The Political Triumph of Bolivia’s Evo Morales

Benjamin Dangl / Independent Media Institute Oct 17, 2019 By investing in public works and empowering the marginalized, the indigenous leader has transformed a nation subjugated for centuries. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

The Dilemma of Vladimir Lenin

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 1, 2019 His contrasting roles as revolutionary tactician and dictator offer lessons for a U.S. society under the heel of capitalist greed. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Why Venezuela Is the Vietnam of Our Time

Celina della Croce / Independent Media Institute Jun 13, 2019 Decades after its quagmire in Southeast Asia, the U.S. is attempting to stamp out the threat of a people's revolution once and for all. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Evilution

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 7, 2019 Dig deeper

The Soldier’s Tale

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 24, 2018 Spenser Rapone—dismissed by some of his classmates at West Point as the “communist cadet”—courageously confronted the military’s toxic hyper-masculinity, misogyny, racism and role as the enforcer for global capitalism. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The West Point Soldier Who Called It as He Saw It

Spenser Rapone / Truthdig Jun 20, 2018 Spenser Rapone tells how he discovered that the military he joined wasn't what Hollywood and commercials had made it out to be. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Korean Missile Crisis vs. the Cuban Missile Crisis

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 13, 2017 John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev avoided nuclear war in 1962. Whether Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will do so remains a question. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Remarkable Legacy of Fidel Castro

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Dec 3, 2016 “History will absolve me,” the leader of the Cuban Revolution famously predicted. It’s a hard point to argue in light of what he achieved for his country despite incessant interference by the United States. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Empire Strikes Back

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 3, 2016 U.S. imperialism and vicious corporate exploitation have returned to Latin America, and the region’s populist governments and movements are broken or in disarray. The defeat of the Latin American left is our defeat. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Millennials’ Revolutionary

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Apr 6, 2016 Dig deeper

Cuba

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Mar 24, 2016 Dig deeper

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Film Review: A Half-Baked Hollywood Version of a Great Documentary

By John Patterson Oct 30, 2015 David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the humdrum conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election Meanwhile, the Bolivians in it are as invisible as most of the slaves in "Gone With the Wind"David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the internecine conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election". Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )