Interview: Robert Scheer and Chris Hedges on the Military-Industrial-Intelligence Complex (Part 1)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 13, 2015 In the first part of a wide-ranging, seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “They Know Everything About You,” Scheer says the US government and private industry have merged to turn the Internet into a massive machine for simultaneously selling to and spying on AmericansIn the first part of a seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “<a href="https://www. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

A Nation of Snitches

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 11, 2015 All totalitarian systems, including our own, rely on informants to keep the people afraid and under control. We will not be free of corporate tyranny until the network of snitches—in the government and on the streets—is banished. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: ‘Disturbing the Government Is an Obligation of Citizenship’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 20, 2015 In a discussion with C-SPAN about the spying and civil liberty matters at the heart of his new book, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer says that "the word is not 'privacy,' it's really 'sovereignty.' " Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Prison State of America

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 29, 2014 The incarcerated poor have become the nation’s most exploited workers. They are the prototype drones for the corporate totalitarian state. Dig deeper ( 9 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 )

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 )

Our Sinister Dual State

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 17, 2014 Edward Snowden's leaks expose a duality in which a government that carries out crimes under our Constitution lies beyond the reach of the law and citizens are rendered legally helpless We must use his disclosures to purge from power those who have eviscerated our civil liberties . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Crisis Zones, Collapse and the Antidote to Defeatism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The Truthdig columnist spoke with RT's Abby Martin on "Breaking the Set" about the forces driving the acceleration of global decline.The Truthdig columnist spoke with RT's Abby Martin about the forces driving the acceleration of global decline. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Totalitarian Paranoia in the Post-Orwellian Surveillance State

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Feb 10, 2014 When ruthlessly transgressed, privacy becomes a moral and political principle by which to assess the nature, power and severity of an emerging totalitarian state. Dig deeper ( 35 Min. Read )

The Last Gasp of American Democracy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 6, 2014 If we fail to halt the state's wholesale intrusion into our private lives, exposed by the Snowden leaks, we will find ourselves living under a ruthless totalitarian system. (At right, NSA Director Keith Alexander.)If we fail to halt the state's wholesale intrusion into our private lives, we will find ourselves living under a ruthless totalitarian system. (Pictured above, NSA Director Keith Alexander.) Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘Animal Farm’ for the Status Quo?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 13, 2013 Complex works of art lend themselves to multiple interpretations, especially where political matters are concerned. Late in 1946, American writer Dwight Macdonald asked George Orwell whether the book " 'Animal Farm' … meant that revolution always ended badly for the underdog, 'hence to hell with it and hail the status quo.' " In advance of the publication of a new collection of Orwell's letters, here is the author's response. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ai Weiwei’s New Music Video Is Not About Profanity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 25, 2013 The dramatic recreation of the rebel artist's 81 days in detention at the hands of the Chinese government is about how an authoritarian state maintains tenuous control over the thoughts and behavior of its citizens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )