Media

How the Media Upholds Climate Crimes

Ray Levy Uyeda / Prism Mar 23, 2024 Mainstream outlets bolster the legitimacy of state and corporate climate violence through decontextualizing protesters’ actions and privileging false ideas of objectivity. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Environment

The EU Passes Landmark Law Criminalizing Ecocide

Lylla Younes / Grist Mar 11, 2024 Advocates hope that the EU’s move will have influence beyond Europe’s borders. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

The Decimation of Gaza: Making ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime

Lylla Younes / Grist Feb 27, 2024 Currently, The Hague can only prosecute four types of crimes. Ecocide could become the fifth. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Is This Goodbye to the American Republic?

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 20, 2019 As the U.S. teeters on the brink of fascism, more of the same ineffectual pushback and insincere leadership isn’t going to save the country. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is Getting Off Easy

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 17, 2019 Impeachment over UkraineGate won’t take care of the left's goals to end the criminal acceleration of ecocide and address rampant inequality. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Extinction Rebellion

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 24, 2019 On April 15, climate activists will attempt to shut down major cities to protest the ecocide orchestrated by the global elites. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

So, How’s That Major-Party Election Madness Working for Us?

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 12, 2018 The Republicans and Democrats are two faces of the same failure. And there will be no real hope of rescue by third parties until the American system of electoral politics is rebuilt from the ground up. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

How the Left Can Gain Footing in White America

Paul Street / Truthdig May 16, 2018 Attaining Martin Luther King's goal of "the radical reconstruction of society itself" will require backing from the nation's heartland. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Russia Madness on the Eve of Destruction: Hegemony Trumps Survival

Paul Street / Truthdig Apr 4, 2018 What will historians say a century from now, if they still exist? That the most intelligent known species in the universe lost its mind. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News for the Planet

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Apr 3, 2018 The Trump administration should veto the chemical giants' pending merger to protect not just competitors but human and environmental health. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Joe Kennedy III, a False Progressive Idol Like JFK

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 4, 2018 America does not need another elite Kennedy pretending to lead us out of the darkness of authoritarian capitalism, racism, militarism and other evils. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Capitalism: The Nightmare

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )