We Value Belonging More Than Privacy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2012 In his new book on the global surveillance machine, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and co-authors fail to give the societywide fear “of being lonely and left out” its proper credit as a driver of totalitarianism, Laurie Penny writes on New Statesman. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Walking Into Weimar America

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 7, 2012 Austerity, attacks on democracy, the rise of extremism: The U.S. in 2012 looks eerily similar to Germany’s Weimar Republic of the late 1920s and early ’30s. Historian Robert Cruickshank registers the likeness between Germany’s pre-fascist history and what could be America's. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Peek at Henry A. Giroux’s ‘Education and the Crisis of Public Values’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2011 "We are more than a nation in decline; we are a nation moving toward the bittersweet simplisms, policies and values of a new form of authoritarianism," writes Henry Giroux, in an article adapted from his new book on America's shift away from democratic values toward a rigid, market-driven uniformity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on the ‘Disintegrated’ Media, Cultural Illiteracy

BLANK Mar 17, 2011 In case it wasn't clear from his columns, Chris Hedges is not optimistic about the state of American media and chagrined by the future of a culture in which "people don't read anymore," as he notes in this interview with Media Roots. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Recognizing the Language of Tyranny

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 7, 2011 The corporate state does not have a Politburo or raving dictator, but it shares one aspect with despotic regimes and the collapsed empires that have plagued human history. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Derrick Jensen on Totalitarianism and Resistance

BLANK Jul 13, 2010 What is it going to take for concerned and engaged citizens to finally feel as though some crucial threshold has been crossed -- that our nation's political system and the global corporate culture it both serves and feeds into will never represent them or serve their needs? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on the Corporatocracy

BLANK Feb 15, 2010 In this interview, Chris Hedges elaborates on his Truthdig column that says democracy in America is a useful fiction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Propaganda 2.0

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2009 Sure, Obama and McCain (well, actually their staffs) joined micro-blogging site Twitter for propaganda purposes. But now the nuke-happy and secretive North Koreans are getting in on the Web 2.0 revolution, offering an interesting state-controlled glimpse into the isolated country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Georgia ? Stalin

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2008 With Georgia on the U.S. mainstream media's map after its recent war with Russia, a new interest in Georgian history and politics seems to have come to life, especially concerning the cult of personality that Stalin still leads in his native land. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A World Where Lies Are True

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 26, 2007 If the Christian right succeeds in legitimizing creation "science," it will strike a critical blow against the basic principles that make our society work. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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President Jonah, Meet Oliver Cromwell!

Gore Vidal / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Building on his "President Jonah" theme, Gore Vidal offers another angle on Bush's presidency, illuminated by the recent spate of wildfires in Southern California.Updated: Internationally-acclaimed man of letters Gore Vidal issues a new conclusion to his essay about the corruption of the Bush administration: "This is what we call dictatorship. Dictatorship. Dictatorship. And it is time we objected." Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )