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The Trump Administration’s War On Cuba

April 15, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , ,
Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the antiwar organization CODEPINK, speaks with Chris Hedges about her recent visit to Cuba as part of one of the many humanitarian delegations that have visited the island in response to the severe economic blockade imposed by the Trump administration. Benjamin describes the current situation as “dire”, the worst she has experienced in her 50 years of solidarity work with Cuba, referring to the escalation of the blockade as a “medieval siege.” The fuel shortages have had deadly impacts, imposing nationwide power outages. Sanctions and the blockade have created shortages of food, medicine and other necessities.

The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Suez Crisis

April 12, 2026 Chris Hedges, The Chris Hedges Report. , , , , , ,
The whole world is watching as negotiations begin today in Islamabad, Pakistan between Iran and the United States following an agreement to cease military action for two weeks. The negotiations are based on a ten-point plan outlined by Iran and approved by the United States as a basis for the talks. Israel has not been invited to the negotiations, which are being conducted indirectly and with a great deal of skepticism by the Iranian team. The outcome of these talks will impact the entire global economy and the fate of millions of people in West Asia, six million of whom have already been forcibly displaced by US and Israeli aggression in recent years.

Inside The US F-15E Rescue Cover-Up

April 9, 2026 Robert Inlakesh, Mintpress News. , , ,
The F-15E rescue Iran operation, sold by the Trump administration as a ‘biblical’ triumph, stands exposed as one of the most costly and contradictory failures in modern military history. Not only did it set back the US taxpayer over $300 million dollars, Iran now claims that they foiled an attempt to seize the nation’s highly enriched uranium – explains geopolitical analyst Robert Inlakesh in this week’s MintPress Livestream. A triumphant success of biblical proportions, was the way US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described his nation’s mission to evacuate two fighter pilots, whose F-15E fighter jet was downed over Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.

Chris Hedges Report: Is The War In Iran About To Become Apocalyptic?

April 7, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , , , ,
Recently, United States President Donald Trump has been issuing a series of soft deadlines to pressure Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz. On Easter Sunday, in what would be a serious escalation of the conflict, President Trump threatened to target “bridges and power plants” and to “bomb Iran back to the Stone Age” beginning on Tuesday if Iran refuses his demands. To better understand what the ramifications would be if President Trump follows through on his threats, Chris Hedges sits down with Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations and the geopolitics of the Middle East.

Chris Hedges Report: Will There Be A Ground Invasion Of Iran?

April 4, 2026 Chris Hedges Report. , , , ,
More than one month into the American-Israeli war on Iran, the US military has expended a significant amount of its arsenal and many billions of dollars without making any progress in meeting its illusory and often-changing objectives. As the White House and Pentagon, and the markets, panic, the United States has begun deploying troops and resources to the region in preparation for a possible ground assault. This raises significant questions about what type of campaign the US is capable of waging and whether, as analysts are saying, fighting the Iranian military on its own terrain would be a bloodbath for US troops.

Iran Is Winning The War With The United States

April 4, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , ,
More than a month has passed since the United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran on February 28. It is now clear that Iran is winning this war. The Donald Trump administration has failed to carry out regime change or state collapse. The Iranian government has proven to be resilient. Tehran has used asymmetric tactics to defend itself, targeting the weak points of the US empire and exacting a heavy price on its military, economy, and allies. In fact, Iran has successfully destroyed the US military bases in West Asia, forcing many American troops out of the region. The Pentagon is primarily waging this war from bases in Europe.

ICE Wants Unpaid Volunteers; The US Military Is At A Breaking Point

March 31, 2026 Lee Camp, Scheer Post. , , ,
In a shocking revelation straight out of a dystopian satire, the Pentagon has quietly begun asking civilian employees to volunteer for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Framed as a “critical support” opportunity, these emails treat immigration enforcement like firefighting—inviting ordinary citizens to sign up for unpaid weekend shifts to assist with ICE operations. Lee Camp’s latest episode of Unredacted Tonight exposes the disturbing reality: this is not harmless civic engagement—it’s a blueprint for “volunteer fascism.”

The War On Iran Is Transforming The Global Economy

March 29, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , ,
The US-Israeli war on Iran is transforming the geopolitical order, and could even unleash a global economic crisis. The conflict has caused the largest oil shock in history, disrupting global markets and driving up fuel and food prices. To better understand the implications for the world, Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton interviewed economist Michael Hudson, who discussed how Iran is challenging US dollar dominance and undermining Washington’s control over the global oil market, which has been a key pillar of US foreign policy.

Lawrence Wilkerson Warns Israel Faces Collapse

March 29, 2026 Scheer Post. , , ,
Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson is not known for understatement, but his latest warning may be among his starkest yet: if the current war trajectory continues, Israel could face existential collapse, Iran may emerge as a nuclear threshold state, and the United States could stumble toward a confrontation whose consequences reach far beyond the Middle East. In a sweeping interview with Glenn Diesen, Wilkerson — former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell — describes a U.S. policy apparatus he sees as improvising under pressure, escalating militarily without a coherent strategic objective, while global economic choke points tighten under the strain of war.

Trump’s Iran Gamble Is Spiraling Out Of Control

March 28, 2026 Mnar Adley, Mintpress News. , , ,
In this week’s episode of the MintCast podcast hosted by MintPress director Mnar Adley, we are joined by Iranian political analyst Ali Alizadeh to talk about Trump’s miscalculation in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Twenty-seven days into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, what was expected to be a swift and decisive campaign is instead spiraling into a far more dangerous and unpredictable confrontation. Early assumptions that Iran’s leadership could be “decapitated” through targeted airstrikes—triggering internal collapse—have proven dramatically misplaced.

Chris Hedges Report: Why Israel Wants A War With Iran

March 26, 2026 Chris Hedges Report. , , , ,
As the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran intensifies, the justifications for its outbreak grow increasingly murky, shifting between nuclear fears, regime change, and regional security concerns. In this interview, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy joins Chris Hedges to cut through the official narratives and examine the deeper ideological forces driving Israel’s long-standing push toward confrontation with Iran under Benjamin Netanyahu. Levy argues that the war cannot be understood purely through strategy or geopolitics, but instead through a deeply embedded national mindset.

Maximum Pressure, Maximum Blackouts: The Gazafication Of Cuba

March 23, 2026 Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News. , , ,
Havana is unusually quiet. A city normally buzzing with traffic and nightlife lies still, dark, and silent. The Trump administration’s economic strangulation of the island has led to frequent and extended blackouts across the country, creating an economic crisis and uncertainty about the future.  “I can do anything I want with Cuba,” President Trump said recently. “I think something will happen with Cuba pretty quickly,” he added. The country’s electrical grid, public transportation systems, hospitals, schools, and stores run on imported fuel. And now that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have threatened the world into complying with their agenda, including ending fuel shipments, Cuba is suffering. 

Chris Hedges Report: How Israel Convinced Trump To Wage War

March 19, 2026 Chris Hedges, Substack. , , ,
As the chaos and destruction of the war in Iran escalates by the day, a lesser known element of the conflict remains ensconced in the shadows of statespeak and bureaucracy. Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, joins Chris Hedges to explain how an Israeli psychological warfare campaign worked to exploit Donald Trump’s imbecilic intelligence and increasing paranoia with the ultimate goal of luring the President into a war with Iran. Blumenthal says the Israelis and their allies convinced President Trump that Iran was trying to assassinate him – a fear first stoked when Trump began a vicious cycle of violence with the regime after he assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani during his first term.

Asymmetric Economic War: Iran Challenges US Dollar

March 19, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , , ,
Iran has responded to the war of aggression that the United States and Israel launched against it on February 28 by using unconventional tactics. As the US and Israel systematically assassinate Iranian officials and bomb schools, hospitals, and residential areas, Tehran has defended its sovereignty by engaging in a campaign of asymmetric economic warfare, not only hitting US military bases in West Asia, but also targeting major US corporations, and even challenging dollar dominance.

Chris Hedges Report: War With Iran Will Trigger A Global Financial Crisis

March 17, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , , , ,
Alongside the death and destruction occurring all throughout the Middle East as the war in Iran rages on, the rest of the world is experiencing the economic blowback of the conflict. Oil and natural gas prices are skyrocketing in the West as well as the Global South following the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former Greek finance minister, joins The Chris Hedges Report to explain how the war will continue to mangle the global economy and what countries can expect in the coming months. “The vast majority of the very people, the blue collar workers that voted Trump in, are suffering exorbitant increases in their transport costs.
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