Blaming Russia Is Irresistible to the Democrats

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 23, 2016 The “Putin did it” narrative is not about keeping Donald Trump out of office (an impossibility). It’s about shaping the political and policy environment in coming months and years. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Intellectuals We Abandon

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 5, 2016 The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful But those who most need to read his work have been left in darkness by an academy that has turned its back on the oppressed and caters to the elites (Pictured, Wolin and James Baldwin, right) The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful). Dig deeper ( 5 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 Graveyard of the Elites

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 29, 2016 The establishment structure is sliding toward its death, and the foremost sign of this is the silly and sickening display of "junk politics" that we call an election campaign. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Age of the Demagogues

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 30, 2015 The collapse of our political and cultural institutions has turned charlatans and thugs such as presidential hopeful Donald Trump into viable candidates. The collapse of our political and cultural institutions has turned charlatans and thugs such as presidential hopeful Donald Trump into viable candidates. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 2, 2015 America's most important contemporary political theorist, who died Oct. 21, warned that militarists and corporate capitalists, obsessed with creating a global empire, would extinguish our democracy. We should have heeded his warning. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Why We Need Professional Revolutionists

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 24, 2014 The collapse of politics and the advent of corporate totalitarianism mean we must rely on a class of people whose sole vocation is revolution. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

We Need a New Word for Revolution (Parts 6, 7 and 8)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 8, 2014 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and political philosopher Sheldon Wolin conclude their eight-part series on American democracy and corporate capitalism with conversations about the consequences of relentless totalitarianism, the nature of participatory democracy and how to think about the possibility of revolution. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘We Never Managed to Relax’ After World War II (Parts 4 and 5)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 31, 2014 In the fourth and fifth installments of their long conversation on corporate capitalism and American democracy, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and political philosopher Sheldon Wolin discuss the concept of "inverted totalitarianism," Wolin's experience as a university professor and the expulsion of unorthodox academics in the postwar United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can Capitalism and Democracy Coexist? (Parts 1, 2 and 3)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 25, 2014 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges embarks on a long, ranging discussion with political philosopher and former professor of politics at Princeton University Sheldon Wolin on the state of American democracy and the rise of corporate capitalism. 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 )

The Coming Climate Revolt

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 22, 2014 Civil disobedience must be used to abolish the oil, gas and coal companies and replace a government held captive by corporations. Otherwise, we will say goodbye to life as we know it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )