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The Grill Master of Acid Marxism

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Oct 6, 2023 A well-wishing appreciation of Matt Christman. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Democratic Party Surrenders to Nostalgia

Bill Blum / Truthdig Mar 11, 2020 With Joe Biden’s primary victory imminent, the 2020 election increasingly looks like a battle not for America's future but for its past. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Richard Wolff: Global Capitalism Is Theft

Richard Wolff / Common Dreams Jan 31, 2020 The economist and University of Massachusetts professor explains how government debt is manipulated to rob the lower classes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Indian Students Refuse to Give an Inch to the Far Right

Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Jan 15, 2020 A youth movement is rising across the country to confront the dangerous rhetoric and racist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Will Regret Abandoning Julian Assange

John O'Day / FAIR Jun 6, 2019 Since the whistleblower has been charged with espionage, the political press has come to his defense. It's likely too little too late. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Media Are Legitimizing a Century-Old Nazi Trope

Ari Paul / FAIR Jun 5, 2019 An extremist phrase is seeping into mainstream media discourse, creating a dangerous situation with an ominous historical context. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig May 1, 2019 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

What Makes Millennial Socialism Different

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 26, 2018 As writer Ben Judah argues, the Occupy movement, Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders changed this generation's thinking, and made a come-from-behind win like that of New York's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez possible. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Reading Against Fascism

Henry Giroux / Truthout Jul 19, 2018 In an age when memory is under attack, a critical review of history becomes a source of hope and a tool of resistance. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Needed Now: A Real and Radical Left

Paul Street / Truthdig May 30, 2018 Despite what we may hear from the media, Republicans and Democrats themselves, the Democratic Party is not "the left" but just another slave to the corporate capitalism that is leading us to destruction. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Economy Is Too Important to Leave to the Economists

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig May 18, 2018 In a new book addressed to his daughter, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis explains capitalism well but fails to empathize with its victims. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Marx’s Hometown Unveils Huge Statue on His 200th Birthday

KIRSTEN GRIESHABER / The Associated Press May 5, 2018 The celebratory uncovering of the 14-foot bronze figure sparks criticism by some who blame Marx for crimes committed by social revolutionaries in Russia, China and elsewhere in the name of communism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )