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Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction

Long before the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate forces carried out a slow-motion coup d’état. Now the coup is over. We lost.

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Donald Trump Makes a 360-Degree ‘Pivot’ to Prove He’s No Flip-Flopper




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Venturing Into “the Capitalist Labyrinth”  (Video)




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Donald Trump Is Helping Hillary Clinton Transform the Geography of American Politics




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Questions About Clinton Campaign’s Transparency Ramp Up After a Weekend of Closed Fundraisers

‘On Contact’: Chris Hedges and Professor Eddie Glaude Discuss ‘The Great Black Depression’ (Video)

“From housing to jobs to poverty levels, black America is struggling,” the Princeton educator tells the Truthdig columnist. “In so many ways since 2008, our communities have been in ruins.”

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August 16, 2016 Trumpism: Made in the United States by Republican Hate and Democratic Hypocrisy

‘On Contact With Chris Hedges’: Jill Stein on How, and Where, Revolution Can Actually Happen

Green Party candidate Jill Stein sits down with Hedges at a crucial moment in the 2016 election cycle to talk about the many emergencies that the two major-party nominees will be categorically unable to confront, much less solve. 

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July 31, 2016 A Party of Lemmings Led by a Zombie: Why We Need to Keep Bernie Sanders’ Vision Alive

Chris Hedges and Jill Stein Speak at Socialist Convergence During Democratic Convention (Video)

What should progressive-minded citizens do after everyone leaves Philadelphia? Our Truthdig columnist and the Green Party presidential candidate share their thoughts.

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The 1 Percent’s Useful Idiots

Bernie Sanders, by capitulating to the corporate machine, sold us out. By calling on us to accept “reality,” he mocked the reality his followers made possible. We will have to carry out the political revolution on our own.

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Jill Stein: ‘The Floodgates Opened Into Our Campaign’ After Sanders Endorsed Clinton (Video)




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Sanders Inspires Millennials Who Now Refuse to Go Along With the Party Line (Video)




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Democratic Convention Live Blog, Day 2: Hillary Clinton Clinches the Democratic Nomination (Video)




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Chris Hedges and Robert Reich Debate the Future of the Progressive Movement (Video)

Chris Hedges and Robert Reich Debate the Future of the Progressive Movement (Video)

Hedges and Reich appear on “Democracy Now!” to debate whom progressives should support now that Sanders has endorsed Hillary Clinton.

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The New European Fascists

Poland offers a frightening example of the right-wing populism sweeping through many nations. Neoliberalism is wrecking economies, creating rage among the working class, devastating cultural institutions and eroding liberal democracy across Europe and in the United States.

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Islamophobia Kills: German Munich Shooter Admired Anders Breivik and Killed Turks




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Why Donald Trump Could Be the Next President of the United States




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Killer Robots Pose Potential Problems for Future Policing




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Robert Scheer: Americans Shouldn’t Settle for Candidates ‘Who Have Created This Tremendous Mess’

The Importance of Protesting Inequality at the Democratic National Convention (Video)

On this week’s episode of “On Contact,” Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges sits down with two Philadelphia organizers to discuss why people should take to the streets to bring Democratic leaders’ attention to poverty and homelessness.

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Writing as Resistance

Doomed writers buried their accounts of the Warsaw ghetto in the hope that they could teach whoever unearthed the documents about good, evil, indifference and the importance of the truth as an act of resistance. They have left us a trove of papers on how to construct a life of meaning.

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Without a Serious Middle East Peace Effort, Hatred Will Only Grow




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‘On Contact’ With Chris Hedges: Wrongfully Convicted and Living With the Consequences




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Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror




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‘On Contact’ With Chris Hedges: The Exploitation of Women Is Rampant Worldwide

Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror

The police kill citizens with impunity, and that is exactly how the system is designed to work. The numerous little police states that exist in poor urban areas across the U.S. are models for a system that would enslave all of us.

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Trevor Noah Breaks Down Why It’s Possible to Be Pro-Cop and Pro-Black (Video)




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It’s Time for Whites to Condemn White Violence, Georgetown Sociologist Says




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Grieving Sister of Slain British Soldier: Tony Blair Is ‘the World’s Worst Terrorist’ (Video)




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‘On Contact’ With Chris Hedges: The Exploitation of Women Is Rampant Worldwide