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Progressives Can Get Through the Next Four Years by Organizing

Nov 13, 2016
Democratic Party activism is the only effective vehicle we have to oppose Donald Trump on the national stage -- but other kinds of organizing are also important Here are some suggestions about what to do Democratic Party activism is the only effective vehicle we have to oppose Donald Trump on the national stage—but other kinds of organizing are also important .

VIDEO: Robert Scheer to Chris Hedges: ‘I Will Not Blame’ the American Masses for Imperialism (7/7)

Jun 4, 2015
In the final installment of the seven-part interview on The Real News Network, after columnist Chris Hedges tells the Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer that he thinks the American public has been "far more complicit [in the culture of violence] than you give allowance for," Scheer gives an impassioned response about his own experience with manipulation of the working class by elites. In the final installment of the seven-part interview on The Real News Network, after columnist Chris Hedges tells Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer that he thinks the American public has been "far more complicit [in the culture of violence] than you give allowance for," Scheer gives an impassioned response about his own experience with manipulation of the working class by elites.

Chris Hedges: ‘The Left Has Been Destroyed’

Jul 22, 2013
"In 2008, in a piece you wrote, 'Why am I a socialist?' you wrote this: 'The inability to articulate a viable socialism has been our gravest mistake," host Paul Jay says to the Truthdig columnist during the latest installment of an interview on The Real News Network's "Reality Inserts Itself." He then asks: "Do you still believe that?"

Infiltration of Political Movements Is the Norm in America

Mar 16, 2012
Earlier this month, several members of LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous, were charged with hacking, reportedly on the basis of reports from an FBI informer described in the media as a leader of LulzSec, notorious for its exploits against Sony, the CIA, the US Senate, the FBI, Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Earlier this month, several members of LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous, were charged with hacking, reportedly on the basis of reports from an FBI informer described in the media as a leader of LulzSec.