The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Katherine Cocoran on How Mexico’s Epidemic of Murdered Journalists is an ominous warning to the press everywhere.
Chris Hedges - Mar 23rd 2023 12:55pm EDTSubscribe now On April 28, 2012 an intruder broke through the metal door leading into the garden patio of the investigative reporter Regina Martínez. He apparently surprised the Mexican journalist in her bathroom, where her body was discovered. The diminutive reporter, barely five feet tall, tried to fight off her attacker – skin was found […]
Listen to This Article: “The Lords of Chaos”
Chris Hedges - Mar 21st 2023 9:39pm EDTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text originally published 03/19/2023 Subscribe now We’re Number One — by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Two decades ago, I sabotaged my career at The New York Times. It was a conscious choice. I had spent seven years in the Middle East, four of them as the Middle East Bureau Chief. I […]
The Lords of Chaos
Chris Hedges - Mar 19th 2023 4:28pm EDTWe’re Number One – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Two decades ago, I sabotaged my career at The New York Times. It was a conscious choice. I had spent seven years in the Middle East, four of them as the Middle East Bureau Chief. I was an Arabic speaker. I believed, like nearly all Arabists, […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Seymour Hersh on how the U.S. blew up the Nord Stream pipelines and why the press has ignored what is arguably an act of war against Russia.
Chris Hedges - Mar 17th 2023 4:24pm EDTOn Monday, September 26, 2022, a series of underwater explosions blew huge holes into the Nord Stream 1 and 2, two pairs of pipelines, constructed to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. These four pipelines, steel-reinforced concrete cables built to withstand the direct impact of the anchor of an aircraft carrier, […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Seymour Hersh on how the U.S. blew up the Nord Stream pipelines and why the press has ignored what is arguably an act of war against Russia.
Chris Hedges - Mar 14th 2023 6:37pm EDTSubscribe now On Monday, September 26, 2022, a series of underwater explosions blew huge holes into the Nord Stream 1 and 2, two pairs of pipelines, constructed to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. These four pipelines, steel-reinforced concrete cables built to withstand the direct impact of the anchor of an […]
Ukraine’s Death by Proxy
Chris Hedges - Mar 11th 2023 11:29am ESTProxyboy – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now There are many ways for a state to project power and weaken adversaries, but proxy wars are one of the most cynical. Proxy wars devour the countries they purport to defend. They entice nations or insurgents to fight for geopolitical goals that are ultimately not in their interest. […]
The Chris Hedges Report Video with Kshama Sawant on why the only hope we have left is the building of a militant labor movement that will use strikes to destroy the corporate state with bonus content.
Chris Hedges - Mar 10th 2023 4:09pm ESTSubscribe now Kshama Sawant, a socialist who served for over a decade on the Seattle City Council, has announced she will not seek reelection. Instead, she will launch a national coalition called Workers Strike Back this March in cities around the country. This coalition will organize for a $ 25 an hour minimum wage, build […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Kshama Sawant on why the only hope we have left is the building of a militant labor movement that will use strikes to destroy the corporate state.
Chris Hedges - Mar 8th 2023 1:04pm ESTSubscribe now Kshama Sawant, a socialist who served for over a decade on the Seattle City Council, has announced she will not seek reelection. Instead, she will launch a national coalition called Workers Strike Back this March in cities around the country. This coalition will organize for a $ 25 an hour minimum wage, build […]
Listen to this Article: “Lynching the Deplorables”
Chris Hedges - Mar 7th 2023 12:58pm ESTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text originally published 03/05/23 Subscribe now Executing the Law – by Mr. Fish There is little that unites me with those who occupied the Capitol building on Jan. 6. Their vision for America, Christian nationalism, white supremacy, blind support for Trump and embrace of reactionary fact-free conspiracy theories leaves a very […]
Lynching the Deplorables
Chris Hedges - Mar 5th 2023 12:47pm ESTExecuting the Law — by Mr. Fish Subscribe now There is little that unites me with those who occupied the Capitol building on Jan. 6. Their vision for America, Christian nationalism, white supremacy, blind support for Trump and embrace of reactionary fact-free conspiracy theories leaves a very wide chasm between their beliefs and mine. But […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Maximillian Alvarez on how essential front line workers are the first to be sacrificed and abandoned.
Chris Hedges - Mar 3rd 2023 7:31pm ESTSubscribe now Working men and women kept the country from disintegrating during the pandemic. They staffed the hospitals, stocked the shelves, drove the buses, manned the cash registers, cooked and delivered the food, grew the produce, drove the trucks and collected the garbage. While they were recognized as essential frontline workers they were also sacrificed […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Maximillian Alvarez on how essential front line workers are the first to be sacrificed and abandoned.
Chris Hedges - Mar 1st 2023 4:28pm ESTSubscribe now Working men and women kept the country from disintegrating during the pandemic. They staffed the hospitals, stocked the shelves, drove the buses, manned the cash registers, cooked and delivered the food, grew the produce, drove the trucks and collected the garbage. While they were recognized as essential frontline workers they were also sacrificed […]
Listen to This Article: “The Trump-Russia Saga and the Death Spiral of American Journalism”
Chris Hedges - Feb 28th 2023 6:52pm ESTSubscribe now Narrated by Eunice Wong Text originally published 02/26/2023 De-Pressed – by Mr. Fish Reporters make mistakes. It is the nature of the trade. There are always a few stories we wish were reported more carefully. Writing on deadline with often only a few hours before publication is an imperfect art. But when mistakes […]
The Trump-Russia Saga and the Death Spiral of American Journalism
Chris Hedges - Feb 25th 2023 2:02pm ESTDe-Pressed – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Reporters make mistakes. It is the nature of the trade. There are always a few stories we wish were reported more carefully. Writing on deadline with often only a few hours before publication is an imperfect art. But when mistakes occur, they must be acknowledged and publicized. To […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Jeff Gerth on the failure of the U.S. press to report the true story during the Trump-Russia saga.
Chris Hedges - Feb 24th 2023 6:09pm ESTSubscribe now Walter Lippmann in his 1920 book Liberty and the News warned that when journalists “arrogate to themselves the right to determine by their own consciences what shall be reported and for what purpose, democracy is unworkable.” Perhaps no other quote sums up the debacle known as Russiagate, the hundreds if not thousands of […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Jeff Gerth on the failure of the U.S. press to report the true story during the Trump-Russia saga.
Chris Hedges - Feb 21st 2023 8:48pm ESTSubscribe now Walter Lippmann in his 1920 book Liberty and the News warned that when journalists “arrogate to themselves the right to determine by their own consciences what shall be reported and for what purpose, democracy is unworkable.” Perhaps no other quote sums up the debacle known as Russiagate, the hundreds if not thousands of […]
Listen to this text of the talk I gave in Washington, D.C. on Sunday at the Rage Against The War Machine rally
Chris Hedges - Feb 20th 2023 12:27pm ESTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text originally published 02/19/2023 Subscribe now Murder King – by Mr. Fish Idolatry is the primal sin from which all other sins derive. Idols tempt us to become God. They demand the sacrifice of others in the mad quest for wealth, fame or power. But the idol always ends by requiring self-sacrifice, […]
This is the text of a talk I gave in Washington, D.C. on Sunday at the Rage Against The War Machine rally.
Chris Hedges - Feb 19th 2023 8:09pm ESTMurder King – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Idolatry is the primal sin from which all other sins derive. Idols tempt us to become God. They demand the sacrifice of others in the mad quest for wealth, fame or power. But the idol always ends by requiring self-sacrifice, leaving us to perish on the blood-soaked […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with actor Eunice Wong and director David Herskovits on William Shakespeare as Oracle and their new production of Shakespeare’s play Pericles
Chris Hedges - Feb 17th 2023 4:40pm ESTSubscribe now I carried copies of William Shakespeare’s plays into conflicts in Central America, the Middle East and the Balkans. When I was taken prisoner by the Iraqi Republican Guard in Basra during the Shiite uprising following the first Gulf War, I had a copy of Anthony and Cleopatra in the pocket of my M-65 […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with actor Eunice Wong and director David Herskovits on William Shakespeare as Oracle and their new production of Shakespeare’s play Pericles
Chris Hedges - Feb 14th 2023 3:56pm ESTShare I carried copies of William Shakespeare’s plays into conflicts in Central America, the Middle East and the Balkans. When I was taken prisoner by the Iraqi Republican Guard in Basra during the Shiite uprising following the first Gulf War, I had a copy of Anthony and Cleopatra in the pocket of my M-65 field […]
Listen to this Article: “There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power”
Chris Hedges - Feb 13th 2023 10:20pm ESTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text Originally published 02/12/2023 Share Give Enough Rope – by Mr. Fish On Sunday, February 19, I will be at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington at noon to speak at the anti-war rally, Rage Against the War Machine. There, I will be joined by Jimmy Dore, Dennis Kucinich, Ann Wright, Jill […]
There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power
Chris Hedges - Feb 12th 2023 10:34am ESTGive Enough Rope – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now On Sunday, February 19, I will be at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington at noon to speak at the anti-war rally, Rage Against the War Machine. There, I will be joined by Jimmy Dore, Dennis Kucinich, Ann Wright, Jill Stein, Max Blumenthal, Cynthia McKinney, Anya Parampil, […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Matt Taibbi about Russiagate and the most pernicious campaign of censorship since the red baiting of Joe McCarthy in the 1950s.
Chris Hedges - Feb 10th 2023 3:25pm ESTSubscribe now Matt Taibbi has published an investigation about a vast propaganda campaign called “Hamilton 68, launched a year after Donald Trump won the presidency, to smear critics of the Democratic Party, from the left and the right, as Russian assets. Hamilton 68 claimed it used complex data analysis and relied on so-called disinformation experts […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Matt Taibbi about Russiagate and the most pernicious campaign of censorship since the red baiting of Joe McCarthy in the 1950s.
Chris Hedges - Feb 7th 2023 1:52pm ESTSubscribe now Matt Taibbi has published an investigation about a vast propaganda campaign called “Hamilton 68, launched a year after Donald Trump won the presidency, to smear critics of the Democratic Party, from the left and the right, as Russian assets. Hamilton 68 claimed it used complex data analysis and relied on so-called disinformation experts […]
Listen to this Article: Woke Imperialism
Chris Hedges - Feb 6th 2023 2:01pm ESTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text originally published Feb. 5, 2023 Subscribe now Identity Politics – by Mr. Fish The brutal murder of Tyre Nichols by five Black Memphis police officers should be enough to implode the fantasy that identity politics and diversity will solve the social, economic and political decay that besets the United States. […]