WATCH: Chris Hedges: ‘Marx: The System Is the Problem’
In a lecture given at the Left Forum in New York City this spring, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges limned the historic critique made by capitalism’s “most prescient and significant” observer.In a lecture titled “Marx: The System Is the Problem,” given at the Left Forum this spring, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges limned the historic critique made by capitalism’s “most prescient and significant” observer.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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