Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kshama Sawant’s revolutionary socialist campaign for Congress shows us how we can turn the weight of the class war back against the billionaires and their political representatives.
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(0:00) Intro
(3:23) Why run for congress?
(7:24) The Democratic Party as capitalist gatekeepers
(14:33) What have the democrats done to Kshama?
(19:38) How the Dems domesticate progressives
(22:54) Leaked post-mortem of the DNC
(25:20) Melissa Chaudhry
(31:41) Third party candidates
(37:46) The importance of movements
(40:38) Betrayal of labor leaders
(45:31) How can people help Kshama’s campaign
(51:03) Outro
Kshama Sawant’s revolutionary socialist campaign for Congress shows us how we can turn the weight of the class war back against the billionaires and their political representatives.
Support my independent journalism at Substack: chrishedges.substack.com
Follow The Chris Hedges Report on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges
(0:00) Intro
(3:23) Why run for congress?
(7:24) The Democratic Party as capitalist gatekeepers
(14:33) What have the democrats done to Kshama?
(19:38) How the Dems domesticate progressives
(22:54) Leaked post-mortem of the DNC
(25:20) Melissa Chaudhry
(31:41) Third party candidates
(37:46) The importance of movements
(40:38) Betrayal of labor leaders
(45:31) How can people help Kshama’s campaign
(51:03) Outro










