‘Days of Revolt’: Chris Hedges, Lynne Stewart and Ralph Poynter on the Evolution of Radicalism

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2016 Stewart and Poynter, a couple with a long history of fighting for human rights, explain how things have changed since the political activism of the 1960s and ’70s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges: In Extreme Times, ‘Liberals Are a Dead Force’ (Part 1 of 3)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2015 On The Real News Network's "Reality Asserts Itself," Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses the significance of Thomas Paine, why we did not carry out an American "Revolution," and three reasons why liberals cannot "propel resistance forward." Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Lynne Stewart Tells Chris Hedges ‘Every Little Bit Heals’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 The recently freed civil rights attorney sits down with the Truthdig columnist to discuss prison, freedom and the issues raised by her detention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Legalizing Oppression

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The disbarring and imprisonment of Lynne Stewart, one of the nation’s most courageous civil rights lawyers, is a window into the collapse of our judiciary. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Lynne Stewart

BLANK Feb 10, 2014 Early in the Bush administration, six months after the attacks of Sept 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced he would prosecute attorney Lynne Stewart on the grounds that she had materially aided a terrorist organizationSix months after the attacks of Sept. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Year Brings New Obamacare Benefits

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The best parts of the ACA finally kick in. Lynne Stewart is free -- is Edward Snowden next? And why The Advocate made the pope person of the year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Emotional Video Shows Lynne Stewart Returning Home

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 2, 2014 Civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart, who was sentenced to prison for 10 years, has been compassionately released because of terminal breast cancer. She was greeted on her arrival home by a throng. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Says Candidate’s Interracial Family Part of a ‘Racist’ Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The latest developments in Syria, Michael Bloomberg cries racism, the uncompassionate detention of Lynne Stewart and Robert Scheer remembers the late Saul Landau. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Call to Action

By James Cromwell May 23, 2013 The Obama administration has passed or made use of a host of laws to infringe our civil liberties, obliterate the balance of power, legitimize a military dictatorship, and control the dissemination of truth in the name of protecting its "secrets." Soon we will have lost our freedom, not to some foreign nation that hates it, but to our own devices.The Obama administration has passed or made use of a host of laws to infringe our civil liberties, legitimize a military dictatorship and control the dissemination of the truth. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Persecution of Lynne Stewart

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 22, 2013 Lynne Stewart, who as an attorney spent her life defending the poor, the marginalized and the despised, is suffering from stage 4 cancer in a Texas prison Her crime was to steadfastly fight for justice in courts that have surrendered their independence to serve the security and surveillance stateLynne Stewart is suffering from stage 4 cancer in prison. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )