Activism

Occupy Bangkok: Protesters Shut Down the Wall Street of Thailand

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 An estimated 100,000 protesters shut down Bangkok's commercial district Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reclaiming the Radical Imagination

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Jan 14, 2014 We now live under a form of casino capitalism that revels in deception, kills the radical imagination, depoliticizes the American public and promulgates what might be called disimagination factories and punishing machines. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Trailer: ‘The Internet’s Own Boy’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 12, 2014 One year after the death of Internet visionary Aaron Swartz, Brian Knappenberger, a director of films about hacktivism, is ready to release a documentary that follows a child programmer's maturation into one of the most important and effective political minds of his generation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Tasks of The People-Powered Movement for 2014

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Jan 10, 2014 In this stage of America's current social-political movement, which could take many years, our primary task is to build national consensus through broad and deep grass-roots organizing. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Why Is the President Fighting for a War He Doesn’t Believe In?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: According to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the president didn't buy into his own strategy. Also, what's up with Dennis Rodman? Saving public art. And we remember Amiri Baraka. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The FBI, the NSA and a Long-Held Secret Revealed

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 9, 2014 This week, more news emerged about the theft of classified government documents, leaked to the press, that revealed a massive, top-secret surveillance program. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The NSA Plays Mad King George in This Revolution

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 Like this country's early revolutionaries, Edward Snowden knows that true patriotism demands a vigilant confrontation with government infamy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant Takes Office

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2014 Seattle's first socialist city official in decades, an economics teacher, former Occupy Wall Street activist and former Truthdigger of the Week, ran on a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. She enters office Monday along with Mayor Ed Murray. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Chris Kluwe

BLANK Jan 6, 2014 The Minnesota Vikings punter was fired after he began speaking out in defense of the political rights of gays and lesbians during the 2012 NFL season. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Meet the People ‘Being the Change’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 In search of communities striving to build viable alternatives to scorched earth capitalism, a documentary team profiled people in Spain, Estonia and Indonesia who are creating underground economies that serve them, rather than waiting for political parties and corporate institutions to engender humane social change. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Undocumented Immigrants Can Now Practice Law in California

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 Sergio Garcia has been waiting for his green card for 19 years, but thanks to a California Supreme Court ruling, he can now be admitted to the state's bar and fulfill his dream of becoming an attorney regardless of his immigration status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Year of the Low-Wage Worker

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 In 2014, legislation and labor actions could narrow the gap between the rich and the poor. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )