The Violence of Neoliberalism and the Attack on Higher Education

By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Mar 27, 2013 Higher education must be understood as a democratic public sphere -- a space in which education enables students to develop a keen sense of prophetic justice, claim their moral and political agency, utilize critical analytical skills, and cultivate an ethical sensibility through which they learn to respect the rights of others. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Feb 28, 2013 We live in a time of deep foreboding, one that haunts any discourse about justice, democracy and the future. Not only have the points of reference that provided a sense of certainty and collective hope in the past largely evaporated, but the only referents available are increasingly supplied by a hyper-market-driven society, megacorporations and a corrupt financial service industry. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Violence Is Deeply Rooted in American Culture

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2013 The gun violence figures flooding the media in the wake of the Newtown massacre are startling, "but they do not tell us enough about the cult and spectacle of violence in American society. Nor do they make visible the myriad of forces that has produced a country drenched in bloodshed and violence," Henry Giroux told C.J. Polychroniou in a Truthout interview. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The War Against Teachers in Dark Times

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Dec 18, 2012 It is ironic, in the unfolding nightmare in Newtown, Conn., that only in the midst of tragedy are teachers celebrated in ways that acknowledge the vital role they play every day in both protecting and educating our children. What is repressed in these moments is that teachers have been under attack by right-wing conservatives, religious fundamentalists and centrist Democrats since the beginning of the 1980s. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

The Neoliberal Attack on Education

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Oct 17, 2012 The democratic mission of public education is under assault by a conservative right-wing reform culture in which students are viewed as human capital in schools that are to be administered by market-driven forces. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Zombie Politics: Dangerous Authoritarianism or Shrinking Democracy – Part II

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout May 4, 2012 It is difficult to imagine how a society in which a financial elite and megacorporations control almost every aspect of politics could possibly be mistaken for a democracy. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout May 2, 2012 Warlike values and the social mind-set they legitimize have become the primary currency of our market-driven culture, which takes as its model a Darwinian shark tank in which only the strong survive. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Zombie Politics, Democracy, and the Threat of Authoritarianism – Part I

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Apr 30, 2012 The zombie phenomenon on display nightly on television alongside endless examples of destruction unfolding in real-time signals a shift away from the hope that accompanies the living to a politics of cynicism and despair. Dig deeper ( 30 Min. Read )

The ‘Suicidal State’ and the War on Youth

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Apr 11, 2012 Everywhere we look, the power of the rich and powerful operates to create a "suicidal state" in which regulations meant to restrict their corrupting power are shredded; shamelessly and without apology, they use their unchecked power to lay off millions of workers while simultaneously cutting the benefits and rights of those on the job in order to dramatically increase corporate profits. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Gated Intellectuals, Fortress America, and the Politics of Occupy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2012 A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence

By Henry Giroux, Truthout Mar 15, 2012 Young people the world over demonstrating against economic injustice are met with state-sanctioned violence and insults in the mainstream media, rather than informed dialogue, critical engagement and reformed policies. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

War Is Too Tragic for Weak Balance of Powers

By Dina Rasor, Truthout Feb 26, 2012 Many people know Daniel Ellsberg exposed the lies the U.S. government used to justify the Vietnam War. What many don't know is that he was also a gung-ho, Cold War analyst who participated in them. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )