The Notion That White Workers Elected Trump Is a Myth That Suits the Ruling Class

Paul Street / Truthdig Jul 8, 2017 Saying he was put into office by blue-collar voters serves the interests of top Democrats, Republicans, the dominant media and the big-business elite. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

‘Lear,’ Not ‘1984,’ Defines the Trump Era

By Ron Charles Jun 10, 2017 The best literary precedent for what we're enduring now is not the absolute order of Big Brother but the irrational eruptions of King Lear. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sean Spicer Reaches Orwellian Levels of ‘Duckspeak’ With His News Briefings

Todd Gitlin / Truthdig Jun 3, 2017 The vocabulary and speaking style of Donald Trump's press secretary resembles a form of speech from George Orwell's "1984." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig Apr 29, 2017 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Final Stage of the Machiavellian Elites’ Takeover of America

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / Truthdig Apr 28, 2017 Neoconservatism was born during the Cold War with an overt mission to roll back Russian/Soviet influence everywhere. That mission continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

How Neocons Push for War by Cooking the Books

By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould Apr 25, 2017 To understand America’s drift into despotism over the last 40 years, we must de-encrypt the evolution of its secret "double government." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American Imperialism Leads the World Into Dante’s Vision of Hell

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / Truthdig Apr 24, 2017 This four-part series called "Universal Empire" examines the current stage of the neocon takeover of American policy that began after World War II. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Important Anti-War Films That Reveal the Uncensored History of the United States

By Frank Dorrel Sep 27, 2016 The U.S. is addicted to war. Stopping this horrible situation is up to the American people. The way we do this is by getting informed. These documentaries can help. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Mass Aerial Surveillance Is a Growing Orwellian Concern in the United States

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 8, 2016 The federal government has been equipping planes with monitoring devices for some time. But how far will law enforcement agencies go in order to watch citizens? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Keeping Us Safe From an Information Explosion

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Donald Trump Explains It All: Post-Iowa Caucus Edition

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 3, 2016 By any pollster's gauge, the schadenfreude factor was off the charts on Trump's social media platform of choice (that would be Twitter) and in various news outlets Tuesday following his bruising defeat by Ted Cruz in Iowa the night before. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cli-Fi Is All the Rage

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Dec 26, 2015 Stuck for some new-year reading material? How about a thriller on a world in climate-driven turmoil? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )