Activism

The Spiritual Side of Occupy Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2011 Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Rev. Madison Shockley made a pilgrimage to Liberty Square, Dr. Marcia Dawkins traveled to the Holy Land, Reese Erlich reported from recently bombed Turkey and we compared Obama's jobs bill to the WPA.Last week on Truthdig Radio: A pilgrimage to Liberty Square, a "real American" in the Holy Land, Turkey invades Iraq and Obama's jobs bill vs. the WPA. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Goes Into Emergency Triage Mode

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2011 WikiLeaks' days may be numbered, or at least its function as Web-based whistle-blower may be seriously compromised, if the muckraking site Julian Assange built doesn't sort out its money issues soon These issues, Assange was careful to note on Monday, were caused by the deliberate stranglehold (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Radio Host Fired for Protesting Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 Lisa Simeone was fired Wednesday from "Soundprint," an independently produced documentary show that airs on NPR stations, because she is on the steering committee for the October 2011 Movement. Simeone had been with the program for 15 years. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy the Nation

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2011 Occupy Wall Street is working on convening a national General Assembly; Rick Santorum pledges to repeal federal funding for contraception; meanwhile, Amazon attempts to rid the world of publishers. These discoveries and more, after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Protesters Invigorated by Show of Public Support

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2011 Despite a continuing barrage of defamation attempts by the mainstream media and right-wing political advocacy groups, Wall Street’s occupiers seem to be enjoying a rising popularity with the public, especially fellow New Yorkers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Naomi Wolf Arrested in New York

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2011 Truthdig contributor Madison Shockley reports that the author and political consultant was arrested after leaving a Huffington Post event in lower Manhattan honoring New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park: Lessons in Inequality

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 Nicholas Kristof writes in The New York Times that, although there are parallels between the revolutionary protests in Egypt and the occupation of Wall Street, Americans actually experience worse income inequality than Egyptians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ketcham Points Protesters Toward the Populists

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2011 Christopher Ketcham's essay "The Reign of the One Percenters," which we linked to a few weeks ago, shows how long-standing American individual and group behavior visible nationwide is profoundly determined by inequitable consumer capitalism. With the occupation of Wall Street gaining momentum, Ketcham revisits the subject to offer protesters some historical perspective. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

OWS, The American Dream and You

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2011 Taking a cue from the 99 percenters, some conservatives are hoping to make their own play on demographics by redirecting the national discourse about class struggle and revising the cherished American story of meritocracy for these, our troubled times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Wall Street 24/7

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 We have a new Dig where you can find all of our Occupy movement coverage from Truthdig editors, contributors and commenters, as well as the latest from Twitter and around the Web Check it out hereWe have a new Dig where you can find all of our Occupy movement coverage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran’s Narco-for-Hire

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 The Iranian government may have tried to hire a member of the Zetas drug cartel to kill an ambassador; condoms have been made to commemorate the Occupy Wall Street protests; meanwhile, Facebook is after your kids. These discoveries and more, after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Proof That L.A. Is Better Than New York

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2011 Whereas protesters occupying Wall Street depend on a McDonald's to relieve themselves, their counterparts in Los Angeles have port-a-potties Whereas New York's billionaire mayor and pepper-spraying police appear to have sided with the 1 percent, the LA City Council voted unanimously (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )