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Chris Hedges: Defeating Trump Is Only the Beginning

In this live Q&A, Chris Hedges examines the midterm results and warns that a Democratic victory alone will not extinguish the forces driving American fascism. He discusses the fight against corporate control within the Democratic Party, the influence of the Israel lobby and why organized pressure from workers and social movements remains essential to meaningful change.

The Democrats’ midterm victory has opened a window for change, but Chris Hedges warns that the conditions that propelled Donald Trump to power remain intact. In this live Q&A, he argues that corporate domination, economic abandonment and a political establishment unwilling to confront either will continue to nourish American fascism—even after an electoral defeat for MAGA.

Hedges examines the coming struggle between the Democratic Party’s leadership and those demanding universal health care, workers’ rights, an end to arms shipments to Israel and a break with billionaire influence. Taking questions on impeachment, Christian nationalism, the Israel lobby and political organizing, he warns that another Democratic failure to deliver material improvements could produce an even more dangerous authoritarian backlash. The decisive question, he argues, is whether unions and social movements can build enough power to turn an electoral opening into lasting change.

November 10, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA