Robert Fisk and the Great War for Civilization (w/ Lara Marlowe) | The Chris Hedges Report

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Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges Joining host Chris Hedges is Lara Marlowe, journalist and author, to talk about how her former husband and colleague Robert Fisk encapsulated all of that in his years as a journalist and writer and how his work, specifically his book "The Great War for Civilization,” serves as one of the West’s great tools in understanding the modern Middle East. (0:00) Intro (4:57) Fisk’s reporting on the Iranian airbuss (12:45) Rupert Murdoch’s beef with Fisk (17:35) Sabra & Shatila Massacre (25:05) The importance of history (32:58) Inside the mind of suicide bombers (42:59) Is it worth it? (45:37) Fisk gets attacked (50:05) Fisk’s father (58:00) Outro