Denunciation and Disruption: The Vision That Drives Occupy Wall Street

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Oct 25, 2011 The occupiers have made it known in a most disrespectful manner that the parasite class is not welcome anymore. That’s a good start. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Ketcham Points Protesters Toward the Populists

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2011 Christopher Ketcham's essay "The Reign of the One Percenters," which we linked to a few weeks ago, shows how long-standing American individual and group behavior visible nationwide is profoundly determined by inequitable consumer capitalism. With the occupation of Wall Street gaining momentum, Ketcham revisits the subject to offer protesters some historical perspective. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Income Inequality and the Death of Culture in New York City

Staff / Truthdig Oct 4, 2011 Truthdig contributor Christopher Ketcham was born in New York and he has watched it turn into America's "most unequal city," what he calls "a banana republic without the death squads." And that's not just his opinion -- facts and figures trace the cultural decline of America's original metropolis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why You Should Eat Yak Instead of Beef

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 Cows are terribly destructive creatures, the cause of species extinction, topsoil loss, deforestation and desertification. There's an alternative you've probably never considered. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

God Bless Cantankerous Old Men

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Aug 1, 2011 When Michael Jackson died a few years ago, my father, who is 72, called me to complain. “What the hell is this Max Jackoff business?” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The American Scream: Going Hoarse Without Speaking

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Jul 25, 2011 It is clear that nowhere in American commercial life, save perhaps the graveyard, is there a space not polluted by electronic voices. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Intellectual Prostitution and the Myth of Objectivity

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Apr 4, 2011 The news-clown jabbers on screen, says this or that is so and, lo, it is so More likely it’s “All the News That’s Shit to Print”. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

No Laws, No Secrets: The Anarchist Creed of Julian Assange

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Mar 22, 2011 About the only intelligent thing the US government has said to date about Julian Assange is that the man is an “anarchist” What they don’t seem to get is that he is channeling Thomas Paine”. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Vermont Weighs Constitutional Amendment to Ban Corporate Personhood

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2011 On the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, Vermont politicians are moving to deny corporations the rights that humans enjoy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )