Chris Hedges on Trump, Epstein and the Decline of American Democracy | UpFront

Feb 7, 2026 | One year into Donald Trump’s return to office, a wave of hard line actions - from volatile ICE raids to growing concern over political pressure on the media - has raised alarm about the expansion of the president’s power.

Then with US midterms approaching, attention is turning to whether there is any meaningful challenge to Republican grip on Congress.

So what happens next? This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks with journalist and author Chris Hedges about Trump’s second presidency and whether US democracy is on the decline.

The Insidious Truth Behind Trump's 'Board of Peace' w/ Yanis Varoufakis

January 31, 2026

The State of the Union

October 14, 2025

Chris Hedges: American Concentration Camps | Reupload

Jun 11, 2025 | Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.

This is the cruel sh** that my fellow countrymen voted in favour of Brexit for, is it? Is this why crazy people like Nigel Fags are determined to emulate the American way of life? Is this why they were so determined to leave our European brethren and European civilisation and culture for us to be able to copy the ‘perceived superiority’ of the American ways of the Trump regime? One can but shake one’s head in disgust, shake one’s head at the stupidity and naïveté of the people who voted to leave a far superior way of life and far superior political club to become more Americanized. We Brits have relinquished the opportunity of a lifetime to be guided by these half-wild halfwits across the Pond. For shame on us all for letting this happen! — © Mark Alexander

Chris Hedges: Can Love Persevere?

Oct 7, 2025

Ralph Nader: The Democrats WON'T Save Us from Trump!

October 2, 2025

It's Time to Fight Back against Trump's Fascist Regime (w/ Ralph Nader) | The Chris Hedges Report

September 30, 2025

Chris Hedges on Substack.

Marxism and Elon Musk | Chris Hedges

Sep 27, 2025 | Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times. He has covered numerous wars across the decades, written many books—including America: The Farewell Tour and American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America—and has been involved in work for prisoner advocacy. In this episode, Robinson and Chris discuss Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the rise of American fascism. More particularly, they address comparisons between Trump and Hitler, DOGE, the new crisis for the Democratic Party, Israel and Palestine, the Christian far right, Marxism, and more. Chris’s latest book is A Genocide Foretold (Penguin Random House, 2025).

Democracy Now! "The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk": How the Right Is Weaponizing Kirk's Killing

Sep 15, 2025 | Journalist Chris Hedges warns that President Trump and his allies are "weaponizing" the shocking assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk to crush dissent. "We've reached a very frightening turning point," says Hedges. "We've already seen an assault on civil liberties, on institutions, universities, the media, that are tasked with maintaining an open society. That will now be accelerated."

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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism? (w/ Yanis Varoufakis) | The Chris Hedges Report

Jan 29, 2025

Chris Hedges: The Warped Psychology of the Rich

Jun 24, 2025

Chris Hedges: Trump, Epstein and the Deep State

Jul 22, 2025 | The Trump administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files and videos is done not only to protect Trump, but the ruling class. They all belong to the same club.

The Secret History of Neoliberalism (w/ George Monbiot) | The Chris Hedges Report

Oct 9, 2024

Chris Hedges: Why You Should Hate the Rich Even More (w/ Rob Larson)

Jun 19, 2025 | The rich are severed from the rest of us — materially through gated communities and jets, and psychologically through the bubbles they exist within.

Chris Hedges: American Concentration Camps

Jun 11, 2025 | Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.

Chris Hedges: Rule of Idiots

Jun 21, 2025 | In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality.

“They Cooked Up Their Own Intelligence” Chris Hedges on Israel’s War on Iran | The Listening Post

Jun 22, 2025 | The war on Iran feels eerily familiar – from justifications that hold no water to the uncritical reporting in the media. Chris Hedges joins us to unpack the unsettling parallels with the 2003 Iraq War.

Chris Hedges Exposes How America’s FAKE Christian Right & Billionaires Are Destroying Us! | Reupload

Feb 11, 2025 | Marc Lamont Hill sits down with Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former New York Times Middle East bureau chief, to break down America’s looming future under a toxic mix of corporate greed, religious extremism, and fascist politics. Hedges calls out the “Christian Right” for its deep ties to the billionaire class, claiming they're using "magic Jesus" to distract the masses from real economic collapse. The conversation goes deep into how the system is rigged against the working class, how “boutique activism” misses the point, and why the fight for true justice can’t be won without confronting economic inequality head-on. The explosive talk covers the dangerous rise of Christian nationalism, the genocide in Gaza, and why the left is too weak to stop the chaos ahead. You won't hear this anywhere else.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and social critic. With a long career covering war and global injustice, Hedges brings his deep insights into the collapse of the American empire, economic inequality, and the rise of authoritarianism. He's the author of several books, including America: The Farewell Tour and Wages of Rebellion, and a fierce critic of both political parties.

Democracy Doesn’t Exist in the United States: Chris Hedges | UpFront

Jan 31, 2025 | As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many are raising concerns about the possible decline of liberal democracy.

What then would a second Trump term mean for the next four years for the United States? And what impact will the president's foreign policy have on the Middle East?

This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill discusses these issues with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and former war correspondent Chris Hedges.

American Psychosis - Chris Hedges on the US Empire of Narcissism and Psychopathy

May 13, 2023