Say It Plain: Stop Spying on Us

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 5, 2015 The recent debates over the USA Patriot and Freedom acts missed the point: Rather than discuss the details of how much to curb the government's right to spy on us, Americans need to question the legitimacy of all government spying and push back as hard as possible against dubious claims to protect us.Americans need to question the legitimacy of all government spying and push back as hard as possible against dubious claims to protect us. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ordained to Write

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 13, 2014 Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a journalist as a valid call to the ministry On Oct 5 his ordination -- marked by addresses from James Cone (above) and Cornel West -- finally took place Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a valid call to the ministry 5 his ordination finally took place (Above, ordination speaker James Cone). Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Hype and Hysteria Drown Out Europe’s Real Concerns

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 28, 2014 The outcome of the recently concluded European Parliament elections is described in press and political circles in Europe and North America as a shock or crisis, which is sheer nonsense. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Yearning for an Imagined Past

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 7, 2014 Wes Anderson's characteristically whimsical "The Grand Budapest Hotel," set in a fictitious central European nation succumbing to 1930s fascism, reflects contemporary audiences' "half-embarrassed, half-guilty wish to know something of the great convulsions of the past," film critic Stuart Klawans writes in The Nation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Dark Side of the Ukraine Revolt

By Conn Hallinan Mar 21, 2014 Although most of the Western media describe the current crisis in the Ukraine as a confrontation between authoritarianism and democracy, many of the shock troops who have manned barricades in Kiev and the western city of Lviv these past months have little interest in either democracy or Western liberalism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Rifts Deepen Between Pro- and Anti-Government Factions in Venezuela

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2014 As clashes between government forces and protesters in Venezuela continued through the weekend, civilians took sides in rival marches held Saturday, each pointing to the other as the catalyst of the country's recent wave of unrest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Crisis Zones, Collapse and the Antidote to Defeatism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The Truthdig columnist spoke with RT's Abby Martin on "Breaking the Set" about the forces driving the acceleration of global decline.The Truthdig columnist spoke with RT's Abby Martin about the forces driving the acceleration of global decline. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Pity the Billionaire

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 1, 2014 The rich have never been richer and the poor keep getting poorer. And if you think there's a problem with that, you're a Nazi. At least according to the poor, put-upon oligarchs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Dec 5, 2013 The relentless activity of thoughtlessness -- worship of celebrity culture, a cravenly mainstream media, instrumentalism, militarism or free-roaming individualism -- undermines crucial social bonds and expands the alleged virtue of believing that thinking is a burden. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer Discuss American Fascism

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2013 The two celebrated journalists discuss the collapse of vital institutions and the rise of demagogues and charlatans in post-meltdown America. Dig deeper

Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer Discuss American Fascism

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2013 The two celebrated journalists discuss the collapse of vital institutions and the rise of demagogues and charlatans in post-meltdown America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death of Artist Unites Greek Hip-Hop Community Against Fascism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 1, 2013 The stabbing of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a sympathizer of Greece's most prominent extreme right party earlier this month has led to the arrest of the group's leadership and the unification of once bitterly opposed rap artists against racism and violence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )