Chiranuch Premchaiporn / TruthdigJan 23, 2015
Using terror to silence people is a method that gets results in Thailand. I have noticed that the medicine given in order to create fear is of different strengths depending on one’s social position. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
BLANKOct 15, 2014
Participants in the unfinished uprisings of the West and Middle East of the past few years have been heartened to see residents of Hong Kong take to the streets. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 11, 2014
Thousands returned to occupy Hong Kong's Central district Friday after the government backed out of talks and threatened to break up the demonstrations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 8, 2014
The father of modern linguistics weighs in on the decline of higher education in the United States; a writer criticizes the state of dissent from the left in Israel; meanwhile, a new Republican social media campaign backfires. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular ResistanceOct 5, 2014
What does U.S. involvement mean for the credibility of the protest movement and the future of Hong Kong? How should Hong Kong activists respond? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 4, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists ask whether China has an incentive to handle tens of thousands of protesters peacefully, just what has gone awry at the Secret Service, and what the U.S. should do to stop the spread of Ebola. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 4, 2014
Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong became violent when attackers, many from unconfirmed backgrounds, tore down demonstrators' tents and attempted to force them from the streets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 1, 2014
Pro-democracy demonstrators continued to throng the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday -- a conspicuous day, as it was a Chinese national holiday -- calling for the resignation of Chief Executive CY Leung as well as for a change in how candidates for the country's top positions are chosen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigSep 30, 2014
China may be said to confront four current categories of challenge, with a possible return to horrors past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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