Activism

People Pressure Is Making Fast Tracking the TPP Politically Toxic

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Jan 20, 2014 After four years of secret negotiations with more than 600 corporate advisers, the once seemingly invincible trade bill -- the largest in history, covering 40% of the world’s economy -- looks very much like it can be defeated. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Gov’t Used Surveillance of MLK in Bid to Destroy Him: Now They Want Us to Just Trust Them

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 20, 2014 Among the ironies of Barack Obama trying to sell us the gargantuan NSA domestic spying program is that such techniques of telephone surveillance were used against the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in an attempt to destroy him and stop the civil rights movement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Does This Man Look Like a Criminal to You?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 19, 2014 Vice News visited the palatial New Zealand residence of tech mogul and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in October to discuss his copyright case and the future of privacy and the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scare Tactics Distort NSA Debate

David Sirota / Truthdig Jan 18, 2014 In order to have a genuinely constructive debate, data must be compiled, evidence must be amassed and verifiable truths must be presented. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook Is Work, and You Should Get Paid for It

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Internet as we know it could soon disappear, we remember the radical Martin Luther King, the mega rich and Citizens United 2, and why Facebook's 1.3 billion users should think of socializing as work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

From Austerity to Prosperity: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jan 16, 2014 California cannot solve its budget problems by slashing services that have already been cut to the bone or raising sales taxes that hurt the poor far more than the rich. We are fighting over a pie that remains too small. The pie itself needs to be expanded -- and it can be. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Beyond the Dreamer

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2014 In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. struggled with what are best understood as existential challenges as he began to move toward an ever-more-profound and radical understanding of what would be required to deal with the nation’s domestic and international problems. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

If You Still Want to Be an Activist After Reading This, Prepare to Be Hated

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 Do activists such as feminists, environmentalists, pacifists and others have an image problem? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Erin Brockovich: After Chemical Spill, West Virginians’ Organizing ‘Stronger Than I’ve Ever Seen’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 The environmental activist whose life story was turned into a hit movie talks to "Democracy Now" about the chemical spill in West Virginia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hacktivist Who Leaked the Steubenville Rape Video Faces 10 Years in Prison as Culprit Walks Free

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 Remember that awful case in which a couple of high school football stars in Steubenville, Ohio, who raped an unconscious young girl were sentenced thanks to an anonymously leaked video? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Amazing True Story of 8 Ordinary Americans Who Blew the Lid Off Government Spying

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 Eight more patriots can be added to the roll of whistle-blowing heroes Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )