Jeremy Corbyn to Apologize for Labour Party’s Role in Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2015 Corbyn, a leading member of the Stop the War coalition and vociferous opponent of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to drag the U.K. into the Iraq War, is expected to say that Labour will "never make the same mistake again." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: The Kind of Society We Want

By Jeremy Corbyn Sep 25, 2015 We celebrate the values of solidarity, of compassion, of social justice, fighting for the underprivileged, and of working for people at home and abroad. These things are not dreams, but practical realities that we, together, intend to achieve. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky on Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, Syriza and the Power of Activism

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 In an interview in Jacobin magazine, the linguist and scholar predicts what would happen if Bernie Sanders won the 2016 presidential election and comments on the rise of progressive political parties like Greece's Syriza and figures such as Jeremy Corbyn of the U.K. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Bernie Sanders Won Over Iowa and Overtook Hillary Clinton in the Polls

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2015 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has shocked many with his recent success in Iowa, but maybe we shouldn't be so surprised; media coverage of the U.K.’s Jeremy Corbyn has revealed The Guardian's true colors; meanwhile, the IMF is telling Israel to stop spending so much money on defense. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What You Need to Know About David Cameron’s #Piggate, the Controversy Sweeping the U.K.

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 The British prime minister has been caught in a media storm after a former billionaire Tory donor released pages from his tell-all book. While some of the allegations may point toward corruption, the one that has the Twitterverse laughing nonstop involves a dead pig and Cameron's private parts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Jeremy Corbyn, Fighter for Social Justice, Peace and Human Rights

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 Although his feet have barely touched the ground, the Labour Party's new leader, a man of principle, is already reinvigorating British politics. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iran Has Bigger Problems on Its Hands Than Economic Sanctions

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2015 Although news of the nuclear deal has been welcome in Iran, the country is facing an impending domestic crisis that hasn't made Western headlines; there are lessons the American left can and should learn from the U.K.’s Jeremy Corbyn; meanwhile, the U.S. obsession with bottled water must come to an end. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How the Left Can Win in the U.K. and Elsewhere

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 16, 2015 One of the lessons of Jeremy Corbyn’s election to the head of the British Labour Party is that the “entrenched, institutional power of the Right” can be undone only by combining the passions of disparate social groups in a broad populist movement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

If You Made Your Bed, Don’t Lie in It

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2015 There's a scientific reason you should ignore what your mom taught you and leave your bed unmade every day; a writer ponders whether newly minted Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn can undo what Tony Blair did to the party; meanwhile, a black woman says she was detained in a mental hospital for over a week because cops didn't believe her BMW belonged to her. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jeremy Corbyn Creates a Minister for Mental Health Role in His Opposition Party’s Cabinet

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 14, 2015 Britain's new Labour leader, a staunch advocate of mental health programs, has appointed Luciana Berger to the new post in his administration. “We have delivered a unifying, dynamic, inclusive new Shadow Cabinet which for the first time ever has a majority of women,” Corbyn said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Where Is Our Jeremy Corbyn?

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 14, 2015 The election of the socialist to head Britain’s Labour Party is a harbinger of the global revolt against neoliberalism, corporate tyranny and the U.S. war machine. It is time Americans join the fight. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How Left Wing Is Jeremy Corbyn Actually?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 13, 2015 The recently elected head of the U.K. Labour Party has been called a "threat to national security" by British Prime Minister David Cameron and "old-fashioned" by former Prime Minister Tony Blair. But there's something these establishment politicians are not revealing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )