Karl Marx Was Right

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 1, 2015 The economist and philosopher foresaw that capitalism had built within it the seeds of its own destruction, that the greed of a tiny elite would eventually bring down the system. The final stages that he predicted are visible all around us now. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse

Chris Hedges / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

GOP in 2016

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Tariq Ali: The Time Is Right for a Palace Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 2, 2015 One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and wages endless war while doing the bidding of global corporations Our only hope, he says, is revolt One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and does the bidding of corporations . Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Imperative of Revolt

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 20, 2014 Two leading political philosophers, Sheldon Wolin and John Ralston Saul, explore the corporations' slow-motion coup d’état and the prospects of financial collapse and revolt (Above, a moment in a Sept 22 protest at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street in New York City) . Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Sacrificing the Vulnerable, From Gaza to America

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 15, 2014 The abandonment of Gazans, some of the planet's most powerless people, illustrates how all who are vulnerable are now routinely sacrificed by our political elites . Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Last Gasp of Climate Change Liberals

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 1, 2014 The upcoming climate change march in New York is the last gasp of conventional liberalism. The time for reform and accommodation has ended. We will build a radical movement or be extinguished in a climate inferno. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Has Thomas Piketty Really Never Gotten Around to Reading Marx?

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 The best-selling author whose "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" has been shaking up the world says Karl Marx did not influence his research, but his statement may be tongue in cheek; the true Crimean referendum results were accidentally revealed, showing only 15 percent of voters backed annexation; meanwhile, the mayor of Seattle has proposed a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies (VIDEO)

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 14, 2014 In "Moby Dick," Herman Melville makes our murderous obsessions, our hubris, violent impulses, moral weakness and inevitable self-destruction visible in his chronicle of a whaling voyage. He is our foremost oracle. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Capital in the 21st Century

By Steven Pearlstein Apr 4, 2014 In his new book, French economist Thomas Piketty reminds us that within the dynamics of capitalism is a natural and destabilizing tendency toward inequality of income, wealth and opportunity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Prognosticator: Karl Marx Foresaw 2014

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 1, 2014 The 19th-century economic theorist "accurately predicted several aspects of contemporary capitalism, from the Great Recession to the iPhone 5S in your pocket," Sean McElwee writes at Rolling Stone. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies

BLANK Jan 27, 2014 Chris Hedges takes a page from "Moby Dick" in this speech, in which he sketches out a cautionary tale about the American character and, by extension, the ultimate fate of the human race. Chris Hedges takes a page from "Moby Dick" in this speech, in part a cautionary tale about the American character and, by extension, a broader warning about the fate of the human race. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )