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The Curse of Moral Purity

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Aug 26, 2019 The empty moral crusades championed by the left and the right are stoking the fires of fanaticism. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump’s Toy-Soldier Fantasy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Feb 7, 2018 His planned parade is spectacle, not strategy, but it defines America’s growing militarism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Who Says It Can’t Happen Here?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2017 We have endured 40 years of creeping authoritarianism, which now may run right over democracy. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 9, 2016 College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now these elites are being made to pay. Their duplicity has brought them—and the rest of us—Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Fascism: Can It Happen Here?

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Mar 17, 2016 The long shadows of a dark era are falling on the presidential campaign trail this year, with eruptions of violence, oaths of loyalty complete with Nazi salutes and, presiding over it all, Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )