CODEPINK’S Medea Benjamin joins host Chris Hedges to discuss the current moment in American politics, which sees free speech sitting on a knife’s edge.
Hedges Report: Trump’s Crackdown on Anti-War Activists
Month: September 2025
Parliament Blocks Declassified, Citing Gaza ‘Standpoint’
Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House,” after blocking Declassified from holding a media pass, reports Martin Williams.
Caitlin Johnstone: A Liberal Fantasy of Palestine
The problem is the west established a state in the middle east which holds as its foundational ideology that the people who were living there before that state was created are less than human.
Million-Strong General Strike Blocked Italy for Palestine
One million people across Italy, led by grassroots unions, took part in a general strike supporting Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Italian Navy Sails to Protect Gaza Flotilla
As the Israeli government continues its horrific genocide of Palestinians and the destruction of housing and infrastructure in Gaza, in the third attack on the 42-ship Global Sumud flotilla, drones struck multiple boats in international waters.
Vijay Prashad: An Intellectual Is Nothing Without Confronting Oppression
Berta Cáceres, a Honduran leader in the struggle for indigenous and environmental rights, was killed in 2016 – a price too often paid by those who fight for human dignity and social justice.
WATCH: Time to Cancel AUKUS
The AUKUS military alliance between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. poses a threat of war with China.
Free Speech and Its Discontents
A government that can silence the speech you hate today can silence the speech you love tomorrow, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Hedges Report: We Are All Antifa Now
The designation of the amorphous group antifa as a terrorist organization allows the state to brand all dissidents as supporters of antifa and prosecute them as terrorists.
WATCH: Defending Free Speech on Palestine
Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, accused in court of antisemitism because of her reporting critical of Israel, was among the speakers at this rally in Melbourne covered by CN.