Activism

Will Civil Liberties Survive OWS Trial?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 16, 2014 As an Occupy Wall Street activist goes to trial on charges of assaulting a police officer, author and lawyer Chase Madar asks what the rights to freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom from warrantless search are worth in the United States today. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Should One Company Own This Much Internet?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Michael Sam is out of the closet, headed to the NFL and he's really good. Also, why the big cable merger should scare you, and Bill Blum on Washington's death penalty moratorium. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lynne Stewart Tells Chris Hedges ‘Every Little Bit Heals’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 The recently freed civil rights attorney sits down with the Truthdig columnist to discuss prison, freedom and the issues raised by her detention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Phone Lines Are Tied Up on ‘The Day We Fight Back’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert Spent All Weekend Watching the Sochi Olympics, and Here Are His Only Complaints

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 The murky (and possibly deadly) hotel water and the U.S. bobsledder who had to break out of his bathroom are not worthy of the pundit's attention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Today Is ‘The Day We Fight Back’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 In honor of Aaron Swartz and the billions of us who want to use the Internet for the pursuit of knowledge and not a weapon of surveillance, control and war, thousands of websites on Tuesday, Feb. 11, are asking visitors to call their representatives and demand legislative action against the National Security Agency of the United States.In honor of Aaron Swartz, thousands of websites are asking visitors to call their representatives and demand legislative action against the National Security Agency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arab-Iranian Poet Hanged as an ‘Enemy of God’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Human rights activist and bard Hashem Shaabani, who was a vocal critic of "the treatment of ethnic Arabs in the province of Khuzestan," was executed in Iran in late January after almost three years in prison, where he was reportedly tortured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Legalizing Oppression

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The disbarring and imprisonment of Lynne Stewart, one of the nation’s most courageous civil rights lawyers, is a window into the collapse of our judiciary. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Lynne Stewart

BLANK Feb 10, 2014 Early in the Bush administration, six months after the attacks of Sept 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced he would prosecute attorney Lynne Stewart on the grounds that she had materially aided a terrorist organizationSix months after the attacks of Sept. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Livelihoods: The Business of Cutting in Kenya

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Kenyan tribal economics requires that the pleasure-giving parts of female genitalia be removed for families to exchange property or money during marriage. The Guardian speaks to one of the procedure's practitioners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Risk of Relying on Terms of Service

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 8, 2014 The taking down without explanation from Facebook of a photo of a Syrian man who was killed demonstrates the danger of creating activist networks in digital places that are owned and operated by corporations that have an interest in cooperating with power, a contributor to Techdirt writes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sibling Rivalry Not Fit For a King

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 8, 2014 Nothing will ever tarnish the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who transformed a nation. But his squabbling heirs seem to be trying their best. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )