People-Power Defeated the TPP

By Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance Nov 15, 2016 The demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a tremendous victory that should propel us forward. It shows that organized people have power, even in the U.S. oligarchy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why the White Working Class Rebelled: Neoliberalism Is Killing Them (Literally)

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Nov 10, 2016 Among the prime operators of the neoliberal system were the Clintons. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Map Shows How Trade Deals Would Enable Polluter Power Grab

By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Sep 30, 2016 The interactive tool "gives people a chance to see if toxic trade is in their own backyard." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ten Things That Should Have Come Up During the Debate but Didn’t

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 29, 2016 Too many issues that are far too important remain invisible during this presidential race. It is no wonder that elections seem less and less relevant. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hey Millennials, Here’s What Gary Johnson Believes (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 23, 2016 For starters, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership, fracking and "massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and social welfare programs of all kinds," writes Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Most Brazen Corporate Power Grab in American History

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 3, 2016 The 5,544-page text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership confirms that the agreement would be another step in the global capitalists' march to enslave us. Open, sustained revolt is our only option. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Donald’s Trump Visit to Mexico Is Not the Real Irony — NAFTA Is

By Sam Husseini Sep 1, 2016 Redoing NAFTA would help stem desperate migration that is the source of much of the Republican nominee's support. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did PBS Censor Jill Stein’s Comments on Hillary Clinton and the TPP?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2016 In a recent video compilation, YouTube commentator Matt Orfalea added parts of an answer the Green Party presidential candidate recently gave on PBS' "NewsHour," arguing that the portions left out on the air are crucial to Stein's arguments against Clinton. In a recent video compilation, YouTube commentator Matt Orfalea added parts of an answer the Green Party presidential candidate recently gave on PBS' "NewsHour," arguing that the portions left out on the air are crucial to Stein's arguments against Clinton. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TTIP Has ‘De Facto Failed,’ Says German Economic Minister

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Aug 29, 2016 "Negotiations with the U.S. have de facto failed, because of course as Europeans we couldn't allow ourselves to submit to American demands." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Is Pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership So Clinton Won’t Have To (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2016 The president is rushing to pass the sovereignty-crushing trade deal in the lame-duck session of Congress in order to save Hillary Clinton from revealing that she supports it, which she'll have to do if she wins the White House, says Cenk Uygur of "The Young Turks." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s Choice of Ken Salazar Comes Under Fire (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2016 David Sirota argues that the former interior secretary, appointed to Clinton’s transition team, holds anti-environment, pro-business ideologies that could nudge government policies in harmful directions during the next presidency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Comments of the Week: Monsters, Inc.

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2016 From the costly -- in many senses of that word -- spectacle that is the Rio Olympics to the chaos unleashed by the notorious Powell memo, the Truthdig comment boards were host to a virtual phantasmagoria this week. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )