The Best Among Us

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 30, 2011 Those on the streets around Wall Street are the physical embodiment of hope. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Occupies Wall Street

BLANK Sep 27, 2011 The Truthdig columnist sits in with protesters and says the power elite are "very, very frightened," adding, "They do not want movements like this to grow." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Will Be There

BLANK Aug 4, 2011 The Truthdig columnist pledges to join others in acts of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest in Washington on Oct. 6, because, among other reasons, "we don't have much time left." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Activist Goes to Jail

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 In his book "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau wrote: "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison" And prison is where a federal judge has put Tim DeChristopher, 29, after he posed in 2008 as a winning bidder (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Is What Resistance Looks Like

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 4, 2011 The phrase consent of the governed has been turned into a cruel joke There is no way to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs Civil disobedience is the only tool we have left. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 20, 2010 One hundred and thirty-one men and women, many of them military veterans wearing old fatigues, formed a single, silent line Under a heavy snowfall and to the slow beat of a drum, they walked to the White House fence They stood there until they were arrested The butchery of war defies, for those who know it, articulation. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘Avatar’ in the West Bank

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2010 Some Palestinians in Billin, the West Bank town famous for its civil disobedience, have taken a cue from the movie "Avatar." Demonstrators have painted themselves blue, citing a parallel between their cause and that of the film's indigenous protagonists, who fight against a foreign occupying force. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Refuse Allegiance to Coal

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 23, 2009 There are some 614 coal-fired power plants in the United States, and it is up to us to shut them down No one in the White House will do it No one in Congress will do it And no one at the coming UN climate change conference in Copenhagen will do it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Breaking the Law for the Environment

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2009 "Illegal protest" can count a new baritoned bedfellow. In an interview ahead of the Copenhagen climate change conference, former Vice President Al Gore pronounced civil disobedience to be justified, believing that the global warming crisis requires more forceful methods of political activism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Going to Jail for Health Care

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2009 Dissent is alive and well in Los Angeles, with actions like sit-ins against health insurance companies showing a growing disapproval of the sorry state of the health care debate. Some activists are choosing to stay in jail in protest of insurers' denial-of-coverage policies and in support of universal health care. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Squatting as Civil Disobedience

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2009 As foreclosures continue to force Americans out of their homes, some advocacy organizations are getting creative, suggesting that homeowners refuse to leave their foreclosed houses and helping others move into vacated abodes -- either openly or under the radar. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

One Man’s Bid to Aid the Environment

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 24, 2008 A Utah student's disruption of a federal auction has temporarily blocked a Bush-enabled land grab by the oil and gas industries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )