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What It Means to Be a Socialist

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 To be a socialist is to stand for the next generation and against the destructive forces of corporations and the military. If we do not move toward life, society will fall and take everyone with it. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Why Pundits, Journalists and Bloggers Don’t Get Hard Times

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 28, 2013 We've read over and over that the great recession is behind us, although evidence of human suffering abounds. This is not a new phenomenon, and it was ably described a lifetime ago by Eugene V. Debs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Michael Paarlberg

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 27, 2013 After leaving a trail of dead in the private sector, the “long and steady march toward a fully disposable workforce” has turned sharply toward the public sector in recent years, the labor scholar tells us in a column for The Guardian. After leaving a trail of dead in the private sector, the “long and steady march toward a fully disposable workforce” has made a sharp turn in recent years toward the public sector, the labor scholar tells us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Going Beyond the Tale of a Boy and His Horse

By Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch Mar 1, 2012 For all the spectacle of thundering cavalry charges, muddy trenches and wartime love and loss, the current popular storytellers of the First World War skip over the conflict's greatest moral drama by leaving out part of its cast of characters. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )