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Marcel Proust died a century ago on Nov. 18, 1922, leaving behind one of the most remarkable literary investigations into human nature and society. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com During the war in Bosnia, I worked my way through the seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. T

With the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday, Biden and other establishment politicians hope to paper over the rot and pain of the system they created with the same decorum they used to sell the country the con of neoliberalism. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The bipartisan project of dismantl

The longer the proxy war in Ukraine continues, the closer the U.S. comes to a direct confrontation with Russia. Once that happens, the Dr. Strangeloves running the show will reach for the nukes. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com I have covered enough wars to know that once you open that Pand

I have covered enough wars to know that once you open that Pandora’s box, the many evils that pour out are beyond anyone’s control. War accelerates the whirlwind of industrial killing. The longer any war continues, the closer and closer each side comes to self-annihilation.  Unless it is stopped, the proxy war between Russia and the U.S.

As social inequality mounts, so does the campaign to keep us in darkness. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com August Wilson wrote 10 plays chronicling Black life in the 20th century. His favorite, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, is set in 1911 in a boarding house in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. T

The judicial proceedings against Julian Assange give a faux legality to the state persecution of the most important and courageous journalist of our generation. This is the speech given by Chris Hedges outside the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 8, at a rally that call

Tomas was crippled for a war that should never have been fought. He was crippled for the lies of politicians. He was crippled for war profiteers. He was crippled for the careers of generals.  Excerpts from the author's new book, The Greatest Evil is War. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com I fl

As in the 1930s, a bankrupt liberalism, grotesque social inequality and declining living standards are empowering fascist movements in Europe and the U.S. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com Energy and food bills are soaring. Under the onslaught of inflation and prolonged wage stagnation, wages ar

The global ruling class is determined to prevent mounting protests against social inequality from employing the weapon that can bring them down. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com The ruling oligarchs are terrified that, for tens of millions of people, the economic dislocation caused by infla

No other institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy so effectively. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com The fawning adulation of Queen Elizabeth in the United States, which fought a revolution to get rid of the monarchy, and in Great Britain, is