What Separates Sanders From Warren (and Everybody Else)

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jan 16, 2020 When it comes to class consciousness, most Americans are clueless, Democrats included. Sanders has made it the centerpiece of his campaign. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Rule of the Uber-Rich Means Tyranny or Revolution

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Oct 22, 2018 Their greed will crush society and the ecosystem unless they are driven from power. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Great Forgetting

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 America’s refusal to fund and sustain its intellectual and cultural heritage has come with an enormous cost. We are now paying the bill. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Real Enemy Is Within

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 If you are not dedicated to the destruction of empire and the dismantling of American militarism, then you cannot count yourself as a member of the left. It is not a side issue. It is the issue. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Gated Intellectuals, Fortress America, and the Politics of Occupy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2012 A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence

By Henry Giroux, Truthout Mar 15, 2012 Young people the world over demonstrating against economic injustice are met with state-sanctioned violence and insults in the mainstream media, rather than informed dialogue, critical engagement and reformed policies. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

A Tribute to One of Occupy’s Intellectual Predecessors

By Peter Dreier, Truthout Feb 29, 2012 C. Wright Mills, the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago at age 45, warned that America was becoming a nation of "cheerful robots," corrupted by an economic elite and heading toward a third world war. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Civilization and Its Malcontents

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 27, 2011 Staring open-mouthed at 17 in my Buddy Holly glasses, chinstrap beard, espresso-stained insides, putrid Chuck Taylors and newsprint-smudged fingertips, I wondered what had happened to the world into which I was hoping to enter so well rehearsed.In post-1950s America, an average person’s concept of what might be the meaning of life was more likely than at any other time in history to draw on a wide range of source material. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )