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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