The Rhetoric of Violence

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 21, 2014 The rage and nihilism that come from the frustrations of American life are expressed through violence Our armed vigilantes and renegade gunmen are symptoms of a nation in terminal decline To resist, we must build a revolutionary consciousness Without one, random murder will become our national sport The rage and nihilism that come from the frustrations of American life are expressed through violence . Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

U.S. Hypocrisy on Crimean Secession Move: Washington Supported Breakup of Sudan, Yugoslavia, Iraq

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 8, 2014 Russia has arranged for its supporters in the Crimean state parliament to vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We Don’t Say ‘Slav’ Democracy Troubled in Ukraine, Why Talk of ‘Arab’ Failures

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 20, 2014 The troubles that Ukraine is having in its post-Soviet politics are very similar to the difficulties that have beset many countries of the Arab world in the past few years. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

War

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Photo Essay: Women and War

By Marissa Roth Aug 22, 2012 "One Person Crying: Women and War," is a 28-year, global photo essay that addresses the immediate and lingering effects of war on women. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Murder Is Not an Anomaly in War

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 19, 2012 We kill children nearly every day in Afghanistan. We do not usually kill them outside the structure of a military unit. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges in Times Square

BLANK Oct 18, 2011 Occupy TVNY has this interview with Chris Hedges, who, during the major global protests on Saturday, compared Occupy Wall Street to the other movements he's covered around the world, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Speaking Ill of ‘the Best and the Brightest’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 22, 2010 One of “the best and the brightest” died last week, and in Richard Holbrooke we had a perfect example of the dark mischief to which David Halberstam referred when he authored that ironic label. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Former Serb Leader Calls Bosnian War ‘Just and Holy’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is on trial for genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague for his role in the mass killings of Croats and Muslims during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, but a defiant Karadzic apparently doesn't believe that he presided over an ethnic-cleansing campaign. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Talks ‘Illusion’ and Morality on GRITtv

BLANK Aug 1, 2009 Is the unflagging popularity of reality television a sign of the entertainment industry's relentless reliance on producing fodder for the lowest common denominator -- or a symptom, as Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges argues in this clip from "GRITtv With Laura Flanders," of a society in serious moral decline? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Serbian PM Dissolves Parliament

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2008 Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica dissolved his country's parliament Saturday and said he would request new elections for May 11. The action followed a conflict between Kostunica and pro-Western President Boris Tadic on how Kosovo's independence affects Serbia's quest for membership in the European Union. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Serbia Not Guilty of Genocide

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2007 In an unprecedented case, Bosnia sought payback in the form of billions of dollars from Serbia for the ethnic conflict that claimed thousands of lives in the 1990s. On Monday, the U.N.'s International Court of Justice absolved Serbia of accountability for genocide but accused Belgrade of failing to thwart the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )