Iran’s the 17th largest country, equivalent to the size of Western Europe. It has a pop. of 90 million and alliances with China and Russia…
Author: Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, Presbyterian minister, author, and television host. His books include America: The Farewell Tour; American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America; War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a New York Times best-seller; and Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015). He previously worked overseas for the Dallas Morning News, the Christian Science Monitor, and NPR, and hosted the Emmy-nominated RT America show On Contact.
Wanted by the U.S.
If we let voices like Francesca’s be silenced, we will usher in an age of blood and terror.
The Machinery of Terror
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now.
Francesca Albanese and the Lonely Road of Defiance
Francesca Albanese is one of the most courageous crusaders against the genocide in Gaza. Because of this, she is blacklisted and treated as if she is a terrorist.
How to Resist Radical Evil
Hedges speaks of “singular individuals of varying creeds, religions, races, and nationalities, who majestically rose up to defy the oppressor.”
Join Us in Italy to Support the Nationwide Strike Against Israel
Western nations have been full partners in the genocide and will remain partners until it reaches its grim conclusion. Unless we stop them.
Trump’s Greatest Ally Is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes fearing they too will be swept aside.
Ralph Nader: Citizens Fight Back!
Citizens must fight back against an increasingly authoritarian Trump administration as well as the Democratic wing of the uniparty, Nader argues.
The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.
Israeli- and CIA-Sponsored Guatemalan Genocide
The U.S., with support from Israel, backed yet another violent crusade against an indigenous population as well as against communism.
‘This Is Not a Drill’: Interview with Roger Waters
A discussion of how Waters’ art stands against oppression and the greed-fueled political decay of the U.S., UK, and other world powers.
The Last Chapter of the Genocide
Israel is swiftly turning Gaza into a Dantesque cauldron of human misery where Palestinians are being killed in their hundreds
The Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship
I am as pessimistic as Roth. Censorship and state repression will expand. Those with a conscience will become an enemy of the state.
My Birthday Toast to My Palestinian Arabic Teacher Ruba Jafer
There is, amid it all, a strange kind of comfort I find in my weekly classes with Ruba, a wounded healer. As much therapy as pedagogy.
Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
How Fascism Came
America’s democracy was destroyed by the two ruling parties who sold us out to corporations, militarists and billionaires. Now we pay the price.
Organized Oblivion
Gaza is destroyed. It will not, at least for the Palestinians, be rebuilt. Those who lived there will spend their lives, like...
To the Israeli Soldier Who Murdered Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
Shooting unarmed people is not bravery. It is not courage. It is not even war. It is a crime. It is murder. You are a murderer.
You Saved Julian Assange
Let us take a lesson from the courageous men and women who took to the streets for 14 years to save Julian. They showed us how it is done.
Ali Abunimah on Oct. 7 and Israel’s Propaganda War
Months later, the most outrageous of these claims of Hamas atrocities have been debunked, but the damage has already been done.
Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
If Julian Assange is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by the press.
Israel Reopens the Gaza Slaughterhouse
There is a sadistic pleasure voiced by many Israelis over the genocide and a groundswell of calls for the murder or expulsion of Palestinians
Israel is Shutting Down its Human Laboratory in Gaza
Israel tests drones, surveillance technology, smart fences, experimental bombs and AI-controlled guns on Gaza, often with lethal results.
Letter to the Children of Gaza
You see the limp bodies when they are dug out. I am a reporter. It is my job to see this. You are a child. You should never see this.
Exterminate the Brutes
Our past, including our recent past in the Middle East, is built on the idea of subduing or wiping out the “inferior” races of the earth.
Israel’s Final Solution for the Palestinians
There has always been a strain of Jewish fascism within the Zionist project. Now it has taken control of the Israeli state.
Israel’s Long War on Gaza
Norman Finkelstein joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss Israel’s 17 year blockade of Gaza and its crucial significance to recent events.
Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them
Israel has spoken the blood-soaked language of violence since Zionist militias seized more than 78 percent of historic Palestine.
Craig Murray on the ‘Slow Motion Execution’ of Julian Assange
Former British Ambassador and whistleblower Craig Murray describes the torturous ordeal Julian Assange has been subjected to over more than a decade.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – The Israel Lobby’s Useful Idiot
Kennedy, bereft of a moral compass and a belief system rooted in verifiable fact, has not only failed the Palestinians, he has failed us.
The Forgotten Victims of America’s Class War
The author’s hometown, Mechanic Falls, Maine, a former mill town of 3,107 people, struggles to survive, like rural towns all across America.
There Are Very Few Good Films About War. “20 Days in Mariupol” is an Exception
Most war films leave those who return from war and attempt to speak the awful truth alienated and ignored.
Cornel West and the Campaign to End Political Apartheid
The two ruling parties have destroyed our democracy. Voting for one or the other will not bring it back.