Activism

The Tasks of The People-Powered Movement for 2014

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Jan 10, 2014 In this stage of America's current social-political movement, which could take many years, our primary task is to build national consensus through broad and deep grass-roots organizing. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Why Is the President Fighting for a War He Doesn’t Believe In?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: According to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the president didn't buy into his own strategy. Also, what's up with Dennis Rodman? Saving public art. And we remember Amiri Baraka. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The FBI, the NSA and a Long-Held Secret Revealed

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 9, 2014 This week, more news emerged about the theft of classified government documents, leaked to the press, that revealed a massive, top-secret surveillance program. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The NSA Plays Mad King George in This Revolution

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 Like this country's early revolutionaries, Edward Snowden knows that true patriotism demands a vigilant confrontation with government infamy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant Takes Office

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2014 Seattle's first socialist city official in decades, an economics teacher, former Occupy Wall Street activist and former Truthdigger of the Week, ran on a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. She enters office Monday along with Mayor Ed Murray. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Chris Kluwe

BLANK Jan 6, 2014 The Minnesota Vikings punter was fired after he began speaking out in defense of the political rights of gays and lesbians during the 2012 NFL season. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Meet the People ‘Being the Change’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 In search of communities striving to build viable alternatives to scorched earth capitalism, a documentary team profiled people in Spain, Estonia and Indonesia who are creating underground economies that serve them, rather than waiting for political parties and corporate institutions to engender humane social change. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Undocumented Immigrants Can Now Practice Law in California

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 Sergio Garcia has been waiting for his green card for 19 years, but thanks to a California Supreme Court ruling, he can now be admitted to the state's bar and fulfill his dream of becoming an attorney regardless of his immigration status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Year of the Low-Wage Worker

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 In 2014, legislation and labor actions could narrow the gap between the rich and the poor. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

New Year Brings New Obamacare Benefits

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The best parts of the ACA finally kick in. Lynne Stewart is free -- is Edward Snowden next? And why The Advocate made the pope person of the year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Need to Cyberspy; Government Officials Can Simply Confiscate Your Laptop

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2014 With all the leaks revealed thanks to whistle-blower Edward Snowden, we're finally all pretty aware that most of our digital data is impossible to keep private. But did you know, even without fancy software, border officials can seize your computer whenever they feel like it? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Moore: Obamacare ‘Awful’ and a ‘Godsend’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 2, 2014 "That is the dirty little secret many liberals have avoided saying out loud for fear of aiding the president’s enemies, at a time when the ideal of universal health care needed all the support it could get," the filmmaker and activist writes in The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )