Louis Adamic’s Life Fighting Fascism

Paul Buhle / Truthdig Jan 19, 2020 A new biography of the Slovenian journalist reminds us that reviving American democracy will take more than the rise of minority elites. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

NATO Should Be Dissolved

Medea Benjamin / Independent Media Institute Dec 4, 2019 In an age when climate change threatens the future of humanity, the United States' oldest military alliance has become an anachronism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Europe Needs Is a New Revolution

By Jason Barker / Los Angeles Review of Books May 10, 2019 Decrying neoliberal capitalism’s “slow cancellation of the future” in his new book, Srećko Horvat advocates “hope without optimism.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Why Are Some on the Left Falling for Fake News on Syria?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 19, 2018 Just because Donald Trump is using the recent chemical attack as an excuse to bomb Syria does not mean the attack didn't happen. We need to acknowledge the reality of Syrian suffering at the hands of Assad, Putin and the U.S. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Now a Crime Scene

The Associated Press Nov 29, 2017 United Nations judges have suspended an appeals hearing after a convicted man drank from a small bottle in court and claimed to have taken poison. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Serbia Prime Minister-Designate to Head Pro-Russia Government

By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Jun 28, 2017 With her early Cabinet picks, Ana Brnabic sends a strong message about her alliances with other nations. She also has made headlines as Serbia's first female and first openly gay leader. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Unmasks American Empire in ‘Unspeakable’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 10, 2016 In this new book, the award-winning Truthdig columnist discusses taboo topics in America—including his experience as a radical war correspondent at The New York Times—with fellow journalist David Talbot. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Donald Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 16, 2016 The Democratic elites, we know from leaked emails, helped elevate a buffoonish rival whom they saw as the perfect foil for Hillary Clinton. The game they are playing—if they do not address our rising inequality, despair and loss of civil liberties—will usher in an American fascism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Creeping Villainy of American Politics

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 21, 2015 The threefold rise in hate crimes against Muslims since the Paris and San Bernardino attacks and the acceptance of hate speech in political discourse are signs of our society’s morbidity. The threefold rise in hate crimes against Muslims since the Paris and San Bernardino attacks and the acceptance of hate speech in political discourse are signs of our society’s morbidity. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Great Unraveling

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 31, 2015 The ideological and physical hold of American imperial power is collapsing. If we do not quickly dismantle the structures of neoliberalism and global capitalism, we will be swept away in the coming upheavals. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Sarajevo 1914 / Gaza 2014: The Short Twentieth Century Lingers On

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Aug 4, 2014 Strange the way things line up, the through-lines that suddenly reveal themselves amidst the twists and turns of historical progression. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Gaza as Sarajevo

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Jul 24, 2014 The image of Israeli tank columns safely ranged on the periphery of Gaza methodically lobbing in round after round of supposedly precision-guided munitions (precision, that is, give or take the odd 25 person civilian family huddled together for the breaking of their Ramadan fast), sent me whistling back to my own time in Sarajevo, after the lifting of the siege there in the wake of the Dayton Accords in late 1995. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )