Kennedy's speeches bring tears to my eyes, and I was born 3 years after he was gunned down. An amazing man.
I was lucky to meet and shake hands with Kennedy. In 1960 I was a hostess at the Democratic convention in Los Angeles. Four of us were selected to accompany him to the stage for his last speech before the election at East Los Angeles Junior college. I was honored to meet him as well as Adlai Stevenson who I picked up at the LA airport.
The speech spoken at American University was beyond eloquent. It is my favorite speech of all time. It meant everything to me. I was 10 years old, one mile from Carlswell AF base when we came within hours from nuclear war. My father, packed our car and spoke with SAC to find out the time frame to remove us from ground zero, much less the nuclear fallout. It couldn’t be done in time. The back channel deal the Kennedy’s did with Khrushchev saved America and the world. Allen Dulles killed the Kennedy’s, therefore. My elementary school had us doing drills with moms in cars picking up all the kids and driving out of ground zero. I think of where we are today. Nothing has changed since the assassination of the Kennedy’s. Power truly does corrupt and it truly does corrupt absolutely…Lord Acton, Truman…Years later when my father was elderly I asked him about how we almost came to nuclear war and said, Dad why didn’t you get us out of the country to South America. He said it wouldn’t have mattered the earth would have been devastated at the level of nuclear material released. He would have known. He was a Nuclear Engineer.😮
I was 6, and agree with most of what you have to say & I salute you for showing the courage to name Dulles... NO ?, if you have read several contrasting views as the years have past, he certainly ordered & oversaw the whole "mission", then had the audacity to control the Warren Commission as well; should have been called the Dulles Commission. I gotta stop, getting going & a Rant is coming... Take care
As far as I am concerned, Pres. Kennedy's speech at American University is the one that sealed his fate. The Military Industrial Complex, the CIA, and far-right elements of the U.S. military simply were not going to let Mr. Kennedy ruin their gravy train and their power within our government.
I believe that JFK genuinely wanted peace in the world .
He said he would not send Americans to fight in Vietnam. The Pentagon forced that on a still scared LBJ! LBJ said when he approved the Vietnam fighting, "there, you've got your war"!
Then he took aim at Vietnam. Deeds, not words, gentlemen.
And Billy Satanic Graham did not....
I think we martyred Kennedy because of his death. We don’t know how he would’ve been if he wasn’t killed . We romanticize martyrs because he appeared to be a threat so he was killed .
@@salt27dogg Yes we do: he was a dyed in the wool anti communist who took on and ramped up the Vietnam conflict. NO ONE gets near the presidents office without being fully vetted and a company man. He wasn't killed for being anti establishment, that is ridiculous. He was killed by a lone gunman, Oswald.
Jeffrey Sachs one of America's best public intellectuals.
Sachs has a phenomenal grip on politics/diplomacy, wish we had him during our PolSci lectures
Every “failure” that Sachs talks about, in the end, is hugely profitable for the USMICC. These failures are deliberate.
No, no they are not, and humans did land on the moon in August of 1969.
Of course you know that the term "Military Industrial Complex" was created by Eisenhower so as to caution Kennedy against making bad decisions.
Kennedy's words got me weeping. So poignant, powerful and relevant to these very troubled times
It’s probable he never wrote one word of what brings tears to your eyes.
@@kingrhs1• But he delivered them. In the end there is but One Author. Peace.
@@kingrhs1a speechwriter would have helped but the sentiments were his.
@judithburgess952: Me too. From the optimism, restraint and wisdom of the Kennedy era to the madness of now - how did it come to this ??
@@kingrhs1 There was one important peace speech verifiably written only by JFK and Ted Sorensen.
What a great leader JFK was and how tragic that we don’t have leaders who care for the future of humanity.
To get to the point. Kennedy's final decision was his decree to take away the Federal Reserve's right to print dollars. A right that the initiators of the FED had granted themselves in Congress on December 23, 1913. On a day when very few people were still present in Congress, most of them were already on Christmas vacation. That was the background to his murder. It is significant that the first act of his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, was to withdraw this decree. Since then it should be clear to everyone that it is not just any president who controls the USA, it is the masters of the Fed. Who are these initiators of the FED, both Hedges and Sachs know this. It is equally interesting who still runs this FED today and who ran it in the past. It's about the rule of money. Which companies are best suited for this? Correct. The military. The military is purely a consumer machine. The only thing they need is conflict. And nothing is easier than creating conflict. They are Zionists. And Zionists are by no means Jews and certainly not the Jews. They are people of all kinds. People who rely primarily on a statement from the Torah/Bible, namely that they are the "chosen people", chosen to rule the world.
He would 100% sorry his nephew RFK Jr in this incoming election, and you should too. Both parties are subservient to the military industrial complex, pharmaceutical companies, and the other ultra wealthy forces of our world.
It takes guts for an institutional man to tell the truth in this country. You have my respect Jeffrey.
Chris shows his interviewing skills here. He asks questions at the right time to keep things moving but mostly remains silent and gives Jeff the floor.
Yes, he stopped at the moments I queried too. But unfortunately left a few seriously misinformed statements out there by Sachs to go unquestioned.
We Hear You JeffreySachs! 👏👏👏👏👏
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Great discussion, gentlemen. The world needs peace, not war. We are one humanity.
Thank you Professor Sachs for your wonderful explanation of JFK and the truth of what’s really happening today.
❤
No words to state how powerful and honest all at once this interview was: THANK you Prof. SACHS, GREAT JOB Mr. HEDGES.
He’s sane sort as Kennedy a coward it was lemay and others that should have ruled the day.the Soviet’s nuclear weapons couldn’t hit anything.Kennedy didn’t save the world he’s the one that put us in this situation.he’s no hero just ignorant
Sachs is a Nobel winner.
@@dthomas9230 so what look at that history.see what Stanford university said about mlk in 2002 another Nobel winner
Thank you, Chris and Jeffrey. Without people like you willing to have these conversations the world has no chance to survive the US obsession with hegemony.
What was his solution? Must have missed it
Exactly what is happening people are really stupid not to see what is happening when people stop talking and take action the world will be destroyed by by themselves
The PrometheUS syndrome…
You need to ask why the US ruling class has an obsession with hegemony? Whose material interests are served? What would it mean if the USD ceased to be the reserve currency of the world? How would the US finance its debts if US Treasury Bonds weren't the safest financial instrument. The problem for Hedges and Sachs is there silence on the crisis of US capitalism. Why can't they say anything about it? The contradiction of an integrated world economy divided into competing nation-states cannot be resolved peacefully under capitalism. Germany was the primary aggressor in WWI and WWII because its economy developed late and when that exceeded its borders the world had already been divided among the other imperialist powers. It had to fight for its 'place in the sun'. Today the US is the primary aggressor because, like every great power before, it will not relinquish its wealth, power and privileges without using all the might, force, terror and violence at its disposal. There is a force that can stop it. Imperialist war abroad means class war at home. Workers, students and youth are going to be confronted with either supporting the war plans or compelled to consider the need for a revolution. If the principles of the US Declaration of Independence were applied today the government would be overthrown by next week. But the next revolution must be to overturn the anachronistic profit system so workers can democratically control the product of their collective labor, it must be socialist. To do that the most class conscious layers must urgently study history and learn its lessons. Please read the World Socialist Webs Site for more. fight to build the Socialist Equality Party.
A privilege to listen to Dr. Sachs. I do admire this gentleman.
Thanking God that people like Jeffrey Sachs and Chris Hedges still have a platform - The Real News Network.
Brilliant. Impossible to disagree with anything. Speaking so honestly and with such clarity and facts is a lost art especially among the excuse and shame for journalism now taking place in the US.
Such effusive enthusiasm And then what happened?
#globalnews $worldnews
#worldnews
The US always TALKS about peace. What they actually DO is war.
speaking honestly and doesnt mentioned that he was responsible for the economic destruction of russia in the 90s? he likes to brag that he was sitting in the room with russian leaders and advising them, he just ignores the outcome of his advise. there is a reason russians hate him.
Excellent work! In less than an hour, Sacks lays out the history of the Cold War from it’s inception at the end of WW11 to the current state of play in Ukraine, a masterful précis from a man who had a front row seat during that crucial decade after the fall of the Soviet Union. Bravo!
He's my age
These comments sound like what I read on Brand or trump videos Same tactics?
@@Uncanny_Mountain ?? please explain
@@LindaEckertBallard I think Russiagate ate his brain. I believe he is trying to imply we are all paid Russian trolls... Comrade.
@@LindaEckertBallardWhy do you expect other people to explain when you contribute nothing yourself?
Two brilliant minds - Sachs and Hedges. Sachs wears many hats - economist, author, diplomat, geopolitical analyst and teacher extraordinaire. Hedges is an extraordinary journalist and writer. Brilliant conversation and more than that - a valuable history lesson.
"We want unipolarity." Sachs hits the nail on the head with this. I thought we coulld actually get the peace he speaks of, and there was perhaps a brief window of it when I was in Russia, although the gears were already grinding to bring us to where we are. US foreign policy continues to be a shit show for everyone, including Americans.
But not rich Americans/ Not Americans who own defense stocks.
What an unambiguous, honest assessment of what happened! This is what we need to hear.
I hope your assessment is correct. But how would you know? Were you there? Do you see the problem?
President Kennedy sent us the American Peace Corps Volunteers who taught us English, physics, and chemistry. I will never forget when our American teacher told us the morning after, that JFK was assassinated. It was a shocking moment for all of us and never went away ifrom my memory.
And now you get the National Endowment for Democracy... the complete opposite of the American Peace Corps.
A peace corp, that’s a novel idea. Can you see why ‘they’ killed him.
An absolutely brilliant interview. I've been writing on many of these same subjects for decades, but this is an incredible video. Everyone, and I mean everyone who is interested in history, the security state, nuclear war, Russia, NATO, the war in Ukraine, or peace needs to watch this. Seriously. Watch it and then pass it along.
It is encouraging to know that there are people with this level of consciousness and who insistently tell us that there is always a ray of hope for peace. Chris and Professor Sachs do an admirable service to the planet! And we are deeply grateful for that!
*This is simply a masterpiece! Required viewing by all who TRULY want to know what’s going on, masterfully spoken by two giants of our time! It’s nothing but a privilege to listen to these two highly eloquently knowledgeable men!*
Giants? hmmm.
Anyone who informs us through this hedgmonic, dominating, cheating, lying, thieving, demonic implemented shitstorm is held in the highest esteem and IOU. By ME. .
Enjoy them now. They are the last of the Real Journalists. Deductive reasoning and critical thinking are now, lost arts.
Intellectual, moral, independent and articulate giants in a media full of bought talking heads.
As moving and amazing as this anecdote is, it only helps to emphasize the depravity of our contemporary geo-political environment. In retrospect it seems like America has been consciously TRYING to do the "wrong" thing ever since. It is hard to imagine how we could bungle things so badly otherwise.
America has been doing the "wrong" thing before, during and after Kennedy, as a matter of principle.
If you understand, which I'm sure you do, the incredible penchant for greed and power human nature inherently entails it's easy to imagine.
The capitalist empire cannot tolerate a rogue peacemaker in a high place. Astronomical profits take precedence.
@@MaxwellPowers666 penchant: a string instinct or liking for... So which is it: an instinct or liking for? And what are its motivational drivers? ( or origins? )
Do you really believe that depravity is unique to our contemporary geo-political environment?
Thanks for having Jeffery Sachs on your show. It was great!
Your assessment of JFK's growth is spot on. This man had to go and his adversaries were out to teach a lesson to those who opposed them. He knew but undeterred in his efforts - a very dangerous man to his enemies.
This is extraordinary. I was still at school when JFK was murdered. I've heard that even Khrushchev wept on learning of the death of "that fine young man". Thanks, Jeffrey & Chris. (Green Fire, UK) 🌈🦉
I heard that the Vietnamese were not that upset about it.
Wasn't Khrushchev and John F KENNEDY having Talks about Disarmament in 61,62, and 63. I believe that THEY WERE.
@@nickcharles1284 Well, after all Kennedy was behind agent orange.
@@nickcharles1284on the contrary, they were. It was only JFK who wanted to withdraw the troops and end the war in Vietnam, but he was murdered by the war-loving LBJ. He and all other presidents after him have been waging some war or the other in other countries.
If you read his overall view on Vietnam, he was for 'withdraw' ONLY after a US victory. Which is to say, never withdrawing. Also powers that be do not need to murder presidents, they have all the time in the world, so you just get a more company minded man in power in a few years. Notice that under Nixon, we did withdraw from Vietnam, yet he was not assassinated. We withdrew from Afghanistan, and as far as I know Biden is still alive. @@nivieb9
You didn't mention the fact that JFK's peace speech was delivered June 10, 1963 at the American University. More noble words have never been spoken!
They should add a link to the speech or at least pin this comment to the top.
A visionary American President anticipated how important it was to say publicly that more than 20 million Russians gave their lives fighting Nazi Germany. The healing power of words had a miraculous effect. Soviet leader Khrushchev recognised the power of Kennedy’s words and a series of nuclear test ban treaties followed.
@@daiu48 Absolutely true!
The Gulf of Tonkin "incident" was less than a year after JFK was murdered. Weapons of mass destruction. 20 years in Afghanistan. Ukraine. It's above politicians.
Hearing an intelligent telling of the other side of the Ukraine/Russian conflict has been refreshing. I love the passion that Jeffrey exudes!
Thank you Chris and Professor Sachs. Glad we have u both.
A HUGE fan of Professor Sachs! A great man of integrity!
Yesssssss!
Me too, but it would be interesting to hear what he says about his beloved NYT (that published the Pentagon Papers) when it said 'MLK jr. crossed the line in his Anti-War Speech at Riverside Church' April 1967.
Thank you for this excellent interview, Chris. I am even more thankful to Professor Jeffrey Sachs for his honesty. The entire world knows today that the US doesn't care about spreading democracy and freedom in other nations. It's sole interest is in military domination and to grab the natural resources for its economic and military hegemony. The World has been a witness of this brutal behaviour on many occasions in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia.If you ask people around the World, which country they fear would be the most likely to trigger a nuclear armageddon, I'm willing to bet that the US would win hands down.
Word.
Well, in Canada, we have a long-standing belief that Russia would start a nuclear war. Now, with the military industrial complex rampped up , and a string of war-monging fools for US presidents, I'd say the US too.
I think you have it wrong. The united states isn't Dominant, b. Cause when Israel ATTACKED us in 67. WE DID NOTHING. YET WE CALL OURSELVES A SUPER POWER BY.. ONLY ATTACKING COUNTRIES THAT CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES/ NON NUCLEAR CAPABLE COUNTRIES. FACTS ARE A BIT CH. PEACE AND LOVE ❤️🙏 PEOPLE
that may infact B the corporadoes not the pols ("doesn't care about spreading democracy"). They often have them on their purse strings for re-election funds. Yes some fear the other races ("military domination") in foriegn lands but they seem few.
The USA did try to help people create better governments and higher standards of living through 1970. Maybe not always intelligently, but from Henry Clay forward, many US Statesmen tried.
This should definitely shown in theatres/community settings like the BA interviews. It is stunning and profound.
There was also a Soviet early warning system failure in the 1970s I think, that reported a full scale US nuclear attack on the CCCP. The protocol was a full scale counter-launch but the launcher took lots of risk to wait for confirmation and narrowly avoided armageddon. He was later awarded the honour of HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION. Mankind owes a lot to this fellow.
Yes, I remember that!
Perfect. This video should be compulsory for all who tub thump for war in Ukraine. Sachs is a treasure - he really is.
Well he was one of the US advisers that made crippled Russia with neoliberalism. I wonder why he had that change of heart.
Googling the "Holodomor" should be compulsory reading for people who NATO THUMP, and push Russian propagancda.
@@GalacticNovaOverlord older? learning? smarter?
This interview is marvelous. Sachs is exquisite throughout. And it's extremely gratifying to see the brilliant Chris Hedges expand his own perspective to realize that President Kennedy was not just another ruling class Cold Warrior, but a unique and great statesman. Thank you both.
@literary la:Well said 🔥
Goes nowhere Chris has perfected the Russell Brand technique We've gotten so good at identifying the problems Yet no one offers a way forward Chomsky too. He made voice to text tech so the Saudis could use our smart bombs
@@Uncanny_Mountaincan you elaborate?
@@codyvandal2860 I was a big fan of Hedges, but his support for the People's Party and lack of specificity indicates he's not really a journalist but an avatar of the State, like Sanders, offering the semblance of hope but not actually telling you what the goal is Russell Brand does the same thing, so does Jimmy Dore, Rogan, Status Coup, Assange, Snowden, Chomsky, Ughyar, Kulinksi, Icke, Hancock, Peterson, Walsh, Crowder It's a Cult tactic taught in Scientology Long winded diatribes that lead nowhere, change little. He doesn't name names, doesn't identify patterns, doesn't have a solution The whole thing is an exercise in tail chasing, rabbit holes, and "revelations" We got so good at talking about the problem But no one takes the next logical step Seems intentional There's more, so don't play Judge Judy with me, I know stuff that would blow your mind Stuff Hedge ought to know, yet never mentions Then hangs out with right wing affiliates that are known cointelpro
Also take note of the comment sections in this video and one by Brand, or Piers, or Tucker, or Elon Always the same vapid affirmations, no nuance or discussion, just empty eyed seal clapping Very Orwellian Adding to that online fury were widespread anecdotes of social media users being swarmed by Depp fans on Twitter if they spoke critically of the actor or even just sympathetically towards Heard. While the overwhelming theory is that Depp’s team employed the use of fake accounts in Russia (a.k.a. “bots”) to boost support for the actor on social media, a new study reportedly suggests that’s not entirely the case. According to Bot Sentinel, yes, an “organized campaign of widespread targeted harassment,” but there were actual people behind the attacks. According to the full report, which you can read here, the harassment campaign was described as “one of the worst cases of cyberbullying and cyberstalking by a group of Twitter accounts that we’ve ever seen.” Bot Sentinel also concluded that Twitter failed to act accordingly to protect users. “It’s our opinion Twitter didn’t do enough to mitigate the platform manipulation and did very little to stop the abuse and targeted harassment,” the report stated. “Twitter essentially left the women to fend for themselves with little to no support from the platform.” (Via CBS News)
The best words I heard on KZhead especially the words of Jeffrey Sachs. .
Chris, you and Professor Sachs are the "cream of the crop". 🙏❤ Thank you for sharing the greatest of President Kennedy. I was privileged to be alive when he was President. 😊
I tried to get this speech in my documentary Good Thinking in 2012 and could not get the permissions to use it. So so disheartening. It remains most remarkable, and what is needed today. But JFK made several amazing speeches building the peace in the years before this. ... one was at the UN right after Sec. General Dag Hammärskjold was murdered (1961. another horror of the Wests dark world), and JFK was getting too close to ending the darkness that was upon those who work toward peace. Also two months before he is murdered he speaks at the UN again about going to Space with the Soviets. That most likely was the final seal of his fate, that and signing the directive to pull out of Vietnam. One MUST read James Douglass's book JFK, and the Unspeakable. Goes over much of this very clearly.
So there was an arbiter function at that media outet that determined what thinking is good. Easiest it to work with a channel system that do not censor truth.
Has anybody sent this interview to RKF jr.? This interview sent shivers up my spine. So grateful to discover good men like the two of you exist. Makes me fight on. RIP JFK. RIP RFK sr. Stay safe RFK jr.
You should have included. M.L.K. AND MALCOLM X. THEY WERE ALSO TRYING TO BRING WE THE PEOPLE TOGETHER. IN . PEACE ✌️❤❤🎉🎉 PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU ALL ALWAYS IN 😢 ALL WAYS!!😅😅. Forgot to say that ALL THE WARMONGERS HATE 1 THING ABOVE. .... ALL OTHERS. THAT IS ✌️ PEACE.
Thanks to Jeffrey Sachs and to TRNN for having him on the program for this fascinating topic.
Adlai Stevenson was the understated hero in the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy was wise to incorporate his sound counsel over the brash recommendarions of the Joint Chiefs and the CIA. The experiemce tempered JFKs perspective and strengthened his resolve to pursue peace and survival. Thank you for presenting this insightful interview. American schools would do well to include it as component of its historicsl curricula.
I’d like to offer a correction re the Soviet sub story, not to nit-pick, but because the man who refused to fire the weapon’s name should be revered worldwide: Vasily Arkhipov. I may mix up details, but this is the gist: The political officer in fact agreed with the sub’s Captain. Arkhipov was the sub’s Exec. Soviet policy for a sub launch required 3 inputs (don’t know if it actually required 3 keys): the sub’s skipper, the political officer, and the executive officer. In point of fact, Arkhipov was outranked by BOTH men willing to launch, yet stood his ground on the premise that, having been out of communication, they had no way of really knowing what was happening at the surface. Add to that, that the boat had been harried by at least one US vessel, I believe for a matter of days, and nerves were beyond the ragged edge. That one, sane, courageous, honorable man, under tremendous pressure in so many ways, outranked AND under orders, quite literally saved the world. By refusing the easy thing. He should NEVER be forgotten: Vasily Arkhipov.
He recently died sadly
@@slchu9259 First Vasily Arkhipov died in 1998. Also, don't forget Stanilas Petrov saved us from nuclear war, when he didn't report the incoming USA missiles in the former USSR. He reported to them, it was a false alarm detected by the system.I bet if it was the other way around, the world will be in chaos. People there you have it.
The US Navy surface ships had been dropping practice, or signalling depth charges to attempt to force the vessel to surface which it eventually did.
The Star Trek Federation flagship should be the Arkhipov.
Thank-you for his story on the sub, and his amazing and wonderful heroism, not jumping to conclusions, keeping reason in the forefront under incredible pressure- yes, every student should know his name, and inspiring courage!! A world class hero!
Those who are pushing for NATO expansion onto the borders of Russia are playing a high stakes poker game and our lives, our treasure, and perhaps the survival of humanity are the table stakes. The greed and hubris required to make such wagers seems likely to eventually lead to disastrous outcomes.
Both the U.S. and Russia + China should instead co-operate and focus all their energies 24/7 in order to take care SERIOUSLY of the Global Warming… The one and only kind of ‘war’ still worth fighting nowadays. A matter of life and death for the whole human species (but not only), and we’re already several decades late about it.
@@fabiengerard8142 Class war is worth fighting, and it's a prerequisite for world peace.
Outstanding discussion. I always learn so much listening to these 2 men 👍 👍
Brilliant! Just superbly brilliant. Thank you Jeffrey Sachs and of course Chris Hedges. Peace is the ONLY way.
An amazing talk. Thank you so much. I'm from former Czechoslovakia and can confirm these events...❤
Are you Slovakian? Slovaks usually tend to be much more opposed to US hegemony than their Czech counterparts.
JFK was one of the best Presidents this nation has ever had. He was killed by dark and evil forces who didn't want peace. Thank you for bringing on Dr. Sachs.
"Dark and evil forces" do you mean C!A and its MIC donors. Most people already know it, except Amarikans LOL
Allen Welsh Dulles
All credible evidence still points at Oswald after 60 years.
All credible evidence points to multiple shooters. Try again.
@@adityatyagi4009 All right, I'll try again: - Oswald owned and smuggled the rifle. - Oswald's prints were on the rifle. - A man was seen in the window who could plausibly be Oswald. - Witnesses directly under the window said the shots all came from directly overhead. - No unidentified persons were ever caught inside the building. - No bullets or fragments were ever found that didn't match to Oswald's rifle. - Victims' reactions in Zapruder's film clearly demonstrate they are hit by the same bullet, and ergo from behind. - Connally was demonstrably seated lower, inboard and turned sharply to his right. - Multiple and mathematically precise recreations by various investigators over the years have consistently and clearly demonstrated the victims' wounds line up on a direct trajectory and track straight back to the sixth floor window. - View of the entry wound on Connally's back would have been demonstrably and completely blocked by Kennedy's body, the same bullet has to have gone through both victims, and ergo, come from behind. - Bullet recovered from the stretcher is EXACTLY in a condition consistent with going through Kennedy without hitting bong, slowing and tumbling on leaving him, as it would have done, and then broadsiding its way through Connally's ribs, as medical and forensic evidence clearly demonstrates: badly crushed at the nose and flattened down one side. - That bullet was matched to Oswald's rifle. - That bullet's legitimacy is backed up by the fact nobody planting a bogus bullet within one hour of the shooting could possibly have known a bullet needing planting at all or that he wasn't simply planting one bullet too many into evidence and blowing the whole plot. - Kennedy is very clearly seen in Zapruder's film to suffer a massive, explosive exit wound at the right temple, completely inconsistent with a shot from the front or the knoll but a clear and consistent one with a shot from behind. - Autopsy clearly shows the shot came from behind (cratered entrance wound on the back of the skull). - Parkland doctors had no particular problem with the autopsy photos demonstrating the shot came from behind. - Connally's said the shots all came from behind. - Anybody firing a rifle behind that flimsy knoll fence would have been absurdly obvious to all the witnesses only yards away and very visible. - The witnesses directly under the sixth floor window would have plainly seen any shooter firing from behind that fence. - It's vastly implausible anybody would ever assume they would successfully frame this on a lone shooter from behind while firing away from multiple directions. - Oswald was the one and only employee inside the building during the assassination to immediately flee the plaza. - Oswald lied to police about his whereabouts during the shooting. - Oswald never made any attempt to blow any conspiracy to anybody. - Oswald refused to cooperate with any investigator. - Oswald refused help from the President of the Dallas Bar Association. - Oswald just shrugged a hollow, rambling reply when asked point blank on live TV, "Did you shoot the President?" But... Have it your way: all credible evidence points to multiple shooters.
Kennedy has never been given credit to his ability and strength to know he was in danger and forge ahead. He was a PT Boat Commander who got battle and survival tested, and survived. When he resisted and persisted, he signed a contract that led to his fate. I think think JFK and John Lennon would have gotten along very well.
I can't help but be fascinated by this podcast. When it pops up, I have to watch again!
Every red-blooded American Patriot, everybody that's 18yrs old threw their 80's needs to know this information !!! Thank you for bringing this to the forefront. You truly love America and hate what's going on right now. Thank you for being a Patriot !!!These lies need to be brought out to every voter. For them to see the real agenda, and for what these people really are. They all need to be held accountable for their actions.
Watch the Oliver Stones documentary’s about the Kennedy assassination and also “ Ukraine on Fire “ which points out Nazi and NATO involvement in Ukraine. Ukraine on fire may be difficult to get it was made before the conflict but points out America’s regime change at any cost philosophy. This idea has been shown not to work and has left countries in chaos , civil war and many young men dead.
As as Irish woman, I thank Mr Sachs for writing this book . We the people of Ireland remember JFK tour of Ireland June 63. I am move to tears over his speech of peace . His speech in our Dail Government equally moving . Lord have mercy on Jack and Robert souls. Ireland has never forgotten the magnificent of our distant cousin's. President Putin greatly admires President Kennedy .
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From: Patrick McCarthy, retired from The Canadian Armed Forces: Thank you for your comment
Unfortunately, in this world peace is not the way to make money.
President Putin greatly admires President Kennedy ." Nope, he doesn't. What makes you think the does. Who are Putin's favourite ideologues?
@@adrianseanheidmann4559 the better question is, who are Trumps? I think we all know the answer to that.
Great interview!! I learned a lot! I will be running out to get Jeffrey's book. Thank you both! Too bad we can't get the info out to the American public ASAP. Very intelligent interview. ❤❤❤
Thank you Prof. Sachs for sharing this important part of American political history.
Russia is not my enemy. Please let us all live in peace
Peace, nor freedom, comes free.
I love the expanded format allowing Chris to dive in even deeper than the 30-ish minute format allowed.
Agreed!
It's called "fund raising"....
Would human beings like Sachs and Hedges, and there are many more intelligent and peaceful souls like them out there, rule the World, then there'd be peace for all time. My depest respects to you both, you are Sir's and Gentlemen!! 👍👏👍👏👍👏
... deepest respects... of ourse. Sorry for the typo.
Not a Russian invasion of Ukraine, but rather, the Liberation of Donbass. Two great minds worth watching. Thank you, gentlemen.
JFK was assasinated for trying to make the world a better place for mankind to live in peace forever.
No, he was killed by a nut job, a lone gunman and there is ZERO evidence of a conspiracy. Accept that.
Only Jesus will achievement that .
He was assassinated because it was gonna take money away from war profiteers, aka neo cons, aka the cia, aka national intelligence agencies, aka the military industrial complex.
Thank you Jeffrey Sachs.
The drop from the Kennedy Brothers representing America in negotiations to Joe Biden and Anthony Blinken is profoundly breathtakingly depressing
JFK AND HIS BROTHER WHERE MEN WAY BEFORE THEIR TIME . FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS WE STILL TRYING TO OVERCOME TODAY . AS HUMAN WE ALL WANT TRUE PEACE NOT THE HYPOCRISY TODAY MOVING TO WW3 . SO AGAIN THANK YOU MR SACHS
1:04: 📚 Jeffrey Sachs discusses JFK's efforts to build a sustainable peace with the Soviet Union in his book To Move the World. 5:04: 🔍 The video discusses the CIA's lies to President Eisenhower regarding the U-2 spy plane incident and the subsequent revelation by the Soviets. 9:28: 🚀 The Cuban Missile Crisis escalated quickly when the U.S. discovered Soviet missile placements in Cuba, leading to plans for immediate military action. 14:13: 🔥 The video discusses two incidents during the Cuban Missile Crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. 18:54: ! The United States' security state, created by the National Security Act of 1947, is out of control and lacks accountability and oversight. 23:46: 💬 John F. Kennedy speaks about the pursuit of peace, the importance of resolving differences, and making the world safe for diversity. 28:03: ✨ John F. Kennedy campaigned for and won the ratification of a treaty, bringing hope and peace to the world. 32:43: ⚠ The video discusses the dangerous state of international relations and the lack of understanding by the current US president in dealing with nuclear adversaries. 37:36: 🔥 The United States treated Russia with contempt, engaged in regime change operations, and moved eastward towards Russia, leading to a new Cold War. 42:38: 🔥 Biden's aggressive stance on Ukraine and NATO enlargement has escalated tensions with Russia. 46:16: 🔴 The video discusses the avoidable war in Ukraine and the role of negotiations between Biden and Putin. Recap by Tammy AI
Ronald Bernard on KZhead who is Elite.
This coincides with the Oliver Stone documentary, The Hidden History of the United States and James W Douglas book, JFK and the Unspeakable. I believe Mary Pinchot Meyer had a tremendous influence on JFK and his peace initiatives. Than you Chris Hedges for bringing this reality to the forefront.
Who was Mary Pinchot Meyer (1920-1964)? Well, there was much more to Mary Pinchot Meyer than meets the eye. Indeed, like President Kennedy, she came from a privileged background (graduated from Vassar in 1942) and had met him when both were in their teens. They moved around in similar social circles for the following couple of decades. Mary Pinchot Meyer was a very smart, shrewd, attractive woman who knew her own mind -- and was unafraid to speak truth to power. But it wasn't until 1961 that President Kennedy and Mary Pinchot Meyer (by then divorced from Cord Meyer, a high-ranking CIA official) developed a closer, discreet relationship.
@@KOMET2006Indeed, she was also quite connected to Tim Leary during his Harvard days and instrumental in turning-on JFK to LSD.
The best conversation I have ever heard about Kennedy's magnificent July 63 Speech for Peace. Thank you x
I’m so glad I found this. I’m going to rush out and buy Mr. Sach’s book. Thank you.
Just think how much better off humanity would have been if we could have followed through on Kennedy’s dream? Because we have selfish greedy people behind government and largely in government, we have massive corruption so that no one’s dreams today can be fulfilled. Think about the lost potential in every human being! We live under an oppressive system. If our system was generous and supportive of all its citizens so everyone could have a good quality of life and realize their dreams, it would be an entirely different world.
China prior to 2014: first time?
Well said Karen, Agreed !!
So refresh the tree?
We have too many voting for anti-democratic Republicans.
Huh. I was thinking how much better off we would be if the soviet submarine Captain had launched the nuclear torpedo, ending humanity.
Chris, we miss you you’re not talking to anybody you’re the glue that holds it all together my educated professor and much much more!!
Jeffery Sachs is wonderful; thank-you for all your efforts, Jeffery.
For those who didn't know, the intro song is Willie King and the liberators, Terrorized. Willie passed away back in 2009 at the age of 65.
Sachs... a man with a huge intellect and a bigger heart... keep up your amazing lectures of truth.
yes, his heart was so big, that he advised the russia nation into economic selfdestruction leading to millions of death ppl commiting suicide or drinking to death. the dark history of sachs is that he was personally responsible for that desaster. he had the trust of the russians but not the balls to step down and continued foreign policies.
@@klauskinski5969 true, he failed badly. Have you knowledge of Prof Mason Gaffney advisor to the Duma and the Georgist/Tolstoy land value tax economic solution Sachs blocked.
@@peetasmith4403 no, because everything sachs touched economicly is stupid anyway or when can kill it not even worth conserding. dont need to follow the poison pill. nobody knows him for his brilliant economic mind to be honest.
truth. you meant to say truth
I would say he's walking the path of redemption.
What a power duo. One of my most loved , respected people in the world of media. In today’s insane and propaganda filled world. 🤲❤️
Darn it Jeff. You two talking about JFK brought tears to this old guy. I was eight years old 60 years ago. Those times are ingrained in my soul. America was a great hope back then.
Sachs is one of the greatest history teachers and political analysts of our times.
Chris, first thank you for your support J. and Stella Assange. Thanks so much for that report about J.F. Kennedy with Prof. Sachs. Love and peace
Finally speaking truth to POWER we the people need to take our power back from these parasitic scoundrels
The POWER is deaf...and this is just a piece of rhetoric with which you agree... you can not take back what you lost if you have no clue how you lost it... nor does there seem to be any consistent understanding of what would be done should this occur.
@@jgalt308 No they are not deaf according to Woodrow Wilson Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. Woodrow Wilson
@@jgalt308 What if the entire world answer 1 poll question of What would you prefer WAR PEACE I say 99.9% call for peace and 1 tenth call for war
"parasitic", of whom are you speaking?
@@nuqwestr Take back the entire government from the parasitic shills working for the 13 families then we get then
28:49 I listen to the recounting of thee events...the recounting of the agreement between America and the Soviet Union...then I think of the price President Kennedy paid...and my heart is broken once again. The American people loved President Kennedy. It is no wonder no one will tell the American people what happened on November 22, 1963. I remember exactly where I was when that awful event took place...I was just a little kid on the playground, when I noticed many, many people were weeping...I remember, I remember it all.
Very interesting interview! Thank you very much for providing Jeffrey Sachs' brilliant testimony about Kennedy, US relations with the Soviet Union and today with Russia. Very wise and illuminating words.
Wow, this discussion is great, and so needed right now. Thanks, Chris, Jeffrey (and Julian).
An important conversation placing the current war in historical context. This is a critical reminder that JFK offered alternative solutions to the conflicts with Rusia and the possibility of world peace. It seems important to connect this history to the role of the military industrial complex in this war because their have been not only political and diplomatic failures but also monetary interest in this conflict. War manufacturers are making a lot of money in this war. Thank you for a wonderful interview.
middle-class workers are earning money to house and feed their family, too.
I share this on Facebook.I hope that more people hear.Thank you
Great interview!! Thanks a lot. These two great men of honour, Chris Hedges and Jeffrey Sachs mean that the truth about our history is still spreading!!!! Greetings and full support from Slovakia!!
Every episode better than the last. Thanks!
Best history lesson from cold war to modern context. Thank you!
NATO is an agreement by free nations to live in peace and to not attack each other? Why shouldn't it be expanded and how to nation's agreeing to live in peace pose a threat to Russia?
@@MinusEighty On paper or as you naively believe. Unfortunately that’s not the case in reality with dubious NATO. Research her deeds in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan etc, and maybe you haven’t heard of Libya too?
@@tbos. You would prefer a reconstituted Soviet Union?
I disagree with Sachs's characterization of the Gary Powers case. 1. The planes were designed to explode when the pilot punched out. The pilots did not trust that the plane would not explode with them inside the plane. That's why powers bailed out and did not use his ejector seat. The pilots were flying suicide missions. If anything went wrong. They would end up dead. 2.The U2 flew higher and faster than Soviet interceptors. The U2 flew at well over 100K feet. 3.The U2 and Canberra overflights were psychological warfare designed to show the Soviets the US could bomb them with impunity. This played out during the whole decade of the 1950's. This forced the Soviets to the negotiation table. Eisenhower used nuclear intimidation to the point where it nearly ended the Cold War. 3. That's if it had not been for the crash landing of the U2. The U2 simply ran out of gas. It crash landed. There was no shootdown. Lockheed set it up to crash land by removing the nuclear engine from the plane. Lockheed's Blackbird was in dire need of funding. They wanted more money. So they engineered the crash landing to embarrass Eisenhower. JFK also wanted to axe the Blackbird. He ended up dead because of it.