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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 )

America’s Black-Ops Blackout

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Jan 9, 2014 “Dude, I don’t need to play these stupid games. I know what you’re trying to do.” With that, Maj. Matthew Robert Bockholt hung up on me. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Does Iraq Need More Weapons? Not Really

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2014 The U.S. is sending arms to the Nouri al-Maliki regime as assistance for recent crises, an act that critics say will perpetuate the violence; the American Studies Association's Israel boycott is dividing academia; meanwhile, politicians are worried about American students' poor performance in the sciences. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Sad, Outrageous Case of the Cuban Five

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 9, 2014 The federal prosecution of the group of intelligence officers known as the Cuban Five was a travesty of justice that needs to be remedied. Dig deeper ( 4 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 )

Americans’ Isolationist Instincts Are Sound

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2014 The Washington Post and the International New York Times had the same front-page headlines today. Both had to do (as the Times put it) with the "Power Void" in the Mideast, deploring that America's decade of attempting to create a new order in the region now is blowing up in its face. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

John Pilger: ‘We Have Been Misled’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 Australian journalist John Pilger, who speaks with the moral voice of George Orwell, discusses how a majority of Britons polled could say fewer than 10,000 Iraqis have been killed since the British- and American-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, when the real number is closer to a million. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Jihad 2014

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jan 6, 2014 Imagine what we call “national security” as, at heart, a proselytizing warrior religion. It has its holy orders, sacred, classified texts, dogma and warrior priests. It has seminaries, which we call think tanks. It is a monotheistic faith that broaches no alternatives to itself. And as with so many religions, its god is an eye in the sky, an all-seeing being who knows your secrets. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The New York Times Website Ads Go Native

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 The famous newspaper's getting an online makeover, complete with new advertisements; the U.S. military has tested a laser that could change war as we know it; meanwhile, whether Kim Jong Un fed his uncle to dogs has come into question. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Patriotism: Signs of Saturation

By James Rothenberg, CounterPunch Jan 4, 2014 Maddening that so many people can’t see through a selling technique that, while cleverly done, shouldn’t fool anybody. Sad to witness the Dependent Mind, the mind given over to authority and orthodoxy. Tragic that the young will learn to hate, fight, and die, and cause the reciprocal. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

NSA Dreams of a ‘Cryptologically Useful Quantum Computer’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 The National Security Agency is reportedly building a "quantum computer" capable of breaking all forms of encryption used to protect global banking, business, medical and government records. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )