American Psychosis
Oct 29, 2017 The barrage of lies from demagogues such as Donald Trump creates profound cognitive dissonance among the population that ends in a nationwide collective mental illness.
Illuminating the Darkness in the Age of Despair
Jul 4, 2017 In a U.K. commencement speech, the author urges grads to "confront the poisonous authoritarianism that is emerging in many countries today." (Pictured, an anti-Trump march in London.)
Dancing With the Devil: Trump’s Politics of Fascist Collaboration
May 17, 2017 The undeniable truth is that Trump is the product of an authoritarian movement and ideology with fascist overtones.
The Price of Resistance
Apr 18, 2017 To stand with the oppressed means being treated like the oppressed.
American Psychosis
Jan 30, 2017 The barrage of lies from demagogues such as Donald Trump creates profound cognitive dissonance among the population that ends in a nationwide collective mental illness.
The Intellectuals We Abandon
Sep 5, 2016 The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful But those who most need to read his work have been left in darkness by an academy that has turned its back on the oppressed and caters to the elites (Pictured, Wolin and James Baldwin, right) The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful).
The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
Aug 9, 2016 College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now these elites are being made to pay. Their duplicity has brought them—and the rest of us—Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
The Lonely American
Jun 29, 2015 Communal activities, from attendance at sporting events to civic organizations, have plummeted. We are isolated and have become hapless victims of corporate propaganda. We must reconnect to resist.AUDIO: Chris Hedges on Rebels, Visionaries and ‘Wages of Rebellion’
Jun 24, 2015 What compels a rebel to follow a path that, as history shows, almost always puts that person in mortal danger?
Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse
May 25, 2015 Our corporate masters know that our obsession with hope—the irrational belief we are headed toward some glorious future—causes us to ignore reality and remain disempowered. And this is why they peddle the myth of inevitable progress across the cultural and political spectrum.
