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The Village Against the World

Nomi Prins / Truthdig Nov 9, 2013 Nestled in farmland about 60 miles from Seville, Spain, is Marinaleda, a functioning utopia -- every villager has work and housing, mortgages are 15 euro a month, and foreclosures and police don't exist.Marinaleda, Spain, is a functioning utopia—every villager has work and housing, mortgages are 15 euro a month, and foreclosures and police don't exist. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Gaze Upon the Danish Dream of Freedom

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 28, 2013 Unlike the Danes, American society has abstracted freedom from its prerequisite of economic security. Vermonters learned of enviable Danish freedom in a series of town meetings this month with one of their senators, Bernie Sanders, and Peter Taksoe-Jensen, the Danish ambassador to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

May Day 2012: The Call for a General Strike

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Mar 15, 2012 In the winter of 2011, discussion about calling a general strike had already begun within Occupy Los Angeles. At the end of January 2012, in the wake of police raids against Occupy encampments, Occupy Los Angeles issued a call for a May Day general strike, which was quickly endorsed by Occupy Oakland. In the winter of 2011, discussion about calling a general strike had already begun within Occupy Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

The Nation Magazine Rethinks Capitalism

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 Last month, editors at The Nation magazine published 13 mini-essays on the subject of how to make capitalism "less destructive and domineering, [and] more focused on what people really need for fulfilling lives" written by lefty thinkers in business, activism and politics. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

May Day: A Festival of Solidarity

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 5, 2011 This year, the May Day march in Los Angeles was notably smaller than in recent years, but still lively and militant The year-by-year count of May Day marchers can never be an exact science, but the history of labor is full of surprises. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Lefty Parties Celebrate Victory in Germany

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2010 Angela Merkel has reason to make the Bush-back-rub face: Her ruling coalition just suffered a major loss in a regional election with national implications. The Green Party, the Left Party and, by extension, the Social Democrats were all big winners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dare We Use the S-Word?

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 1, 2009 The current global economic crisis is not just another roller-coaster ride. Many sane and sober observers fear that the international locomotive of corporatism is going off the rails. Is this a necessary crisis of the capitalist system, determined by the self-destruction and self-renovation of a perpetual motion machine? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )