More From Chris Hedges on Black Bloc

BLANK Feb 10, 2012 With his column “The Cancer in Occupy,” published earlier this week at Truthdig, Chris Hedges angered many on the radical left with his harsh criticism of the Black Bloc anarchists. Truthout’s J.A. Myerson, an activist and journalist involved in OWS since the occupation’s earliest days, got hold of Hedges by phone to press the issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Peek at Henry A. Giroux’s ‘Education and the Crisis of Public Values’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2011 "We are more than a nation in decline; we are a nation moving toward the bittersweet simplisms, policies and values of a new form of authoritarianism," writes Henry Giroux, in an article adapted from his new book on America's shift away from democratic values toward a rigid, market-driven uniformity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Mike Lofgren

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2011 Retired Republican congressional staffer Mike Lofgren outed the "political terrorism" of the lunatics and crackpots who make up the GOP today, and that's why he's our Truthdigger of the Week.Retired Republican congressional staffer Mike Lofgren is our Truthdigger of the Week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )