Chris Hedges on the American Empire’s Descent Into Dystopia (Video)
Dec 4, 2017 In a powerful speech delivered at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, N.Y., the Truthdig columnist analyzes fascism and empire in the Trump age.
Chris Hedges, Alfred McCoy on U.S. Empire’s ‘Irrevocable’ Decline (Video)
Nov 29, 2017 "If it comes to a military crunch," historian McCoy tells Truthdig columnist Hedges, "we could lose."
Sin and Bones
Nov 2, 2017
100 Years of White Empire Propaganda
Nov 1, 2017 The Balfour Declaration, which favored giving Palestine to the Jewish people, it still relevant because of co-existing ideas justifying white supremacy and racism. Among its legacies are some of our wars.
As the U.S. Empire Fails, Trump Enters a Quagmire in Afghanistan
Aug 29, 2017 The president did not trust his instincts and missed an opportunity to end the war.Jeremy Scahill on Donald Trump and the Military-Industrial Complex
Feb 3, 2017 In an interview with acTVism, the investigative journalist also discusses the significance of the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
A Violent Cesspool of Our Own Making
Jan 26, 2017 When it comes to building and exporting murderous weaponry, not even Vladimir Putin’s Russia comes close to the United States.
On the Road With Our American Selves
Nov 23, 2016 After the fluorescent circus of Election 2016, I imagine what would be truly exceptional: an America that values all human life in the same way.
The U.S. Military Pivots to Africa, and That Continent Goes Down the Drain
Aug 3, 2016 Over the past six years, each incoming commander of the U.S. Africa Command has offered a more dismal and dire assessment of the situation facing the American military there than his predecessor.
An Illegal Military Strategy Disguised as Technological Advance
Jul 18, 2016 However they are achieved, the United States has now embraced extrajudicial executions on foreign soil. And most of the discussion has focused more on the new instrument—drone technology—than on its purpose: assassination.
