The Dilemma of Vladimir Lenin

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 1, 2019 His contrasting roles as revolutionary tactician and dictator offer lessons for a U.S. society under the heel of capitalist greed. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Billionaires in Space: Escapist Fantasies in the ‘Age of the Refugee’

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Jul 24, 2018 After exhausting all of earth's resources, the superrich are ready to colonize other worlds. Dig deeper ( 6 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 )

How We Fight Fascism

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 18, 2018 Clara Zetkin, persecuted and exiled by the Nazis in the 1930s, warned that the longer the stagnation and rot of a dysfunctional democracy go unaddressed, the more attractive fascism will be. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Justice for Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Sep 23, 2016 A radical defense of the human and political rights of Manning and Snowden should not be limited to only the known views and statements of such whistleblowers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Lock Up the Men, Evict the Women and Children

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 30, 2016 Part of the daily reality of poverty in America, evictions—along with mass incarceration—are the mechanisms used to destroy communities and profit from the misery of the poor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on the Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2016 At Left Forum 2016, Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges explained how the early 20th-century revolutionary socialist's philosophies are relevant to today's struggle against capitalism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reform or Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 23, 2016 Rosa Luxemburg warned the left about becoming seduced by liberals who speak the language of reform but serve the interests of capitalism. And she understood that holding fast to revolutionary ideals was, especially in a moment of crisis, a moral imperative. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Real Enemy Is Within

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 If you are not dedicated to the destruction of empire and the dismantling of American militarism, then you cannot count yourself as a member of the left. It is not a side issue. It is the issue. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

On Women Who Refused to Live in Silence and Be Consigned to Oblivion

By Eduardo Galeano, TomDispatch Mar 30, 2015 In 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary, was murdered in Berlin. Her killers bludgeoned her with rifle blows and tossed her into the waters of a canal. Along the way, she lost a shoe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tariq Ali: The Time Is Right for a Palace Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 2, 2015 One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and wages endless war while doing the bidding of global corporations Our only hope, he says, is revolt One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and does the bidding of corporations . Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

May Day 2012: The Call for a General Strike

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Mar 15, 2012 In the winter of 2011, discussion about calling a general strike had already begun within Occupy Los Angeles. At the end of January 2012, in the wake of police raids against Occupy encampments, Occupy Los Angeles issued a call for a May Day general strike, which was quickly endorsed by Occupy Oakland. In the winter of 2011, discussion about calling a general strike had already begun within Occupy Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )