Chris Hedges is something of darling of the progressive left. In a recent interview with Ralph Nader, Hedges slams Senator Sanders as a democratic establishment sellout. Nader listed all of Sanders progressive policy positions and asked Hedges, "what's not to like"
“Because he did it within the Democratic establishment,” Hedges said. “He’s lending credibility to a party that is completely corporatized. He has agreed that he will endorse the candidate, which, unless there is some miracle, will probably be Hillary Clinton.”
He also slams Sanders for his action on Israel-Palestine
Bernie has also not confronted the military industrial complex at all,” Hedges said. “On a personal level, having spent seven years in the Middle East, I’m just not willing to forgive him for abandoning the Palestinians and giving carte blanche to Israel. He was one of 100 Senators who stood up like AIPAC wind up dolls and approved Israel’s 51-day slaughter last summer of Palestinians in Gaza — the Palestinians who have no army, no navy, artillery, mechanized units, command and control.”
and he believes Bernie is more interested in protecting his committee positions than actually challenging the dem establishment
Bernie has cut a Faustian deal with the Democrats. And that’s not even speculation. I did an event with him and Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein and Kshama Sawant in New York the day before the Climate March. And Kshama Sawant ,the Socialist City Councilwoman from Seattle and I asked Sanders why he wanted to run as a Democrat. And he said — because I don’t want to end up like Nader.”
“He didn’t want to end up pushed out of the establishment,” Hedges said. “He wanted to keep his committee chairmanships, he wanted to keep his Senate seat.
Now I am not a particular fan of Hedges. While I appreciate some of his contributions to political discussions, there was the
ridiculous assertion that New Atheist bore responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Norway.
But the point is, just as some of my fellow Sanders supporters here will slam Clinton supporters as sellouts and supporters of the status quo, there are people out there saying the same thing about you. It really is laughable that there are those here at Daily Kos who want to slam support for the mainstream candidate, yet I don't see any groundswell of support here for third party candidates. And if your response to that is that your choice is based on political expediency, that's the same rationale you criticize Clinton supporters for. So, bottom line, fall back on the self righteousness and assertions of political purity.
Chris Hedges on Bernie Sanders and the Corporate Democrats