{"id":23141,"date":"2022-08-01T20:35:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T03:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=23141"},"modified":"2022-08-01T20:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T03:35:59","slug":"the-chris-hedges-report-breaking-the-cycle-of-american-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/01\/the-chris-hedges-report-breaking-the-cycle-of-american-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CHRIS HEDGES REPORT: BREAKING THE CYCLE OF AMERICAN VIOLENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Chris Hedges Report: Breaking the cycle of American violence\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fqJVhZGy4Jo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/therealnews\">T he Real News Network<\/a>&nbsp;Premiered Jul 22, 2022 American society is the most violent of any nation in the industrialized world. Nothing we do, from administrating the world\u2019s largest prison system to militarizing our police, seems to help. Dr. James Gilligan argues that childhood abuse, and the shame it engenders, is the engine that fuels America\u2019s deadliest epidemic. This abuse and shame, he argues, fosters a dangerous numbness that breeds a deep self-loathing and inchoate rage. It is only by understanding the causes of our national epidemic, and addressing those causes, that we will have any hope of stemming the nihilistic violence that grips American society. Dr. Gilligan grounds his writing not only in case studies of the violent patients he works with, but Greek myths and Shakespeare. Dr. James Gilligan is a professor of Clinical Psychiatry at New York University. Formerly, he served as the director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane in Massachusetts. He is the author of Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes, and Holding a Mirror up to Nature: Shame, Guilt, and Violence in Shakespeare, which he co-authored with David A.J. Richards. Watch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET. Listen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack. Pre-Production: Kayla Rivara Studio: Adam Coley, Cameron Granadino Post-Production: Cameron Granadino<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Chris Hedges Report: Moby Dick and the soul of American capitalism\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HEP86KPd0Cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chris Hedges Report: Moby Dick and the soul of American capitalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T he Real News Network&nbsp;Premiered Jul 22, 2022 American society is the most violent of any nation in the industrialized world. Nothing we do, from administrating the world\u2019s largest prison system to militarizing our police, seems to help. 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