Donald Trump Continues the Manipulation of Populism by ‘Swamping Up’ His Path to Power
Dec 8, 2016 Beneath populist pretense and slander, the coming Trump presidency is shaping up as a great monument to the nation’s unelected dictatorship of money. The only real mystery is how far it will deliver on its reactionary promises.
The Treason of the Intellectuals
Jul 7, 2015 In The New York Times in late June, George Packer smeared Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges' new book, "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt." In this Truthdig column published in early 2013, Hedges describes Packer as an intellectual "war booster" and “liberal hawk” whose support for the Iraq War preserved his journalism career.The self-defined liberals who sold us the Iraq War remain in their positions of privilege and power, and they stand ready to sell us out again.
Hand in Hand With Kissinger: A Review of Hillary Clinton’s Review
Sep 12, 2014 If Hillary Clinton's latest book, “Hard Choices,” was not an obvious enough sign of her presidential aspirations, then her recent Washington Post review of Henry Kissinger's new book, “World Order,” seems to have sealed the deal.
Wiping Another Country Off the Map: Israel Does It to Palestine
Aug 2, 2014 Back when the warmongers had hopes of ginning up a war between the United States and Iran during the Bush administration, one of their propaganda talking points was the Iran had “threatened to wipe Israel off the map.”
‘The United States of Amnesia’: Gore Vidal in Winter
Jun 14, 2014 We can’t say Gore Vidal didn’t warn us.
Chris Hedges on Christian Heretics
Nov 3, 2013 After his talk on the myth of human progress, the Truthdig columnist discussed the influence of religion on his work and why he views Christian conservatives as heretics.The Truthdig columnist discusses the influence of religion on his work and why he views Christian conservatives as heretics.
St. Peter and Mother Teresa Welcome Christopher Hitchens
Jan 30, 2013
Christopher Hitchens: A Jingo in Every Essential Way
Jan 24, 2013 With the onset of the Iraq invasion, there was an abrupt change not just in Hitchens’ tone, but in his authorial voice. Hitchens emerged a convinced American nationalist, deploying a full tonal diapason -- from hysteria to triumphalism, with the scale calibrated by braggadocio.
Putting Christopher Hitchens on Trial
Jan 24, 2013 The dead, God-bashing, celebrity litterateur is the target of a new book that seeks to yank him down from the vaunted heights from which he shilled for the American empire and defamed its opponents, writes Gregory Shupak at In These Times.
Literary Icons Rushdie and le Carré End 15-Year Feud
Nov 13, 2012 Nobody fights better than writers, so it's a little sad that novelists Salman Rushdie and John le Carré have agreed to stop hating each other.
