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Was South Korea’s Coup an Attempt to Restart the Korean War?

Ju-Hyun Park / Peoples Dispatch Dec 17, 2024 Testimony at the National Assembly suggests Yoon’s coup plot may have included plans to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Voices From the Epicenter of Protest in Baltimore

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2015 The Real News Network captured confrontations between Baltimore police and protesters defying Friday night’s 10 pm curfew, which attorney A Dwight Pettit and law professor Doug Colbert consider a dress rehearsal for martial law Also, Baltimore residents react to the charges brought against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray Dwight Pettit and law professor Doug Colbert consider a dress rehearsal for martial law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thai Prime Minister Says He’ll ‘Probably’ Kill Journalists Who Deviate From Official Line

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 26, 2015 Thailand’s junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, who toppled the government of Yingluck Shinawatra in a coup last May, told reporters Wednesday that he will “probably just execute” any journalist who does not “report the truth.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Unquiet Agony of the Young Doves: Thailand After the Coup

Chiranuch Premchaiporn / Truthdig Jan 23, 2015 Using terror to silence people is a method that gets results in Thailand. I have noticed that the medicine given in order to create fear is of different strengths depending on one’s social position. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Oct 7, 2013 An Associated Press article in February confirmed a purchase order by the Department of Homeland Security for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. That’s enough to sustain an Iraq-sized war for over twenty years. Someone in government seems to expect some serious civil unrest. Why? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Poles Take Another Look at Jaruzelski

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 As Poland's last communist-era head of state, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski faced off with the country's growing pro-democracy Solidarity movement and drew widespread criticism and outrage for his 1981 crackdown on the organization. Now some former detractors are reconsidering his legacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Petar Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Austria Nov 5, 2007 Dig deeper

Send In the Clergy!

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2007 KSLA News of Shreveport, La., is standing by its report on "Clergy Response Teams," trained by the federal government to pacify an angry citizenry in the event of martial law. The idea being, as far as we can tell, that religious leaders are ideally suited to the task of explaining to people why they should give up their freedom for the "better good." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan May Crack Down on Freedoms

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2007 The Pakistani government may declare a state of emergency, which would grant it extraordinary powers, limit civil liberties and extend the political lifespan of embattled President Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )