Martin Luther King Jr. Hoped to Be Conscience of All Political Parties Instead of President (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 4, 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. believed civil resistance movements could force officials to effect change. Forty-eight years after his death, King's nonviolent, transformative legacy lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eulogy for a Friend

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 24, 2015 The Rev Terry Burke stood with the suffering, ministering to them over three decades and going to jail for his protests on behalf of fired workers and against the corporations that are destroying the ecosystem Terry Burke (above) stood with the suffering, ministering to them over three decades and going to jail for his protests on behalf of fired workers and against the corporations that are destroying the ecosystem. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Why Black Lives Matter Activists Disrupted Bernie Sanders’ Speech

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 13, 2015 Marissa Johnson, co-founder of the Seattle chapter of Black Lives Matter, told MSNBC that she hijacked a speech by Sanders in Seattle on Saturday because “we really need to put pressure on people who claim that they care about black lives,” especially when they’re running for president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

AUDIO: What Does Chris Hedges Really Want From Us? (Updated)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 9, 2015 In advance of the May 12 release of Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges’ new book, “Wages of Rebellion,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer asks Hedges what he’s really asking people to do when he urges them to revolt. Update: Transcript added. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Leaders of the Debt Collective

BLANK Mar 1, 2015 With outstanding student debt in the U.S. topping $1.3 trillion, 15 former Corinthian Colleges students are refusing to pay the onerous, exorbitant cost of a shoddy education. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Young Blacks Question Effectiveness of Peaceful Tactics

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 13, 2014 At an event of mass protest Sunday, young black Americans grew frustrated and angry at an older generation’s peaceful response to the killing of Missouri teenager Michael Brown by police, exposing a generational divide over how best to confront police racism, brutality and excessive force. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: The Coup D’etat Is Over, the Corporations Won

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2014 The Truthdig columnist dishes with the libertarians over at ReasonTV about capitalism, from Aristotle to AIG. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Citizen Koch’ Filmmakers: Watching This Movie Is ‘Civil Disobedience’

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Jul 2, 2014 In “Citizen Koch,” filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal tell the story of the effects of the Citizens United decision through the viewpoints of three lifelong Republicans in Wisconsin. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Occupy Bangkok: Protesters Shut Down the Wall Street of Thailand

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 An estimated 100,000 protesters shut down Bangkok's commercial district Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Reverend Billy

BLANK Dec 1, 2013 The leader of the Church of Stop Shopping faces a year in prison for a 15-minute musical protest he and his choir staged in a Chase Bank in Manhattan in September. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Sparks of Rebellion

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 30, 2013 The tinder for revolt will not be the same as in past industrialized societies. Guided by the revolutionists who came before us, we will have to create our own forms of resistance out of the wreckage of the corporate state.In a break with history, we will have to create our own forms of resistance out of the wreckage of the corporate state. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Dramatic Footage of the Protests in Istanbul

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 3, 2013 Orange gas slowly filling the streets, people getting blasted with water cannons and nearly run over by security trucks, shoving matches between cops and protesters; these are some of the scenes coming out of the ongoing anti-government protests in Turkey. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )