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This is a sermon the author gave on Sunday in Oslo, Norway, at Kulturkirken Jakob (St. James Church of Culture). Actor and film director Liv Ullmann read the scripture passages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9DN_YKRoyI By Chris Hedges Original to ScheerPost Hebrew Bible Reading: "And i

To stand up to Israel has a political cost few, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are willing to pay. But if you do stand up, it singles you out as someone who puts principles before expediency. By Chris Hedges Original to ScheerPost The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is no

The front line against corporate tyranny is not the ballot box. It is in the desperate struggle by the overworked and underpaid to prevent corporate behemoths from turning everyone into gig workers. By Chris Hedges in New Brunswick, N.J. Original to ScheerPost Judy Danella, president of Un

Once the jobs left and Democrats abandoned working men and women, people became desperate in the author's hometown in Maine — as in tens of thousands of white, rural enclaves across the country. By Chris Hedges in Mechanic Falls, Maine Original to ScheerPost I am sitting in Eric Heimel’s b

The U.S. public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war. By Chris Hedges Original to ScheerPost The playbook the pimps of war use to lure us into one military fiasco after another, including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and now Ukraine, does n

Julian Assange’s legal options have nearly run out. He could be extradited to the U.S. this week. Should he be convicted, reporting on the inner workings of power will become a crime. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost  High Court Judge Jonathan Swift — who previously worked for a variety of British

It is not an exaggeration to call the future of the planet an apocalyptic, extinction-bearing time, according to physician and anthropologist Dr. Warren Hern.

Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost  On Dec. 24, 2022, Matt Taibbi was in a room at the Parc 55 Hotel in

Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost  On Dec. 24, 2022, Matt Taibbi was in a room at the Parc 55 Hotel in

Myths make us feel good. Myths demonize those blamed for our self-created debacles. Myths celebrate us as a people and a nation. But it is like handing heroin to junkies.   By Chris Hedges Substack There is no report, investigation or new revelation, including the recent release of Spec