Tony Platt on Wall Street Terror Attack

BLANK Mar 13, 2009 Beverly Gage's new book exhumes a nearly forgotten tale of class warfare -- call it 9/16. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A War Fought in Ignorance

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2009 I have often asked for an explanation of why the United States should be at war with the Taliban. Of the several reasons given, none is satisfactory, and all fail to grasp the fundamental truth that peace is better than war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Sends Tanks Back to Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 Israel launched an airstrike and ground assault into Gaza after a bomb on the Israeli side of the border killed a soldier. The troops pulled back into Israel soon afterward, according to the BBC. The raid was of a smaller scale than the fighting that ended just 10 days ago, but shows the difficult work ahead for George Mitchell, the new U.S. envoy, who is headed to the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

With Gaza, Journalists Fail Again

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 26, 2009 The assault on Gaza exposed not only Israel’s callous disregard for international law but the gutlessness of the American press. Nearly all reporters were, as during the buildup to the Iraq war, pliant stenographers and echo chambers. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 3, 2009 Dig deeper

Gaza’s ‘Critical Emergency’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2009 The United Nations marked Israel's seventh day of aerial attacks by warning of a "critical emergency" in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians endure food and medical supply shortages and distribution problems even as estimates of dead and wounded Palestinians continue to rise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Rejects 48-Hour Cease-Fire

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2008 After five days of almost constant aerial attacks and the deaths of nearly 400 Palestinians, the Israeli government has refused a 48-hour cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, arguing that it needs to "keep up the pressure on Hamas" -- a startling euphemism for its lethal assaults -- as the Israeli military ramps up for a likely ground invasion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Message From Hamas

Mike Keefe, The Denver Post Dec 30, 2008 Dig deeper

Happy Hanukkah

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 30, 2008 Dig deeper

James Blight on McGeorge Bundy

BLANK Dec 19, 2008 One of JFK's "best and brightest" died wondering how the Vietnam War could have gone so wrong. Now, in an important new book, we have some answers. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Sweeping Blackwater Under the Rug

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 9, 2008 The federal manslaughter indictment of five Blackwater Worldwide security guards for the horrific massacre of more than a dozen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad may look like an exercise in accountability, but it's probably the exact opposite. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Many Villages Must We Bomb Before We Find bin Laden?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 Barack Obama has said that he is not against war, only against stupid wars. One might then reasonably ask if the present war in Afghanistan is not a stupid war? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )