Truthdig Radio: Dennis Kucinich Battles Libya Bombing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2011 On this week's episode, Rep Dennis Kucinich explains why he's trying to defund military action in Libya, Ryan Quinn talks about his new novel, Howie Stier reports from the anti-war movement and Robert Scheer remembers Elizabeth Taylor Update: Full transcriptThis week: Dennis Kucinich on Libya, Ryan Quinn's new novel, Howie Stier on the anti-war movement and Robert Scheer remembers Elizabeth Taylor. Dig deeper ( 38 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Osama bin Laden and Nuclear Meltdown

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2011 In this premiere episode of our weekly radio show, former bin Laden hunter Michael Scheuer tells us why we're losing, renowned physicist Frank N von Hippel tells us to fear the bomb and Juan Cole says Arab protesters are looking for a New Deal Update: Full transcriptFormer bin Laden hunter Michael Scheuer tells us why we're losing, renowned physicist Frank N. Dig deeper ( 36 Min. Read )

People Power vs. Washington

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 The claim that George W. Bush’s war of aggression against Iraq somehow opened up the Middle East to reform is an affront to the brave crowds that have risked their lives to change the American-backed order in that part of the world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Fear Not the Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 The hysteria in American media about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is not only ignorant and demagogic, it is hypocritical. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Building a Powerful Left in the United States

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2011 Robert Scheer, Chris Hedges, David Sirota, Larry Gross and Scott Tucker go looking for America's missing movement in this special collaboration between Truthdig and Pacifica's KPFK.Robert Scheer, Chris Hedges, David Sirota, Larry Gross and Scott Tucker go looking for America's missing movement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Saad’s Revolution

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 1, 2011 A largely unheralded hero of the Egyptian revolution is a mild-mannered academic who endured imprisonment and then exile for daring to criticize the Mubarak family’s increasingly dynastic ambitions.A largely unheralded hero of the Egyptian revolution is a mild-mannered academic who endured imprisonment and then exile. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tunisian Revolution Shakes, Inspires Middle East

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 18, 2011 Every state and movement in the Middle East is reading into the events in Tunisia its own anxieties and aspirations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wrong Again, Sen. Graham

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 5, 2011 Sen. Lindsey Graham has been wrong about almost everything in the Middle East for a decade and a half, so his harebrained proposal to build permanent bases in Afghanistan is hardly surprising. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Save the Internet, Enlist the Gays, Movies of the Year

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2010 Truthdig editors, contributors and collaborators share their insights into the corporate takeover of the free and fair Internet and the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." Plus: Richard Schickel's picks for the best movies of the year.Truthdig editors, contributors and collaborators share their insights into the corporate takeover of the free Internet, the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the best movies of the year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s 2010 Successes and Failures in the Middle East

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 21, 2010 As the decade draws to a close, it is clear that the bright hopes inspired by Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech have markedly faded, and the disappointments have outweighed achievements in the most important arena for contemporary American foreign policy.The disappointments have outweighed achievements in the most important arena for contemporary American foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Hedges, Scheer, Shockley and Prins

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2010 Truthdig editors discuss WikiLeaks with Chris Hedges, the pope with the Rev. Madison Shockley and Fed revelations with Nomi Prins in this radio special for Pacifica's KPFK. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Leaks Suggest Iran Is Now Winning in the Middle East

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 7, 2010 Iran is winning and Israel is losing That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years since most of the WikiLeaks State Department cables about Iran’s regional difficulties were written That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed since most of the leaked cables about Iran’s regional difficulties were written. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )