Worshipping the Electronic Image

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 15, 2019 Our post-literate culture has crippled us intellectually and produced a president whose babble replicates the nonsensical diatribes of the age. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Worshipping the Electronic Image

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 18, 2019 Our post-literate culture has crippled us intellectually and produced a president whose babble replicates the nonsensical diatribes of the age. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

America the Failed State

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 1, 2018 The Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul says the U.S. government is undergoing a “corporate coup d'état in slow motion” and that the coup, which includes the Trump election, could put the nation on the path to being a failed state. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 1, 2018 Don’t buy the oily declarations from the tech billionaires and others that they want to help you survive financially. What they want is to more fully stuff their own pockets. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Courtiers and the Tyrants

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 19, 2016 We must not confuse the political elites who function as courtiers to corporate power with the tyrannical leaders who actually drive corporatism. Our real enemy, lurking behind the curtain, is usually faceless and anonymous. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Neoliberalism Is an Ideology That Will Soon Be Discredited (VIDEO)

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 28, 2015 Noted socialist sourpuss Chris Hedges has a new show on teleSUR and it's pretty awesome. In his most recent interview, Hedges and Canadian intellectual John Ralston Saul discuss the nature of "neoliberalism" as an organizing ideology and its pernicious effect on foreign policy. Dig deeper

VIDEO: Chris Hedges and John Ralston Saul Discuss Neoliberalism, False Populism and Donald Trump

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2015 “I think that the word 'ideology' has to be used very carefully But when people come forward with rather simplistic truths -- you already know you’re in trouble when they say they’ve got the truth -- and they say: 'This is what must happen This is how things work This is what dominates society' That’s an ideology"“I think that the word 'ideology' has to be used very carefully'". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Imperative of Revolt

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 20, 2014 Two leading political philosophers, Sheldon Wolin and John Ralston Saul, explore the corporations' slow-motion coup d’état and the prospects of financial collapse and revolt (Above, a moment in a Sept 22 protest at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street in New York City) . Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )