Staff / TruthdigOct 10, 2010
Not Jewish in Israel? Repeat after me: Because I'm not Jewish, and because the Israeli government thinks non-Jews are potential threats to its security, I do solemnly swear my allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2010
A former military dictator of Argentina is on trial again. Gen. Jorge Videla, who helped lead the country's "Dirty War" of state terror in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is one of more than 20 defendants being tried for the 1976 murders of 31 jailed dissidents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 14, 2010
Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish judge made famous for probing into abuses committed under dictator Gen. Francisco Franco and for going after notorious international figures like Osama bin Laden and Chile's Augusto Pinochet, has been suspended in preparation for a trial in which he is accused of overstepping his authority. The court case comes after a wave of complaints from far-right groups. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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In an April 10 speech for the Poverty Initiative, at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Chris Hedges cuts right to the chase: "I think we have to face the fact that the Poverty Initiative and the civil rights movement failed," he says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigMar 29, 2010
Fritz Stern wrote “In Germany there was a yearning for fascism before fascism was invented.” It is the yearning that we now see, and it is dangerous. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigFeb 26, 2010
Speaking to the Conservative CPAC conference, Glenn Beck expressed sympathy for the anti-tax terrorist kamikaze pilot and called for the eradication of progressivism. The mob cheered. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigDec 28, 2009
The gravest threat we face is not from Islamic extremists, but the codification of draconian procedures that deny Americans basic civil liberties and due process.The gravest threat we face is not from Islamic extremists, but procedures that deny Americans basic civil liberties and due process. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 21, 2009
The rage of the disposed is fracturing the country, dividing it into camps that are unmoored from the political mainstream. Movements are building on the ends of the political spectrum that have lost faith in the mechanisms of democratic change. You can’t blame them. But unless we on the left move quickly, this rage will be captured by a virulent and racist right wing, one that seeks a disturbing proto-fascism. The rage of the disposed is fracturing the country, dividing it into camps that are unmoored from the political mainstream. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigApr 22, 2009
In 1935, Sinclair Lewis, the first American writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, wrote a novel entitled "It Can't Happen Here" to influence the 1936 presidential election. He was off by about 66 years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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