The Chris Hedges Report Show with Vietnam combat veteran Doug Rawlings, one of the founders of Veterans for Peace, on war, atonement, poetry and returning to Vietnam after 53 years.
Chris Hedges - Oct 6th 2023 5:51pm EDTSubscribe now “I was first introduced to the idea of political poetry on October 18, 1970, about midnight, in an all-night Harvard Square corner bookstore,” Doug Rawlings writes. “A few months before that encounter I had returned from the war in Viet Nam. To say that I was confused and angry is an understatement. I […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Vietnam combat veteran Doug Rawlings, one of the founders of Veterans for Peace, on war, atonement, poetry and returning to Vietnam after 53 years.
Chris Hedges - Oct 4th 2023 7:27pm EDTSubscribe now “I was first introduced to the idea of political poetry on October 18, 1970, about midnight, in an all-night Harvard Square corner bookstore,” Doug Rawlings writes. “A few months before that encounter I had returned from the war in Viet Nam. To say that I was confused and angry is an understatement. I […]
Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail
Chris Hedges - Oct 1st 2023 11:04am EDTProtest (Assemby Required) – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now There was a decade of popular uprisings from 2010 until the global pandemic in 2020. These uprisings shook the foundations of the global order. They denounced corporate domination, austerity cuts and demanded economic justice and civil rights. There were nationwide protests in the United States centered […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Professor Jeffrey Sachs on his book “To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace” and the disastrous consequences of the permanent war machine.
Chris Hedges - Sep 29th 2023 11:25am EDTSubscribe now John F. Kennedy’s last battle, cut short by his assassination, was the effort to build a sustainable peace with the Soviet Union. Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics at Columbia University, in his new book “To Move the World” chronicles the campaign by Kennedy from October 1962 to September 1963 to curb the arms […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Professor Jeffrey Sachs on his book “To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace” and the disastrous consequences of the permanent war machine.
Chris Hedges - Sep 27th 2023 12:42pm EDTSubscribe now John F. Kennedy’s last battle, cut short by his assassination, was the effort to build a sustainable peace with the Soviet Union. Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics at Columbia University, in his new book “To Move the World” chronicles the campaign by Kennedy from October 1962 to September 1963 to curb the arms […]
Listen to this Article: “Humanitarian Imperialism Created the Libyan Nightmare.”
Chris Hedges - Sep 25th 2023 8:49pm EDTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text originally posted Sept. 16, 2023 Subscribe now Business is Booming – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now “We came, we saw, he died,” Hillary Clinton famously quipped when Muammar Gaddafi, after seven months of U.S. and NATO bombing, was overthrown in 2011 and killed by a mob who sodomized him with […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with former Financial Times reporter Matt Kennard about his book “Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy”
Chris Hedges - Sep 22nd 2023 2:22pm EDTSubscribe now The United States, like many industrialized countries, has undergone a corporate coup d’état in slow motion, cementing into place a system of control the political philosopher Sheldon Wolin calls inverted totalitarianism. Inverted totalitarianism retains the institutions, symbols, iconography, and language of the old capitalist democracy, but internally… Read more
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with former Financial Times reporter Matt Kennard about his book “Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy”
Chris Hedges - Sep 19th 2023 10:39pm EDTThe United States, like many industrialized countries, has undergone a corporate coup d’état in slow motion, cementing into place a system of control the political philosopher Sheldon Wolin calls inverted totalitarianism. Inverted totalitarianism retains the institutions, symbols, iconography, and language of the old capitalist democracy, but internally corporations have seized all the levers of power […]
Humanitarian Imperialism Created the Libyan Nightmare
Chris Hedges - Sep 16th 2023 1:34pm EDTBusiness is Booming – by Mr. Fish “We came, we saw, he died,” Hillary Clinton famously quipped when Muammar Gaddafi, after seven months of U.S. and NATO bombing, was overthrown in 2011 and killed by a mob who sodomized him with a bayonet. But Gaddafi would not be the only one to die. Libya, once […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with former British Ambassador Craig Murray on what appears to be the imminent extradition to the U.S. of Julian Assange.
Chris Hedges - Sep 15th 2023 2:36pm EDTSubscribe now Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, was removed from his post after he made public the widespread use of torture by the Uzbek government and the CIA. He has since become one of Britain’s most important human rights campaigners, a fierce advocate for Julian Assange and a supporter of Scottish independence. […]
Listen to this Article: “The Pedagogy of Power”
Chris Hedges - Sep 14th 2023 8:08am EDTNarrated by Eunice Wong Test Originally Published Sept. 10, 2023 Subscribe now The Enlightenment – by Mr. Fish I am standing in a classroom in a maximum security prison. It is the first class of the semester. I am facing 20 students. They have spent years, sometimes decades, incarcerated. They come from some of the […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with former British Ambassador Craig Murray on what appears to be the imminent extradition to the U.S. of Julian Assange.
Chris Hedges - Sep 13th 2023 7:02pm EDTSubscribe now Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, was removed from his post after he made public the widespread use of torture by the Uzbek government and the CIA. He has since become one of Britain’s most important human rights campaigners, a fierce advocate for Julian Assange and a supporter of Scottish independence. […]
Stella Assange and Chris Hedges on the Slow Motion Execution of Julian Assange Part 2
Chris Hedges - Sep 12th 2023 4:18pm EDTStella Assange and Chris Hedges examine the terrible personal cost to Julian Assange and his family of his prolonged imprisonment, his tawdry show trials and what it means for the freedom of the press and democracy. Videographer / Video editor: Niels Ladefoged
Stella Assange and Chris Hedges on the Slow Motion Execution of Julian Assange Part 1
Chris Hedges - Sep 12th 2023 4:17pm EDTSubscribe now Stella Assange and Chris Hedges examine the terrible personal cost to Julian Assange and his family of his prolonged imprisonment, his tawdry show trials and what it means for the freedom of the press and democracy. Videographer / Video editor: Niels Ladefoged
Listen to this Article: “Our Collective Trauma is the Road to Tyranny”
Chris Hedges - Sep 11th 2023 8:06am EDTNarrated by Eunice Wong Text originally published Sept. 3, 2023 Subscribe now Welcome In – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Corporate capitalism, defined by the cult of the self and the ruthless exploitation of the natural world and all forms of life for profit, thrives on the fostering of chronic psychological and physical disorders. The […]
The Pedagogy of Power
Chris Hedges - Sep 10th 2023 5:49pm EDTThe Enlightenment – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now I am standing in a classroom in a maximum security prison. It is the first class of the semester. I am facing 20 students. They have spent years, sometimes decades, incarcerated. They come from some of the poorest cities and communities in the country. Most of them […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with attorney Theresa Amato, the former campaign manager for Ralph Nader, on how the two ruling parties rig the system to block third party presidential candidates.
Chris Hedges - Sep 8th 2023 4:59pm EDTMany Americans are aware of the campaigns of voter suppression, the difficulties in registering to vote, how casting a ballot can often be cumbersome and time consuming as well as the flawed mechanisms used to count votes. Hundreds of laws have been passed by state legislatures to address these issues following the debacle that marked […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with attorney Theresa Amato, the former campaign manager for Ralph Nader, on how the two ruling parties rig the system to block third party presidential candidates.
Chris Hedges - Sep 6th 2023 3:20pm EDTSubscribe now Many Americans are aware of the campaigns of voter suppression, the difficulties in registering to vote, how casting a ballot can often be cumbersome and time consuming as well as the flawed mechanisms used to count votes. Hundreds of laws have been passed by state legislatures to address these issues following the debacle […]
Our Collective Trauma is the Road to Tyranny
Chris Hedges - Sep 3rd 2023 10:26am EDTWelcome In – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now Corporate capitalism, defined by the cult of the self and the ruthless exploitation of the natural world and all forms of life for profit, thrives on the fostering of chronic psychological and physical disorders. The diseases and pathologies of despair — alienation, high blood pressure, diabetes, anxiety, […]
Join Craig Murray and myself on Saturday September 9 in New York City at 11:30 am for a brunch held in support of Julian Assange. Reservations required.
Chris Hedges - Sep 2nd 2023 2:17pm EDT1The Chris Hedges Report Show with Professor Norman Finkelstein on how woke culture and identity politics are used to perpetuate the class warfare waged by corporations and ruling oligarchs.
Chris Hedges - Sep 1st 2023 1:09pm EDTSubscribe now There are few intellectuals who have been as attacked, censored and blacklisted as long and as ruthlessly as the Middle Eastern scholar Norman Finkelstein. He has been hounded out of universities, denied speaking engagements, had his books and scholarship either ignored or dismissed. It is surprising, perhaps, that Professor Finkelstein’s latest book is… […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Professor Norman Finkelstein on how woke culture and identity politics are used to perpetuate the class warfare waged by corporations and ruling oligarchs.
Chris Hedges - Aug 31st 2023 12:15pm EDTThere are few intellectuals who have been as attacked, censored and blacklisted as long and as ruthlessly as the Middle Eastern scholar Norman Finkelstein. He has been hounded out of universities, denied speaking engagements, had his books and scholarship either ignored or dismissed. It is surprising, perhaps, that Professor Finkelstein’s latest book is a savage […]
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Elizabeth Winkler on her book “Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature.”
Chris Hedges - Aug 26th 2023 12:16pm EDTSubscribe now There is no evidence that William Shakespeare authored the plays and sonnets attributed to him. But questioning the authorship is an unacceptable heresy among Shakespearean scholars who liken it to believing the moon landing was faked. These scholars have built their academic careers on the foundations of the Shakespearean myth, writing long biographies… […]
Watch this Service for Julian Assange in Oslo, Norway where I preached the sermon “The Crucifixion of Julian Assange” and actor and director Liv Ullmann read the scripture lessons.
Chris Hedges - Aug 25th 2023 4:09am EDTSubscribe now Hebrew Bible Reading: Jeremiah 37 11- 21 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. […]
Listen to this Sermon: The Crucifixion of Julian Assange
Chris Hedges - Aug 24th 2023 4:08pm EDTThe Crucifixion of Julian Assange – by Mr. Fish Subscribe now I dedicate this sermon to my mentor at Harvard Divinity School, Bishop Krister Stendhal. Prophets are notoriously difficult people. They are not saints. They are people of agony, as Rabbi Abraham Heschel writes, whose “life and soul are at stake.” The prophet is moved […]