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Mad, Passionate Love and Violence: Occupy Heads Into the Spring

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Feb 22, 2012 Occupy had its glorious honeymoon when old and young, liberal and radical, comfortable and desperate, homeless and tenured all found that what they had in common was so compelling the differences hardly seemed to matter. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Occupiers Have to Convince the Other 99 Percent

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 24, 2011 The occupation movement’s greatest challenge will be overcoming the deep distrust of white liberals by the poor and the working class, especially people of color. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Reinvention of Malcolm X

By Wil Haygood Apr 16, 2011 Malcolm X's life has inspired filmmakers, writers, painters, rappers and dramatists, yet much about his murder has remained a mystery Now we have Manning Marable's "Malcolm X," a groundbreaking piece of work . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Malcolm X Shooter Set Free

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2010 Thomas Hagan, formerly known as Talmadge X Hayer, was the only one of the killers of Malcolm X (above) to cop to the crime. After spending 45 years in jail and on work-release, the contrite Hagan has been paroled. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on Poverty and the Permanent Lower Class

BLANK Apr 22, 2010 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 )