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  • Requiem for America on the Fourth of July

    Chris Hedges - Jul 3rd 2026 7:05am EDT

    Bread and Bullets – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Neoliberalism, better understood by its less sanitized term cutthroat capitalism, is the poison that destroyed our democracy. It gave the billionaire class and corporations the ideological cover to impoverish the working class, impose crippling austerity, hollow out democratic institutions, buy off our two ruling political parties […]

  • Weaponizing Civil Death to Crush Dissidents (w/ Hüseyin Doğru) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - Jul 1st 2026 6:31pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. The war on information in the West has tread new grounds since the genocide in Palestine. Journalists and media outlets who report on the imperialist endeavors of the ruling class increasingly find themselves under the boot of legislators who concoct fascist legislation to act as […]

  • Live Q&A on Dostoyevsky’s ‘The Idiot’ TOMORROW (Monday) at 7:00pm ET!

    Chris Hedges - Jun 28th 2026 2:33pm EDT

    Join me at 7:00 pm ET tomorrow on June 29 for a livestream in which we will discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. Make sure to read before joining and come with questions to put in the chat. We will pull questions and comments from the comment section of this Substack post, and live on YouTube […]

  • Fighting the Corporate Duopoly at the Ballot Box (w/ Kshama Sawant) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - Jun 24th 2026 8:42pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. In this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Chris Hedges speaks with Kshama Sawant, a revolutionary socialist based in Seattle, Washington, who is challenging long-time incumbent Democrat Adam Smith for Congress. Sawant served in the Seattle City Council for more than a decade during which […]

  • Building Systems of Mutual Aid After Prison | CHR Documentaries

    Chris Hedges - Jun 23rd 2026 3:40pm EDT

    The United States has the largest carceral population in the world. Legislation designed to feed the prison state has produced detrimental outcomes for former prisoners; 70% of returning citizens go back to prison after returning to civilian life. The Return Citizen Support Group in New Jersey has constructed a community that utilizes parallel structures of […]

  • Israel’s Suicidal Rupture with the U.S.

    Chris Hedges - Jun 22nd 2026 9:21am EDT

    When Jewish Upon a Star – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Israel is sabotaging the negotiations with Iran and alienating its last important ally by refusing to halt its attacks on Lebanon and withdraw from its occupation of the south. It is determined to reignite a regional conflagration that could see Iran perpetually close the […]

  • The Joke is on Us

    Chris Hedges - Jun 19th 2026 11:10am EDT

    We are the Joke – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now The buffoons who orchestrate fascism, with its quack science, idiocy, penchant for violence and grotesque hypermasculinity, are ripe for satire. It is easy, as late-night comics do — and as the cabarets did for the Nazis in Berlin — to pillory the goons, misfits and […]

  • The Fight to Save America – Read by Eunice Wong

    Chris Hedges - Jun 18th 2026 9:05pm EDT

    This article is read by Eunice Wong. You can find her work at www.eunicewong.actor. Text originally published June 8, 2026. The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Full Text: NEWARK, N.J. — […]

  • Flotilla Activists’ Harrowing Experience in an Israeli Torture Dungeon Revealed (w/ Thiago Ávila) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - Jun 17th 2026 6:07pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. Since the Zionist siege of Gaza began 19 years ago, people from around the world have been organizing to break through it and establish a humanitarian corridor to guarantee that Palestinians receive the supplies they need to survive. International flotillas are one way people challenge […]

  • Reminder — Live Q&A on Dostoyevsky’s ‘The Idiot’ on June 29

    Chris Hedges - Jun 15th 2026 6:27pm EDT

    Join me at 7:00 pm on June 29 for a livestream in which we will discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. Make sure to read before joining and come with questions to put in the chat. If you have already read the book, we will also pull questions and comments from the comment section of this […]

  • Where Will the Coming Iran War Negotiations Lead? (w/ Mohammad Marandi) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - Jun 13th 2026 10:17pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Thanks for reading The Chris Hedges Report! This post is public so feel free to […]

  • Tyranny or Revolution – Read by Eunice Wong

    Chris Hedges - Jun 12th 2026 4:12pm EDT

    This article is read by Eunice Wong. You can find her work at www.eunicewong.actor. Text originally published June 1, 2026. The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Full Text: MEXICO CITY — […]

  • The Rise of the Global South – Read by Eunice Wong

    Chris Hedges - Jun 10th 2026 6:33pm EDT

    This article is read by Eunice Wong. You can find her work at www.eunicewong.actor. Text originally published May 28, 2026. The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Full Text: The humiliating defeat […]

  • Is the Ceasefire Dead? (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - Jun 8th 2026 9:53pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. The US-Israeli war heated up again over the weekend as Iran launched “Operation Victory” in response to Israel’s continued attacks on Southern Lebanon and attacks on Iranian infrastructure, and the United States bombing islands in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. In this episode, […]

  • The Fight to Save America

    Chris Hedges - Jun 8th 2026 8:14am EDT

    ICE US – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now NEWARK, N.J. — The worst is not the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private contractors, wielding baseball bats and batons, who flood the parking lot at the end of their shifts and unleash on protesters outside the gates the sadism practiced on those incarcerated inside Delaney […]

  • Jeffrey Epstein, the Russian Mob, & the Hidden Assets of the Maxwells (w/ Moe Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - Jun 4th 2026 3:44pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. The release of the Epstein Files has shocked the public with unimaginable stories of the pedophilia, exploitation of women and brash depravity of the ruling class. While these stories have been the major source of public outrage, a deeper dive into the Epstein Files reveals […]

  • Trump’s Iranian Nightmare – Read by Eunice Wong

    Chris Hedges - Jun 2nd 2026 6:46pm EDT

    This article is read by Eunice Wong. You can find her work at www.eunicewong.actor. Text originally published May 14, 2026. The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Full Text: America’s newest quagmire […]

  • Discussing The Rise of the Global South on The Jimmy Dore Show

    Chris Hedges - Jun 2nd 2026 8:03am EDT

    The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Thanks for reading The Chris Hedges Report! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share

  • Tyranny or Revolution

    Chris Hedges - Jun 1st 2026 10:12am EDT

    Tyranny or Revolution – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now MEXICO CITY — There are two ways to confront global capitalism. There are mass movements, especially strikes, which disrupt commerce and government to force the ruling class to create systems of justice and equality — albeit ones where capitalists retain significant power. The National Coordinator of […]

  • The Rise of the Global South

    Chris Hedges - May 28th 2026 5:54pm EDT

    Hubris Gargantua – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, are ushering in a new world order. This order is one where voices of reason and stability emanate not from the West — […]

  • How the War on Terror Created the Age of Trump (W/ Matt Kennard) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - May 27th 2026 9:14pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. In the United States, but also around the world, fascism is on the rise again, similar to what occurred in Germany and Italy after World War I. Its foot soldiers in the US include right wing extremists who enter the military, where they are welcomed […]

  • Can the Imperial Core be Reformed? | Chris Hedges & Aaron Maté at the Vancouver Web Summit

    Chris Hedges - May 26th 2026 6:41pm EDT

    The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Thanks for reading The Chris Hedges Report! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share

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  • Chris Hedges, Stephen Walt and Ryan Grim on the Limits of U.S. Power in Iran

    Chris Hedges - May 22nd 2026 9:22pm EDT

    The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Pre-order my new book “Requiem for Gaza” Share Photos U.S. Forces Move Through Southern Iraq IRAQ, MARCH 21: U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division 3-7 infantry Corporal Charles Johnson, (L) from Myrtle Beach, […]

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  • A Discussion on the New Novel ‘Palaces of the Crow’ (w/ Ray Nayler) | The Chris Hedges Report

    Chris Hedges - May 20th 2026 9:11pm EDT

    This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. “We tell the stories that perpetuate the narrative or the myth we want, and we erase the others,” Chris Hedges states in this interview with Ray Nayler about his new book, “Palaces of the Crow,” which centers around four teenagers from varying backgrounds who struggle […]

  • Trump’s Iranian Nightmare

    Chris Hedges - May 14th 2026 12:10pm EDT

    Because We Say So – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now America’s newest quagmire in the Middle East is like its old quagmires in the Middle East. It is based, as were the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, on a gross misreading of our adversaries, a catastrophic failure to understand the limits of imperial power and […]

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