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Chris Hedges Report: Why The Iran War Won’t End Soon

August 9, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , , ,
The United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran have inflamed West Asia to the point that it has turned “into a matrix of smaller wars taking place across the region, all of which are interconnected, but all of which have quite separate agendas,” describes Alastair Crooke of Conflicts Forum, a former diplomat who served in the Middle East and who authored, “Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution”. In this episode of the Chris Hedges Report, Hedges and Crooke explore the wide-reaching geopolitical and economic ramifications of the war on Iran and what options remain for the Trump administration, which has been forced multiple times to walk back its threats of escalation.

Court Makes It Clear The White House Is Not Donald Trump’s Plaything

August 9, 2026 Austin D. Sarat, Scheer Post. , , ,
Last year, WMAU in Washington, D.C. noted that “Since returning to office, Trump has bathed the Oval Office in gold, paved the Rose Garden, added giant flagpoles on the north and south lawn, weighed in on a restoration project at the Federal Reserve, replaced tile in the Lincoln Bathroom with marble, overseen a major overhaul of the Kennedy Center and even brought Trump-style luxury to a small passthrough at the White House known as the Palm Room.” And then there is the White House Ballroom project and the 250-foot arch he wants to build near the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery.

Don Corleone Trump

August 5, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , ,
I visited Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City the day before it closed, in October, 2016. The casino had two huge white gates flanked by 2-ton white, cast-stone elephants. Its entrance was topped by an array of 70 turquoise and teal fiberglass minarets and a dozen gold-tipped domes. A neon sign with red and gold lettering read: “Trump Taj Mahal Casino and Resort.” A lighted fountain in front of the glass casino doors was decorated with two rows of six white-and-gold urns. The Trump Taj Mahal, New Jersey’s tallest building and the world’s largest casino, cost $1.2 billion to build.

Trump Again Backs Down From Bombing Iran

August 2, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
US President Donald Trump announced he has called off a potential attack on Iran and its energy infrastructure, claiming progress had been made in negotiations between Washington and Tehran. "I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Saturday night. On Friday, Trump held discussions with his advisors at Camp David in which plans were drawn up to target Iran's energy infrastructure, including oil refineries and power plants supplying electricity to millions of civilians in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

People’s State Of The Nation Address Protest At Philippines Embassy

July 29, 2026 Jon Abraham, Fight Back! News. , , ,
Washington, D.C. – On July 27, around 100 people mobilized in front of the Philippines’ embassy to give their annual People’s State of the Nation Address (PSONA) and to expose the true relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines. The march started from Stead Park as organizers were handing out fliers to passersby and constructing a large effigy of President Donald Trump, President Bong Bong Marcos Jr., and Ambassador of the Philippines to the U.S. Jose Manuel del Gallego Romualdez. The effigy stood tall and exemplified the relationship between the three individuals.

How America’s Corporate Class Became Legally Unaccountable

July 24, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , , , , , ,
Compared to other wealthy Western nations, the United States stands out for its high incarceration rates and military spending and declining standard of living. In her new book, “Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power and Violence, in America”, which just won the Robert F. Kennedy book award, Professor Marie Gottschalk connects the dots between the “twin evils of state violence at home and imperial violence abroad.” She chronicles the rise of President Trump as a manifestation of the failures of the Democrats to stem police violence and address economic insecurity when they had opportunities to do so, and illustrates how the tendrils of US Empire permeate the current crises.

The Chris Hedges Report: Is Iran Becoming Another ‘Forever War’?

July 21, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , ,
The Trump administration has embroiled the United States in another quagmire, similar to the Vietnam War and recent wars in the Middle East, by going to war against Iran. Now that the June 17th Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran is dead, the US and Iran seem to be stuck in a tit for tat war where the US bombs Iran and Iran retaliates against US and allies’ in the region. As Gulf States that are being targeted by Iran mount pressure on President Trump to stop the attacks, and a global economic crisis looms, the US is running out of options and time.

Active Duty Air Force Major Calls For President Trump’s Impeachment

July 20, 2026 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Speaking or acting publicly and challenging policies of the U.S. government takes a lot of courage from an average citizen of the United States and doubly so for those who are employed by the U.S. government, and particularly those in the U.S. military. Under the Biden administration we had seven examples of courageous acts of conscience by members of the U.S. military in refusing to be a part of the Israeli-U.S. genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. During the Trump administration, many who have privately dissented from the endless illegal policies have been fired, in particular those in the U.S. military, no matter what rank, and especially if had any contact with DOD’s mandated Diversity, Equality and Inclusiveness (DEI) programs.

Trump Says US ‘Reinstating’ Blockade Of Iranian Ports

July 13, 2026 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. , , ,
President Trump on Monday said that the US was “reinstating” the blockade of Iranian ports and would also charge a 20% fee for all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, a declaration that came after US officials had repeatedly said it would be illegal for Iran to charge fees for ships passing through the waterway. “The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran. We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Return Of Co-Existence

July 10, 2026 Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News. , , ,
Ezra Klein, one of the resident Zionists in The New York Times’ opinion section (or is everyone appearing in those pages a Zionist of one or another stripe?) had a guest on his Wednesday podcast who had some mind-focusing things to say. May Pundak is an Israeli human-rights attorney and co-founder of A Land for All, a group of Israeli and Palestinian activists. Pundak has interesting bloodlines: Her father, Ron Pundak, helped frame the Oslo Accords in the early 1990s.  Here is part of what Pundak told Klein: “I found myself advocating for the two-state solution for many, many years. But at a certain point I started feeling that this model is crumbling beneath my, between my fingers, and I can’t — I don’t believe in it anymore…. This idea of peace, of negotiations, of a two-state solution is becoming not relevant in the public discourse.

NATO Members Mull ‘Skipping’ 2027 Summit

July 8, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
NATO members are reportedly considering “skipping” next year's summit in Albania to avoid criticism from US President Donald Trump, particularly because the event is scheduled to be hosted by Albania, one of the alliance's lowest-defense-spending members, Bloomberg reported on 8 July. Discussions regarding the postponement have gained momentum during this week’s gathering in Ankara, where Trump continued to berate members of the alliance and question its relevance for failing to meet US demands for increased military spending.

Trump Says US-Iran Memorandum Of Understanding Is ‘Over’

July 8, 2026 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. , , ,
President Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire and US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding are “over” and called Iranian leadership “scum” after the US bombed Iran again and the Iranian military hit back at US bases in the region. “To me, I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore. I think they’re scum,” the president told reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara while meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “You know what scum is? They’re scum. They’re sick people. They’re led by sick people. And they’re vicious, violent people. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they’d use it. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” he added.

Major Cities Across The US Take Action Against Trump And America 250

July 2, 2026 International League of People's Struggle, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
United States – Hundreds of activists and community members across the country refuse to take part in celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States, "America 250," and instead will hold mass actions and protests in major cities to denounce Trump and the violent legacy that the U.S. and Trump continues today. This violent legacy is reflected in the 60,000 migrants locked up in detention centers, a budget allocating $85 billion to ICE and upwards of $1.15 trillion for military spending towards escalating wars, and initiating agreements like the most recent Pax Silica agreement, to solidify its global supply chain and US interests for computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Leonard Peltier: Nothing To Celebrate At America 250

June 29, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
On July 3, fireworks will burst over Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (the Six Grandfathers), the sacred Lakota mountain the settlers renamed Mount Rushmore. The four presidents blasted into the rock will glow above the Black Hills — land the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty set aside for the Lakota Nation. The U.S. seized Pahá Sápa (the Black Hills) in 1877, after gold was found there. In 1980 the Supreme Court ruled the taking illegal. The Lakota refused the money the court offered and demanded the land back. They are still waiting. The monument was another conquest.

The Joke Is On Us

June 20, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , ,
The buffoons who orchestrate fascism, with its quack science, idiocy, penchant for violence and grotesque hypermasculinity, are ripe for satire. It is easy, as late-night comics do — and as the cabarets did for the Nazis in Berlin — to pillory the goons, misfits and mediocrities who hold power and spew fascist bile. But this form of satire blinds opponents to its destructive power and murderous core. It ignores the real centers of power. It does not engender resistance. It engenders disdain and cynicism. It furthers the social and political divide between us, the “enlightened” and “educated” elite, and them, the despised and ridiculed “basket of deplorables.”
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