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By Bart Jones
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Every week the Truthdig editorial staff selects a Truthdigger of the Week, a group or person worthy of recognition for speaking truth to power, breaking the story or blowing the whistle. It is not a lifetime achievement award. Rather, we’re looking for newsmakers whose actions in a given week are worth celebrating.
Alexander Reed Kelly
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Pentagon whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg remains a steadfast example of the courage he recognizes in Edward Snowden and others in the current generation of whistle-blowers.
Posted on Jun 16, 2013
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Screenshot via The Guardian
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The Guardian notes, “Snowden will go down in history as one of America’s most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.”
Posted on Jun 8, 2013
READ MORE | 6373 READS
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AP/Seth Wenig
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Had activism merely been a way of getting kicks, Jeremy Hammond would not have risked spending years in jail for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor.
Posted on Jun 1, 2013
READ MORE | 3290 READS
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At the president’s counterterrorism address Thursday, Medea Benjamin used her voice to cry out against political hypocrisy and double dealing in Obama’s war policies.
Posted on May 25, 2013
READ MORE | 4454 READS
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Sen. Angus King was the lone voice of sanity at a hearing where Pentagon officials said the war on terror could last up to 20 more years—or however long the president deems fit.
Posted on May 18, 2013
READ MORE | 6456 READS
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AP/Moises Castillo
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Those who Friday convicted the Guatemalan dictator of genocide and crimes against humanity showed that political killers can be brought to justice in the modern world.
Posted on May 11, 2013
READ MORE | 1985 READS
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AP/Michael Dwyer
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As welcoming as the country has been to Jason Collins, the first openly gay man in major sports, he deserves even more credit than he’s received so far.
Posted on May 4, 2013
READ MORE | 1628 READS
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Jeff Vespa/WireImage
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With his new book “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield,” Jeremy Scahill brings the last decade of the American government’s clandestine war making into the clearest possible focus.
Posted on Apr 27, 2013
READ MORE | 9551 READS
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David Barreda
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — At least three times a week, there is one place online where readers can go for the most comprehensive coverage possible of the workings of American Empire.
Posted on Apr 20, 2013
READ MORE | 7861 READS
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Abode of Chaos (CC BY 2.0)
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — Stéphane Hessel, the French-German author of “Indignez-vous” who died in February at age 95, is a towering figure of 20th-century resistance and an example to those who hope to create the future.
Posted on Apr 14, 2013
READ MORE | 3518 READS
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AP/Louis Lanzano
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Former Reagan-era budget director David Stockman is under attack by pundits everywhere for confirming that money for Wall Street and nothing for Main Street stands as an upper-class attack on the American public.
Posted on Apr 6, 2013
READ MORE | 8252 READS
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AP/Richard Drew
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Thanks to 83-year-old Edith Windsor, lesbians, gays and their supporters this week got a little closer to having their day in court.
Posted on Mar 30, 2013
READ MORE | 1386 READS
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Copyright Eugene Richards, from War Is Personal
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — When he dies this spring, Iraq War veteran Tomas Young will have spent his final years struggling to expose the guilt of those who make a holiday of the deaths and suffering of the powerless.
Posted on Mar 23, 2013
READ MORE | 10575 READS
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AP/Carolyn Kaster
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told a panel of judge advocate generals that their supposed efforts to resolve the military’s sexual abuse crisis were not enough.
Posted on Mar 16, 2013
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AP/Ariana Cubillos
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died this week after a two-year battle with cancer, recognized and respected poverty and the poor.
Posted on Mar 9, 2013
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