Donald Trump Is Getting Off Easy

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 17, 2019 Impeachment over UkraineGate won’t take care of the left's goals to end the criminal acceleration of ecocide and address rampant inequality. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Balls to the Walls

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How the Left Can Gain Footing in White America

Paul Street / Truthdig May 16, 2018 Attaining Martin Luther King's goal of "the radical reconstruction of society itself" will require backing from the nation's heartland. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Mexicali’s ‘Water Defenders’ Take the Fight to Big Alcohol

Chris Burnett and Marco Vera Mar 16, 2018 A Mexican "water is life" movement is growing as activists take on Constellation Brands, a U.S.-based multinational corporation. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

An Insubordinate President

Paul Street / Truthdig Nov 14, 2017 Our odd leader is playing a role traditionally held by foreign elites, and that’s posing a problem for a U.S. ruling class that must sell the illusion of American exceptionalism. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Notion That White Workers Elected Trump Is a Myth That Suits the Ruling Class

Paul Street / Truthdig Jul 8, 2017 Saying he was put into office by blue-collar voters serves the interests of top Democrats, Republicans, the dominant media and the big-business elite. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Former President Obama Has a New Job: Control the Official Narrative of American Exceptionalism

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Apr 28, 2017 Barack Obama now must protect the ruling class, the empire and his role in maintaining the empire: his legacy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Deep State’s Hatred of Trump Is Not the Same as Yours

Paul Street / Truthdig Mar 2, 2017 Do committed progressives really want to lie down in the same warmongering and pro-surveillance bed as the CIA and the Pentagon? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Karl Marx Was Right

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 1, 2015 The economist and philosopher foresaw that capitalism had built within it the seeds of its own destruction, that the greed of a tiny elite would eventually bring down the system. The final stages that he predicted are visible all around us now. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on ‘The Pathology of the Rich’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 6, 2013 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discussed "the psychology of the super rich: their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that their wealth will insulate them from the coming storms" with The Real News Network's senior editor, Paul Jay. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Our Invisible Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 28, 2013 The old ideas that justified global capitalism and the oligarchic elites are being discredited. At some point the battle occurring below the surface will explode. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

On Chelsea Manning and Privacy, Cumberbatch Still Sides With Authority (Updated)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 After reading Benedict Cumberbatch's full, unedited remarks on the punishment of Chelsea Manning and government destruction of privacy, published Monday at The Guardian, I believe his meanings as originally reported remain intact. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )