The “temporary pier” being built on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza is not there to alleviate the famine, but to herd Palestinians onto ships and into permanent exile. Piers allow things to come in. They…
Category: Chris Hedges
Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, author, and war correspondent specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and societies. Chris Hedges is currently a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City. He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times, where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).
Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was ultimately a religious act, one that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist. Aaron Bushnell, when he placed his cell phone on the ground to set up a…
Our leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity. There is no effective health care system left in Gaza. Infants are dying. Children…
The ruling by the International Court of Justice was a legal victory for South Africa and the Palestinians, but it will not halt the slaughter. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) refused to implement the…
Chris Hedges discusses the warnings of Yeshayahu Leibowitz about the danger of religious nationalism in Israel and the implications of the occupation of Palestine. Ilan Pappé joins the discussion to explore the current situation in…
Phase One of Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has ended. Phase Two has begun. It will result in even higher levels of death and destruction. Slaughterhouse – by Mr. Fish The skies over Gaza are…
Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — Israel was founded on lies. The lie that Palestinian land was largely unoccupied. The lie that 750,000 Palestinians fled their homes and villages during their ethnic cleansing by Zionist militias in…
Washington and European governments are cheerleading Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. The failure to intervene to halt the carnage threatens to ignite violence throughout the region. This Way for the Genocide, Ladies and Gentlemen –…
Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations; it is mistaken. The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets…
Chris Hedges: The Assange Case is the Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time If the WikiLeaks founder is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material, it will set a legal…