The Coming Collapse

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 20, 2018 Every day the foundations of our institutions decay more, but American society is emotionally unable to grasp the mortal danger that approaches. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Bankruptcy of the American Left

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 5, 2018 As long as liberals allow themselves to be divided by identity politics and the culture wars, they will be under the heel of a rapacious corporate capitalism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Magical Thinking Is Stopping Us From Taking to the Streets

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 10, 2017 One reason people are quiescent in the face of racist, sexist, ecocidal outrage is their belief that Russiagate special prosecutor Robert Mueller will save them. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Blaming Russia Is Irresistible to the Democrats

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 23, 2016 The “Putin did it” narrative is not about keeping Donald Trump out of office (an impossibility). It’s about shaping the political and policy environment in coming months and years. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 2, 2015 America's most important contemporary political theorist, who died Oct. 21, warned that militarists and corporate capitalists, obsessed with creating a global empire, would extinguish our democracy. We should have heeded his warning. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Chris Hedges on Rebels, Visionaries and ‘Wages of Rebellion’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 24, 2015 What compels a rebel to follow a path that, as history shows, almost always puts that person in mortal danger? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We Need a New Word for Revolution (Parts 6, 7 and 8)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 8, 2014 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and political philosopher Sheldon Wolin conclude their eight-part series on American democracy and corporate capitalism with conversations about the consequences of relentless totalitarianism, the nature of participatory democracy and how to think about the possibility of revolution. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘We Never Managed to Relax’ After World War II (Parts 4 and 5)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 31, 2014 In the fourth and fifth installments of their long conversation on corporate capitalism and American democracy, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and political philosopher Sheldon Wolin discuss the concept of "inverted totalitarianism," Wolin's experience as a university professor and the expulsion of unorthodox academics in the postwar United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can Capitalism and Democracy Coexist? (Parts 1, 2 and 3)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 25, 2014 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges embarks on a long, ranging discussion with political philosopher and former professor of politics at Princeton University Sheldon Wolin on the state of American democracy and the rise of corporate capitalism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on ‘Illusion,’ Corporatism and Inverted Totalitarianism

BLANK Feb 4, 2010 In this interview with Vermont Public Radio's Neal Charnoff, "Empire of Illusion" author and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges emphasizes what makes his book's argument different from that of the stereotypical elder who disapproves of emerging artistic and cultural forms: "I'm not attacking culture, I'm attacking corporatism," he tells Charnoff. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )