Here’s Hoping Obama Really Is a Socialist

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 In this topsy-turvy world it seems one's proximity to full-blown communism is directly proportional to one's success in capitalism. Take Red China's explosive economic growth, or the unexpected success of semi-socialist Germany and France, which just bid auf Wiedersehen and adieu to the recession. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Georgia Republican Worries Dems Will Declare Martial Law

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 Rep. Paul Broun, who once compared Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, now thinks the president is part of a radical "socialistic elite" that may try to declare martial law. Broun's comments came during what an area newspaper described as a "relatively peaceful" town hall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Stokin’ the Fear at Crazytown Hall Meetings

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2009 There's a whole lot of Baracknophobia going on when it comes to some folks' worries about health care reform, but how much of it is based on valid concern and how much is, well, stoked by certain media figures hoping to create a flurry of good ol' American pseudo-events? In other words, turn off the Glenn Beck, people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dare We Use the S-Word?

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 1, 2009 The current global economic crisis is not just another roller-coaster ride. Many sane and sober observers fear that the international locomotive of corporatism is going off the rails. Is this a necessary crisis of the capitalist system, determined by the self-destruction and self-renovation of a perpetual motion machine? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Obama Has Missed His Moment

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 The president had a fleeting moment to challenge the casino capitalism and financial recklessness of our economic and political elite. He could have orchestrated a state socialism that would have provided a safety net for tens of millions of Americans faced with dislocation and misery. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Olbermann’s Tea-Hee Party

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2009 Yes, Keith Olbermann and other pundits (paging Anderson Cooper) had a field day with the right wing's adoption of "tea bagging" as the driving metaphor behind their Tax Day protests. But no, the double entendres didn't start "on the blogs," as Bill O'Reilly's "nice lady" guest Amanda Carpenter suggested on his show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

French Parliament Nixes Web Piracy Bill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2009 Sacre bleu! Some conservative members of France's parliament are probably regretting their decision to begin their Easter break a little early, as their absence allowed rival socialists to ambush an Internet piracy bill on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Capitalism: The Suicide Version

William Pfaff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2009 The globalization of the international economy launched as an accidental policy of the Clinton administration has proved to be a destroyer of people, governments and wealth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jacob Heilbrunn on Alger Hiss

BLANK Mar 20, 2009 Susan Jacoby’s lucid new book reminds us that the Hiss case offered a vengeful postwar right a golden opportunity to tar the New Deal as a crypto-communist conspiracy -- and why it still matters. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A Bad Fix Would Be No Fix

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 13, 2009 Advice to solve the financial crisis before even thinking about health care, energy or education is either misguided or disingenuous. Fortunately, Obama seems to be ignoring all the chatter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Socialism Without a Soul

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 11, 2009 Newt Gingrich is right: “It is European socialism transplanted to Washington.” How else to describe an economy in which the government controls the entire financial center and is now supplying life support for the auto industry? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Norman Birnbaum on Susan Sontag

BLANK Mar 6, 2009 The publication of Sontag's early diaries provides a revelatory look at the self-inventions of the late writer. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )