One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (w/ Omar El Akkad) | The Chris Hedges Report

The Western concept of rules, order or rules-based order is merely a list on paper and hardly an exercise in true values and principles. Omar El Akkad, Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist, has witnessed many instances, both in the West and in the Middle East, where banners of virtue are used to justify hypocritical behavior. El Akkad writes about such instances in his new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” and he joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to discuss them. Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges Photo in thumbnail: TOPSHOT-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT TOPSHOT - A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images) (0:00) Intro (1:30) Language (11:08) Cultural survival kit (17:28) ‘Now that it’s over’ (23:53) Whose existence is denied? (32:12) The lesser of two evils (40:31) Non-violence (43:52) Love vs. Empire (47:31) ALways resist (52:09) Outro