Activism

Creating the World We Want

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Feb 24, 2014 If we do not like big finance capitalism, what will take the place of the current economy? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

London Prepares to Water-Cannon Protesting Youth

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 22, 2014 Britain's austerity government is expanding its means of subduing an increasingly discontented student population. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Comcast-Time Warner Merger Threatens Democracy

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 20, 2014 Given the financial and political power of Comcast, and the Obama administration's miserable record of protecting the public interest, the time to speak out and organize is now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pussy Rioters Arrested Yet Again, This Time in Sochi Before Planned Protest Performance

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, among a dozen others, were detained Tuesday in the locale of the 2014 Winter Olympics for their alleged involvement in a theft at the Hotel Adler. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Civil Liberties Survive OWS Trial?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 16, 2014 As an Occupy Wall Street activist goes to trial on charges of assaulting a police officer, author and lawyer Chase Madar asks what the rights to freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom from warrantless search are worth in the United States today. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Should One Company Own This Much Internet?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Michael Sam is out of the closet, headed to the NFL and he's really good. Also, why the big cable merger should scare you, and Bill Blum on Washington's death penalty moratorium. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lynne Stewart Tells Chris Hedges ‘Every Little Bit Heals’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 The recently freed civil rights attorney sits down with the Truthdig columnist to discuss prison, freedom and the issues raised by her detention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Phone Lines Are Tied Up on ‘The Day We Fight Back’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert Spent All Weekend Watching the Sochi Olympics, and Here Are His Only Complaints

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 The murky (and possibly deadly) hotel water and the U.S. bobsledder who had to break out of his bathroom are not worthy of the pundit's attention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Today Is ‘The Day We Fight Back’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 In honor of Aaron Swartz and the billions of us who want to use the Internet for the pursuit of knowledge and not a weapon of surveillance, control and war, thousands of websites on Tuesday, Feb. 11, are asking visitors to call their representatives and demand legislative action against the National Security Agency of the United States.In honor of Aaron Swartz, thousands of websites are asking visitors to call their representatives and demand legislative action against the National Security Agency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arab-Iranian Poet Hanged as an ‘Enemy of God’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Human rights activist and bard Hashem Shaabani, who was a vocal critic of "the treatment of ethnic Arabs in the province of Khuzestan," was executed in Iran in late January after almost three years in prison, where he was reportedly tortured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Legalizing Oppression

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The disbarring and imprisonment of Lynne Stewart, one of the nation’s most courageous civil rights lawyers, is a window into the collapse of our judiciary. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )