Activism

Magazine Publishes Full Manning-Lamo Chat Logs

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2011 More than a year after Pfc. Bradley Manning was arrested on suspicion of passing tens of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, Wired magazine has released the full record of the conversations between Manning and former hacker Adrian Lamo that led to Manning's imprisonment. Previously, the logs had appeared only in redacted form, a situation that generated criticism in some quarters. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FBI Steps Up Raids on Activists’ Homes

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 In May, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department SWAT officers broke into the home of 63-year-old Carlos Montes, a prominent anti-war activist and organizer for working class causes, and arrested him on suspicion of illegal possession of a firearm. The occurrence of similar arrests suggests the FBI is staging a low-profile witch hunt. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greeks Waylay U.S. Ship in Gaza Flotilla

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2011 The Audacity of Hope, an American ship in the defiant Freedom Flotilla 2, tried to set sail for Gaza on Friday afternoon but was stopped by the Greek coast guard shortly after leaving port. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous Declares War on Orlando

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2011 The city of Orlando, Fla., home to amusement parks, fancy houses and an underachieving basketball team, has been arresting people for feeding the homeless without a permit. This got the attention of the hacker collective Anonymous, which has threatened to shut down a different Orlando-themed website every day. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hacktivist Outfit LulzSec Says Bon Voyage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2011 Lulz Security is no more The humorous hackers who attacked targets including PBS and the CIA released a statement announcing that "Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance " (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous and LulzSec Join Forces

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 Two groups of cyber-rabble-rousers whose members already may share a synergistic relationship are teaming up to do their hacktivism in tandem, and on Monday LulzSec and Anonymous kicked off their "AntiSec" campaign with an auspicious first target. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hack Attack: Senate, CIA Sites Take a Hit

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 A band of hackers by the collective name of LulzSec brought the CIA's website down for the count Wednesday, and while they were at it the technogeeks broke into the Senate's site. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )