Financial Oligarchy vs. Feudal Aristocracy | Ismael Hossein-Zadeh and Anthony A. Gabb

The Gleaners. Jean Francois Millet. 1857. Oil on canvas. Feb. 12, 2016 (CounterPunch) -- Under the feudal mode of production, peasants were often allowed to cultivate plots of land for themselves on ...

The Death of the Republic | Chris Hedges

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 21, 2017 (Truthdig) -- The deep state’s decision in ancient Rome -- dominated by a bloated military and a corrupt oligarchy, much like the United States of 2017 -- to strangle ...

Special Counsel Can Examine Trump From All Angles | Noah Feldman

Robert S. Mueller IIIHistory shows that Robert Mueller's investigation might not end up where it starts. May 17, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s appointment by the Department ...

Part 3: Trump’s Authoritarian Vision | Los Angeles Times Editorial Board

April 4, 2017 (Los Angeles Times) -- Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country’s polit ...

Part 2: Why Trump Lies | Los Angeles Times Editorial Board

April 3, 2017 (Los Angeles Times) -- Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians’ mouths ...

Part 1: Our Dishonest President | Los Angeles Times Editorial Board

April 2, 2017 (Los Angeles Times) -- It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. Th ...

The Dance of Death | Chris Hedges

"Civilizations in decline, despite the palpable signs of decay around them, remain fixated on restoring their 'greatness,'" writes Hedges. "Their illusions condemn them." (Illustration detail: Mr. Fi ...

George W. Bush and the Forever War | William Rivers Pitt

George W. Bush, Painting. By Dan Lacey. Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) March 12, 2017 (Truthout) -- With Washington, DC, now transformed into a perpetual nonsense machine, it was easy to miss the George W. Bu ...

Extreme Vetting, But Not for Banks | Matt Taibbi

Trump proves he is a tool for Wall Street after all Feb. 3, 2017 (Rolling Stone) -- Donald Trump, the man who positioned himself as the common man's shield against Wall Street, signed a series of ord ...

Get Ready For The First Shocks Of Trump's Disaster Capitalism | Naomi Klein

Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 29, 2005. (NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Jan. 24, 2017 (The Intercept) -- We already know that the Trump administration plans to deregulate markets, w ...

Building the Institutions for Revolt | Chris Hedges

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan. 15, 2017 (Truthdig) -- Politics is a game of fear. Those who do not have the ability to make power elites afraid do not succeed. All of the movements that opened up the democ ...