The Chris Hedges Report with attorney Katherine Gallagher and Palestinian plaintiff Ayman Nijim on their lawsuit demanding the Biden administration halt weapons shipments to Israel.
The Chris Hedges Report with attorney Katherine Gallagher and Palestinian plaintiff Ayman Nijim on their lawsuit demanding the Biden administration halt weapons shipments to Israel.
The Center for Constitutional Rights has filed the lawsuit on behalf of the human rights organization, Defense for Children – Palestine; Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group based in the occupied West Bank; and eight Palestinians and US citizens with relatives in Gaza accusing President Joe Biden and other senior officials of being complicit in Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza. The case is being heard in a federal court in California.
As America and her western allies deny the obvious, thank goodness for these people and organizations that continue to speak up for the people of Gaza.....might it also be time to suggest that Hamas could be as easily considered a resistance organization, instead of the terrorists Israel and her western allies construct to make the uninformed think that surrendering to a permanent life in an open air prison is something that should be tolerated.
The double standard when it comes to violence is easy to spot.......it walks around ideologically naked, but increasingly more harrassed looking......before it gets on those private government jets to take off for another jaw session.
We all can see who is being killed, who are the human animals....and how mysteriously powerless Blinken and the rest of imperial America actually is. Guess its what you get when you fund settler states.
Yes, the Gaza genocide demands urgent attention, but ...
Can we as Chris Hedges' followers do more than merely read and comment? ... and can Hedges do more than relentlessly recount the gruesome details month after month?
YES!
Hedges could drop the names of several GAZA support orgs ... he could list them at the top of each of his posts here on Substack and we can then respond accordingly ... Substack reports that Hedges now has 85k SUBs here ... why has he never once mentioned any of these support orgs since OCT 7?
And why did I have to be the first to do this?
HERE THEY ARE:
Just Google "gaza palestinian refugee support organizations"
ALSO, of course he has a right to comment only those topics he chooses ... but wouldn't it make more sense to alternate his posts here between ASSANGE/GAZA and those issues that now threaten our freedoms and privacy here in America? ... Why hasn't he written a single piece here on the relentless invasion of illegal immigrants and the scary amendments to the WHO pandemic treaty? ... Like GAZA, these are now urgent issues!
Why does Chris Hedges continue to ignore developments here is the U.S.?
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CHRIS HEDGES HAS DESERTED THE U.S. WORKING CLASS! ...
HEDGES: "Let us stand up and resist so future generations will at least say ‘they tried.’ We cannot do this alone ... together we have a chance" ...
but he has refused to comment on THE GREAT RESET, The World Economic Forum and the proposed tyrannical amendments to the WHO Pandemic Treaty
Hedges abandoned the U.S. working class and the U.S. Constitution in an AUG 27, 2021 interview with Jimmy Dore, and he's now brazenly hides behind Gaza for the past 5 months ... his predictable decision to once again leave us all hangin' here with no hope has become his trademark ...
Chris Hedges is deliberately misdirecting our attention here ...
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DIVISIVENESS
Hedges is deceptively divisive and he obviously has no problem with it ...
His relentless recounting of the horrors of the Gaza genocide for the past 5 months has passed the point of diminishing marginal returns for Americans ... I now count over 70 pieces he has posted here since OCT 7, with only 7 addressing issues OTHER THAN the Gaza genocide ... somebody please tell St. Chris he did not tell us anything here we didn't already know here ... we are the people who bought his books, attended the his public signings, smashed THUMBS UP and always commented accordingly ... and we deserve much, much more from this once good man ...
Rather than comment on the ominous threats posed to our freedoms by the WEF and the WHO, he would also have us believe the problem is TRUMP-MAGA ... just listen to the extremely divisive, out-of-context comment he makes here in his otherwise terrific AMERICAN SADISM speech ... listen as he blames the MSM for splitting us into "warring factions" and then demeans those of us who question the motives and tactics of our elected officials as "members of the lunatic fringe and conspiracy theorists" ...
Start at the 43:10 mark and then listen very closely to him at the 44:32 mark:
Many times, Hedges has been quick to point out the problems of our binary reaction to political reporting but once again, he chooses to deftly demonize and conflate law-abiding Christians with fringe MAGA types ...
I happen to believe that 9/11 was an inside job ... so does that make me a member of his lunatic fringe? ... well guess what, Hedges has actually admitted as much ... after a 2014 speech he was asked to comment on 9/11 and insulted our collective intelligence by saying "I don't want to get into conspiracy theories, Bush was probably just asleep at the wheel" ...
Hedges' words do not empower us, his pessimism demoralizes us ...
Here's a few more head-scratching comments that now have even more meaning since the March 2020 lock downs:
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ON THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
He says all the right things here:
“We cannot be paralyzed by fear. We will be stripped, if we do not resist, of our few remaining rights. To resist, while there is still time, is not only the highest form of spirituality but the highest form of patriotism. It is, if you care about what is worth protecting in this country, a moral imperative."
And on another occasion: "The Constitution remains a sacred document."
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ON THE MANDATES & PASSPORTS
But then, after the lock downs ...
He threw us AND the Constitution under the bus with COVID in an interview with Jimmy Dore ... just watch him dance to avoid a direct answer when asked about the illegal and unconstitutional mandates and passports before sheepishly blowing it off by saying: "that was a decision that I made."
Jimmy: “I’d like to get your thoughts on the vaccine mandates and passports”:
Hedges: “So I got the vaccine … the fact is these things were rolled out without proper vetting, that’s real … but I understand how people are weary about it, because they were turbo-charged … but that was a decision I made to get it … I am quite certain, in the history of pharmaceuticals that they work very hard to bury the negative consequences … that was a decision that I made”
TRANSLATION: things just got too hot in my kitchen, right Chris?
And on USEFUL IDIOTS on SEP 21, 2021
Go to the 1:50 mark ...
Another less-than-passionate, half-hearted response ...
The FDA was compelled by a court ruling to release Phizer's vax trial data that revealed 1,223 post-jab deaths and 34,762 adverse events in the first 10 weeks of its trial ... The FDA attempted to delay the full release of this data for 75 years! ...
This proved that the COVID vax was not "safe & effective"!
"I don't think we're going to stop the pandemic and mutations until everybody gets vaccinated" ...
Chris Hedges DID NOT have to take sides on this issue ... He could have said it's a personal decision, but no ... most people would never tell another person to "walk the plank" if they knew better, but that's exactly what Hedges did here ... he knew the VAX was rushed to market after only one year (the average is 10 years), he knew about the explosive FDA FOIA release and he had to have seen the many videos of vax-injured people ... but he chose to push the "safe & effective" narrative on us anyway! ... and then about 2m after making that same comment during the interview above, Hedges rubbed our nose in it by openly admitting that he "does not trust Moderna or Phizer" ... livelihoods and lives can hang in the balance of reckless, irresponsible comments like this but clearly, this man did not give a hoot about the consequences.
Of course, Hedges is free to write about any topic he chooses ... but although the 2024 PRES election is 8 months away, we've only got 2 months to stop the WHO from implementing those scary amendments to the pandemic treaty ...
But Hedges won't go there ... ya see, it's just too risky, he's cutting too close to the bone ... this has become his post-pandemic trademark ...
Read about James Roguski and the WHO here on Substack ... Hedges should be front and center on this ... in tough times like these, why can't he stand with us?
Here's one more gem by Mr Hedges that no longer rings true:
"I do not fight fascist because I think I will win, I fight them because they are fascists" ...
This Holy Week, thinking of Good Friday, this thought came to my mind
'They'd rather have Barabbas'. This loveliest of weeks in my East Anglia, is tainted by what my government has done to Julian, what they have chosen instead of the lives of the Palestinian people. Most days I cry but feel helpless. Writing to my MP who I see in Parliament huddled up as close as he can get right behind the front bench. The people you trust cancelled or worse shackled. All the people who object, the UN and its court silenced. Crucifixion is still with us. Dr Jo
Are you kidding? I sat in front of my monitor for all 57 minutes waiting for it to start and the video ended with the introductions. There was no presen5ation then nor on the site you referred me to!!!
I essentially agree with you ... but I can't imagine anyone following Hedges as closely as I for the past decade ... He used to be my hero ... and I'm here to stand for the integrity of the spoken and written word ... on this point, Hedges has failed miserably since the lockdowns and I for one will not let him forget it! ... last year a Dr from Europe really nailed it by saying: "in the future, humanity's currency will be relationships of trust" ... and Hedges has proven he's not to be trusted ... Hedges won't admit it, but he is no longer a true activist ... he has morphed into an actor, just another speculator in the independent media business ... he is here to tell you only what you want to hear ...
Chris: Tuned in the livestream your discussion with Normal Finkelstein yesterday. Once Norm came to the podium something went haywire with stream. Not sure if APAC was doing some funny business or if it was just my connection. Tried to find a rebroadcast on YouTube unsuccessfully. Is it or will it be available in audio and video format? If so, on what platform. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
As America and her western allies deny the obvious, thank goodness for these people and organizations that continue to speak up for the people of Gaza.....might it also be time to suggest that Hamas could be as easily considered a resistance organization, instead of the terrorists Israel and her western allies construct to make the uninformed think that surrendering to a permanent life in an open air prison is something that should be tolerated.
The double standard when it comes to violence is easy to spot.......it walks around ideologically naked, but increasingly more harrassed looking......before it gets on those private government jets to take off for another jaw session.
We all can see who is being killed, who are the human animals....and how mysteriously powerless Blinken and the rest of imperial America actually is. Guess its what you get when you fund settler states.
I just sent a financial contribution to the CCR.
Thank you. And - apparently more insanity may be coming:
This Red Cow Might Destroy the World – An example of scary religious extremism
https://youtu.be/2T5t22DZjlQ?si=xJbAqjsQ-aUjxIkq
Chris--What happened to the dialogue last night????
Yes, the Gaza genocide demands urgent attention, but ...
Can we as Chris Hedges' followers do more than merely read and comment? ... and can Hedges do more than relentlessly recount the gruesome details month after month?
YES!
Hedges could drop the names of several GAZA support orgs ... he could list them at the top of each of his posts here on Substack and we can then respond accordingly ... Substack reports that Hedges now has 85k SUBs here ... why has he never once mentioned any of these support orgs since OCT 7?
And why did I have to be the first to do this?
HERE THEY ARE:
Just Google "gaza palestinian refugee support organizations"
ALSO, of course he has a right to comment only those topics he chooses ... but wouldn't it make more sense to alternate his posts here between ASSANGE/GAZA and those issues that now threaten our freedoms and privacy here in America? ... Why hasn't he written a single piece here on the relentless invasion of illegal immigrants and the scary amendments to the WHO pandemic treaty? ... Like GAZA, these are now urgent issues!
Why does Chris Hedges continue to ignore developments here is the U.S.?
-------------------------------------------------
CHRIS HEDGES HAS DESERTED THE U.S. WORKING CLASS! ...
HEDGES: "Let us stand up and resist so future generations will at least say ‘they tried.’ We cannot do this alone ... together we have a chance" ...
https://scheerpost.com/2022/04/11/hedges-the-pimps-of-war/
but he has refused to comment on THE GREAT RESET, The World Economic Forum and the proposed tyrannical amendments to the WHO Pandemic Treaty
Hedges abandoned the U.S. working class and the U.S. Constitution in an AUG 27, 2021 interview with Jimmy Dore, and he's now brazenly hides behind Gaza for the past 5 months ... his predictable decision to once again leave us all hangin' here with no hope has become his trademark ...
Chris Hedges is deliberately misdirecting our attention here ...
------------------
DIVISIVENESS
Hedges is deceptively divisive and he obviously has no problem with it ...
His relentless recounting of the horrors of the Gaza genocide for the past 5 months has passed the point of diminishing marginal returns for Americans ... I now count over 70 pieces he has posted here since OCT 7, with only 7 addressing issues OTHER THAN the Gaza genocide ... somebody please tell St. Chris he did not tell us anything here we didn't already know here ... we are the people who bought his books, attended the his public signings, smashed THUMBS UP and always commented accordingly ... and we deserve much, much more from this once good man ...
Rather than comment on the ominous threats posed to our freedoms by the WEF and the WHO, he would also have us believe the problem is TRUMP-MAGA ... just listen to the extremely divisive, out-of-context comment he makes here in his otherwise terrific AMERICAN SADISM speech ... listen as he blames the MSM for splitting us into "warring factions" and then demeans those of us who question the motives and tactics of our elected officials as "members of the lunatic fringe and conspiracy theorists" ...
Start at the 43:10 mark and then listen very closely to him at the 44:32 mark:
https://scheerpost.com/2021/06/29/chris-hedges-speaks-on-american-sadism/
Many times, Hedges has been quick to point out the problems of our binary reaction to political reporting but once again, he chooses to deftly demonize and conflate law-abiding Christians with fringe MAGA types ...
I happen to believe that 9/11 was an inside job ... so does that make me a member of his lunatic fringe? ... well guess what, Hedges has actually admitted as much ... after a 2014 speech he was asked to comment on 9/11 and insulted our collective intelligence by saying "I don't want to get into conspiracy theories, Bush was probably just asleep at the wheel" ...
Hedges' words do not empower us, his pessimism demoralizes us ...
Here's a few more head-scratching comments that now have even more meaning since the March 2020 lock downs:
------------------
ON THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
He says all the right things here:
“We cannot be paralyzed by fear. We will be stripped, if we do not resist, of our few remaining rights. To resist, while there is still time, is not only the highest form of spirituality but the highest form of patriotism. It is, if you care about what is worth protecting in this country, a moral imperative."
And on another occasion: "The Constitution remains a sacred document."
------------------
ON THE MANDATES & PASSPORTS
But then, after the lock downs ...
He threw us AND the Constitution under the bus with COVID in an interview with Jimmy Dore ... just watch him dance to avoid a direct answer when asked about the illegal and unconstitutional mandates and passports before sheepishly blowing it off by saying: "that was a decision that I made."
AUG 27, 2021 ...
Go to the 8:12 mark ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NusQH0pnX7Y&t=509s
Jimmy: “I’d like to get your thoughts on the vaccine mandates and passports”:
Hedges: “So I got the vaccine … the fact is these things were rolled out without proper vetting, that’s real … but I understand how people are weary about it, because they were turbo-charged … but that was a decision I made to get it … I am quite certain, in the history of pharmaceuticals that they work very hard to bury the negative consequences … that was a decision that I made”
TRANSLATION: things just got too hot in my kitchen, right Chris?
And on USEFUL IDIOTS on SEP 21, 2021
Go to the 1:50 mark ...
Another less-than-passionate, half-hearted response ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZGT8raQS8
“It’s a hard question, I guess”
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ON THE COVID VAX
On DEC 2, 2021 ...
The FDA was compelled by a court ruling to release Phizer's vax trial data that revealed 1,223 post-jab deaths and 34,762 adverse events in the first 10 weeks of its trial ... The FDA attempted to delay the full release of this data for 75 years! ...
This proved that the COVID vax was not "safe & effective"!
https://yandex.com/search/?text=FDA+FOIA+release+1223+deaths+phizer+covid+vaccine+december+2%2C+2021&lr=21504&search_source=yacom_desktop_common
But then, just 30 days later ...
On JAN 1, 2022 ...
Chris Hedges made this comment on the Krystal Kyle & Friends Podcast (Episode #54):
Go to the 1:08:47 mark:
https://krystalkyleandfriends.substack.com/p/episode-54-audio-chris-hedges#details
"I don't think we're going to stop the pandemic and mutations until everybody gets vaccinated" ...
Chris Hedges DID NOT have to take sides on this issue ... He could have said it's a personal decision, but no ... most people would never tell another person to "walk the plank" if they knew better, but that's exactly what Hedges did here ... he knew the VAX was rushed to market after only one year (the average is 10 years), he knew about the explosive FDA FOIA release and he had to have seen the many videos of vax-injured people ... but he chose to push the "safe & effective" narrative on us anyway! ... and then about 2m after making that same comment during the interview above, Hedges rubbed our nose in it by openly admitting that he "does not trust Moderna or Phizer" ... livelihoods and lives can hang in the balance of reckless, irresponsible comments like this but clearly, this man did not give a hoot about the consequences.
Of course, Hedges is free to write about any topic he chooses ... but although the 2024 PRES election is 8 months away, we've only got 2 months to stop the WHO from implementing those scary amendments to the pandemic treaty ...
But Hedges won't go there ... ya see, it's just too risky, he's cutting too close to the bone ... this has become his post-pandemic trademark ...
Read about James Roguski and the WHO here on Substack ... Hedges should be front and center on this ... in tough times like these, why can't he stand with us?
Here's one more gem by Mr Hedges that no longer rings true:
"I do not fight fascist because I think I will win, I fight them because they are fascists" ...
This Holy Week, thinking of Good Friday, this thought came to my mind
'They'd rather have Barabbas'. This loveliest of weeks in my East Anglia, is tainted by what my government has done to Julian, what they have chosen instead of the lives of the Palestinian people. Most days I cry but feel helpless. Writing to my MP who I see in Parliament huddled up as close as he can get right behind the front bench. The people you trust cancelled or worse shackled. All the people who object, the UN and its court silenced. Crucifixion is still with us. Dr Jo
Are you kidding? I sat in front of my monitor for all 57 minutes waiting for it to start and the video ended with the introductions. There was no presen5ation then nor on the site you referred me to!!!
I essentially agree with you ... but I can't imagine anyone following Hedges as closely as I for the past decade ... He used to be my hero ... and I'm here to stand for the integrity of the spoken and written word ... on this point, Hedges has failed miserably since the lockdowns and I for one will not let him forget it! ... last year a Dr from Europe really nailed it by saying: "in the future, humanity's currency will be relationships of trust" ... and Hedges has proven he's not to be trusted ... Hedges won't admit it, but he is no longer a true activist ... he has morphed into an actor, just another speculator in the independent media business ... he is here to tell you only what you want to hear ...
Chris: Tuned in the livestream your discussion with Normal Finkelstein yesterday. Once Norm came to the podium something went haywire with stream. Not sure if APAC was doing some funny business or if it was just my connection. Tried to find a rebroadcast on YouTube unsuccessfully. Is it or will it be available in audio and video format? If so, on what platform. Thanks. Keep up the good work.