Activism

Mile High: Denver Celebrates 2014 With Legal Recreational Marijuana

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 2, 2014 The times, they are a changin', and in Denver, you can tell by the smoke signals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Are Wages Low? Blame Workers for Not Knowing They Are, in Fact, Workers

BLANK Jan 1, 2014 The anti-union movement won the battle of self-perception. Union-friendly blue-collar workers have been supplanted by white-collar office drones who don't see themselves as candidates for unionization because they don't really see themselves as workers, author Edward McClelland argues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Coming in 2014: An Even Bigger Occupy Wall Street Movement

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2013 A research firm believes by the end of the new year social unrest will mark American politics; Pope Francis is reportedly "shocked' by gay adoption; meanwhile, 33 percent of Americans refuse the idea of evolution. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Israel Can Do No Wrong’: Jewish Dissent, Jewish Repression

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Dec 31, 2013 American Jews are expected to unequivocally support Israel against its very real enemies, but Israeli policies of the moment can and do betray values held by a large swath of American Jewry. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why the Government Really Needs to Regulate Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2013 Five years after destroying the world economy, big banks are back and bigger than ever; a new laptop charger promises to be smaller than the plug; meanwhile, Israeli police are ignoring Palestinian villagers' complaints about violence in the West Bank. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald Confronts MSNBC Host Over Media Bias

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 28, 2013 When asked if he's more a spokesman for Edward Snowden than a journalist, Glenn Greenwald told MSNBC's Kristen Welker, "Sure, I do defend him. Just like people on MSNBC defend President Obama and his officials and Democratic Party leaders 24 hours a day." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bread and Puppet Theater: 50 Years of Art and Resistance

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 27, 2013 The Bread and Puppet Theater, one of the United States' most beloved theater companies, is celebrating its 50th anniversary of using monstrous puppets to protest the "horror that happens" on the international stage. "Democracy Now!" spoke with Peter Schumann, the theater's founder, for a full hour Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Free Homes for Writers in Detroit? (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 26, 2013 Directors of the nonprofit Write A House are bent on fixing up some portion of the Michigan city's thousands and thousands of vacant and blighted homes and handing them over to writers for virtually nothing, forever. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bitcoin and the Dangerous Fantasy of ‘Apolitical’ Money

By Yanis Varoufakis Dec 26, 2013 The crash of 2008 infused our societies with enormous skepticism of government and central bank authority. Naturally, many dream of a currency that politicians and bankers cannot manipulate. Bitcoin has emerged as the great white hope of something of the sort. Alas, that hope is false. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Edward Snowden’s Christmas Message (Video Update)

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2013 British television's Channel 4, known for broadcasting "unusual but relevant" figures' holiday messages as opposed to the Queen of England's annual speech, has chosen whistle-blower Edward Snowden to convey this year's address. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Members Released and Ready to Fight for Human Rights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2013 Thanks to an amnesty bill passed unanimously in the Russian parliament, two members of the anti-Putin punk band were released from penal colonies Monday where they had been held for hooliganism. Meanwhile, the Kremlin still wants the world to know Vladimir Putin's not sorry for imprisoning the "disgraceful" musicians. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Edward Snowden: ‘I Already Won’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2013 Edward Snowden has reclaimed the phrase "mission accomplished" from a certain former president in a much different context, couching it in terms of his appraisal of the outcome of his leaks to the press of highly classified information from his former employer, the National Security Agency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )