Russia Sees Its Reflection in the West

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Sep 18, 2019 "This Is Not Propaganda" author Peter Pomerantsev explores how authoritarian regimes and far-right movements have weaponized free speech. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

To Understand Today’s World—Syria, Brexit, Even Trump—Watch This Adam Curtis Film (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 19, 2016 In "Hypernormalisation," the British documentary filmmaker delves into the intricacies of a "strange time" in which "extraordinary events keep happening that undermine the stability of our world" while "those in control seem unable to deal and no one has any vision of a different or a better kind of future" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scheer Article Found Among Reading Materials in Osama bin Laden’s Last Hideout

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig May 21, 2015 On Wednesday the White House released a list of English-language documents found among the al-Qaida founder's belongings in 2011, after U.S. Navy SEALs killed him in a compound in Pakistan, to which he had been traced. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Margot Wallström

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 13, 2015 Sweden's foreign minister has done what few Western officials have been willing to: denounce Saudi Arabia for its appalling human rights record. Now, Sweden has put its money where her mouth is, but will it cave in to pressure from Arabs and big business? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘A Story of Violence, Bloodshed and Bitter Ironies’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2015 If you can wangle access to the BBC’s iPlayer, a viewing of Adam Curtis’ “Bitter Lake” may improve your chances of making sense of the modern world, TV critic Sam Wollaston writes at The Guardian newspaper. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Modern Politicians Bewilder Us Into Submission by Treating Reality Like Conceptual Art

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 5, 2015 From Putin's Russia to Cameron's United Kingdom to Obama's United States, information has become increasingly baffling and contradictory -- which helps if you're an oligarch trying to rob the public blind. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We as Individuals Became ‘Ever More Powerless’ and ‘Unable to Challenge Anything’ in 2014

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 5, 2015 In "Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe," the British satirist and creator of the dystopian show "Black Mirror" takes a hard look at the news highlights of the past year and comes to the grim realization that we live in a time in which the powers that be are continually destabilizing what we understand as reality to further exert their control over the masses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rupert Murdoch’s Cultural Revolution

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2012 It takes master documentarian Adam Curtis only five minutes to explain what Rupert Murdoch's war on elitism (and taste) has to do with Google. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )