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May Day 2019 in Paris

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig May 1, 2019 Dig deeper

Only the Struggle Matters

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 1, 2019 The uprising in the streets of Paris illustrates the importance of resisting corporate oppression, no matter what the outcome. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 16, 2018 In an interview, Mark Rudd looks back with regret on his advocacy of violence as a young radical, and he offers up some advice for today’s activists: “The thing about nonviolence is that it works.” Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Author Mark Bray Responds to Chris Hedges’ Criticism of Antifa (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 5, 2017 "Antifa is not a recipe for changing all of society," Bray tells the Truthdig columnist in a recent episode of "On Contact." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How ‘Antifa’ Mirrors the ‘Alt-Right’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 27, 2017 The two sides, both intoxicated by violence, are the products of the same alienation and despair. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A Nation of Snitches

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 11, 2015 All totalitarian systems, including our own, rely on informants to keep the people afraid and under control. We will not be free of corporate tyranny until the network of snitches—in the government and on the streets—is banished. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Post-Constitutional Era

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 5, 2014 The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear our challenge to the law that lets the military indefinitely imprison U.S. citizens is another example of the transformation of the judiciary into an enemy of the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Debates the Black Bloc

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 19, 2012 In his article “The Cancer in Occupy” posted on Truthdig in February, Chris Hedges criticized Black Bloc activists, saying their use of violence in the streets would alienate the Occupy movement from mainstream Americans and legitimize the use of police violence in the eyes of the public Black Bloc supporter Brian Traven debated him in New York City last weekcom/report/item/the_cancer_of_occupy_20120206/" title="The Cancer in Occupy">The Cancer in Occupy” posted on Truthdig in February, Chris Hedges criticized Black Bloc activists Last week, Black Bloc supporter Brian Traven debated him in New York City. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Northern Light

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 4, 2012 Those of us who care about a civil society, and who abhor violence, should begin to replicate what is happening in Quebec. Their fight is our fight. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Critic and His Critics: Hedges vs. the Black Bloc

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2012 Truthdig’s Chris Hedges and Kevin Zeese of Occupy DC spoke in Washington in early April to call on Occupiers everywhere to grow the movement through the use of nonviolent tactics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More From Chris Hedges on Black Bloc

BLANK Feb 10, 2012 With his column “The Cancer in Occupy,” published earlier this week at Truthdig, Chris Hedges angered many on the radical left with his harsh criticism of the Black Bloc anarchists. Truthout’s J.A. Myerson, an activist and journalist involved in OWS since the occupation’s earliest days, got hold of Hedges by phone to press the issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )