Articles by The Chris Hedges Report
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The Plague of Social Isolation
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2023
21 Jan 2023 – The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation.
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The Democrats Are Now the War Party
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
25 Dec 2022 – The Democratic Party has become the party of permanent war, fueling massive military spending which is hollowing out the country from the inside and flirting with nuclear war.
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My War Never Ends
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
Writing on War and Living in a World from Hell
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The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2022
23 Oct 2022 – The longer the proxy war in Ukraine continues, the closer we come to a direct confrontation with Russia. Once that happens, the Dr. Strangeloves running the show will reach for the nukes.
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The Greatest Evil Is War
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2022
29 Sep 2022 – I flew to Kansas City to see Tomas Young. Tomas was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He was receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary Body of War. He was one of the first veterans to publicly oppose the war in Iraq.
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The Puppets and the Puppet Masters
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2022
9 Oct 2022 – Merrick Garland and those who work in the Department of Justice are the puppets, not the puppet masters. They are the façade, the fiction, that the longstanding persecution of Julian Assange has something to do with justice. Like the High Court in London, they carry out an elaborate judicial pantomime.
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The Return of Fascism
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Sep 2022
24 Sep 2022 – As in the 1930s, a bankrupt liberalism, grotesque social inequality and declining living standards are empowering fascist movements in Europe and the U.S.
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Ukraine and the Crisis of Media Censorship
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Sep 2022
2 Sep 2022 – Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.
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Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Sep 2022
11 Sep 2022 – No institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy as effectively as the British monarchy.
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Let’s Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Sep 2022
4 Sep 2022 – The U.S. posits itself as a champion of opportunity, freedom, human rights and civil liberties, even as half the country struggles at subsistence level, militarized police gun down and imprison the poor with impunity, and the primary business of the state is war. This collective self-delusion masks who we have become. Under inverted totalitarianism, there is no attempt, unlike fascism and state socialism, to address the needs of the poor.
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Ukraine and the Politics of Permanent War
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Aug 2022
28 Aug 2022 – Permanent War Requires Permanent Censorship
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We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, but We Will Probably Be the Last
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Aug 2022
14 Aug 2022 – The archeological remains of past civilizations, including those of the prehistoric Cahokia temple mound complex in Illinois, are sobering reminders of our fate.
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When the Just Go to Prison
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Aug 2022
31 Jul 2022 – When those who expose the crimes of the state are criminalized and sent to prison, tyranny is inevitable. Daniel Hale’s imprisonment is a microcosm of the vast gulag being constructed for all of us.
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War with Iran
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jul 2022
22 Jul 2022 – The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran.
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The Dawn of the Apocalypse
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jul 2022
24 Jul 2022 – We were warned for decades about the death march we are on because of global warming. And yet, the global ruling class continues to frog-march us towards extinction.
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War with Iran
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jul 2022
15 Jul 2022 – The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran.
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NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet
The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
10 Jul 2022 – The massive expansion of NATO, not only in Eastern and Central Europe but the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, presages endless war and a potential nuclear holocaust.
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