Thatcher’s Friends Slam Streep in ‘Iron Lady’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2011 Perhaps the filmmakers behind the new Margaret Thatcher biopic "The Iron Lady," with big-screen queen Meryl Streep playing the titular part, can at least be assured that their characterization of Great Britain's first female prime minister didn't overly pander to its famous subject, in that some of her friends (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Alt Rocker: Kids, It’s Time to Get Political

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2011 After England's summer of unrest, Billy Bragg, folk- and punk-rock icon of the British protesting classes, recalls the musicians who politicized him after London's 1976 Notting Hill riots and summons a new generation of artists to raise their voices against social and political convention. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Let’s Unveil One for the Gipper

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2011 This Fourth of July, during a transatlantic Age of Austerity, roughly 2,000 people paid to attend a private celebration near the American Embassy in London's Grosvenor Square, where a statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama and Cameron Take a Page from Reagan and Thatcher

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2011 Some may question their choice of reference material, but President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron teamed up to pen a column for The Times of London, comparing this year's Arab Spring to the Cold War -- and themselves to that era's (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Dalai Lama

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2010 Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton top the USA Today/Gallup Poll lists of the most admired men and women in 2010 Obama has lost some love since last year, but still has more admiration among Americans than the rest of the top 10 combined (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

As Smash-and-Grab Capitalism Collapses, the French Economy Shines

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 17, 2009 Many in Britain and the United States are in mourning for what's taken as the suicide of the American (or Thatcherite, or Chicago-school) model of capitalism, accompanied by the non-interventionist state that hands the national economy over to business and financial leaders to run. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Horrors of War Our Leaders Never Have to Confront

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Sep 23, 2008 I'm not sure of this, but I think -- I suspect and feel -- that the Great War, the war of 1914-1918, is beginning to dominate our lives even more than the terrible and infinitely more costly conflict of 1939-1945. The Second World War may haunt our lives. The First World War, it seems to me, imprisons us all. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Battle of the Hawks

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 7, 2008 In the increasingly unlikely event of a McCain-Clinton election, folks who care about the peace issue would have serious reason to worry. Both of these candidates are inveterate hawks, and what we would be up against is a choice between the neoconservatives and the neoliberals as to who could be more adventurous in getting us into unjustifiable foreign wars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hillary Pushes the Button

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 15, 2007 What in the world was Sen. Hillary Clinton thinking when she attacked Sen. Barack Obama for ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in going after Osama bin Laden? And why aren't her supporters more concerned about yet another egregious example of Clinton's consistent backing for the mindless militarism that is dragging this nation to ruin? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thatcher Saddened by Despot’s Death

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2006 Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has expressed her sorrow following the death of brutal Chilean dictator Agusto Pinochet, a friend until the end. Victims of Pinochet's atrocities have also expressed sadness, now that the tyrant will escape trial for years of abuses against his people, including torture and the disappearance of some 3,000 individuals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )