Conservatives Celebrate Empty Chair Day, Moore Calls Eastwood ‘Crazy,’ and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 4, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including a top GOP lawmaker's Labor Day gaffe and a warning from "Walker, Texas Ranger" star Chuck Norris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Moore: People Should Start to Practice the Words ‘President Romney’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 The Academy Award-winning director is among those predicting a Romney victory in November. Why? Because the right is outstripping the left in money and motivation. And because Obama’s performance over the last four years has discouraged the liberal public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Michael Moore and Oliver Stone: Extraditing Assange Would Set a Horrible Precedent

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 21, 2012 Noting in a New York Times Op-Ed that much of their work has made "the case that the news media in the United States often fail to inform Americans about the uglier actions of our own government," filmmakers Michael Moore and Oliver Stone argue that transferring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to U.S. custody would be disastrous for free speech everywhere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Talks Capitalism With Michael Moore

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2011 Let's review, shall we? In this clip, shot for Michael Moore's on-the-money documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," Chris Hedges lays it all out for anyone still mystified, as it were, about the devastating human costs of unfettered capitalism. Class is in session. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

OWS Organizer Questions Intentions of Secretive Affinity Group

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 22, 2011 Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that a secret faction has developed within New York City’s Occupy movement, made up of big-name celebrities and would-be leaders, some of whom look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing.Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that big-name celebrities and would-be leaders look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Michael Moore ‘Giddy’ About Occupy Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2011 Nobody can say he didn't call it, or at least call for it, as provocateur filmmaker Michael Moore explicitly declared at the end of his last documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," that he would come out from behind the camera and wait for others to join in his cause of opposing Wall Street greed before making another play for the big screen. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Occupy Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2011 Thousands of protesters have crowded Wall Street for the last 12 days, decrying the effects of corporate greed on a functioning democracy. Those protesters, Occupy Wall Street, are our Truthdiggers of the Week.Thousands of protesters have "Occupied" Wall Street for the last 12 days, decrying the effects of corporate greed on a functioning democracy. They are our Truthdiggers of the Week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Michael Moore on Occupy Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2011 Michael Moore dropped by "Democracy Now!" to talk about the Occupy Wall Street protests, what he says is just the beginning of a movement spreading across the nation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Breakdown of the European Union

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2011 The demise of the European Union has begun with riots; scholars afraid of repression are creating alternate Internets; meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street protests are starting to get some traction with the mainstream. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Moore Joins Olbermann for ‘Countdown’ 2.0

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2011 Keith Olbermann didn't mix it up too much for the new version of his "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" show for Current TV; as the Los Angeles Times pointed out Tuesday, his bow on Current on Monday night featured some familiar segments and at least one familiar face. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Manning Might Face the Death Penalty

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2011 Pfc Bradley Manning was allegedly the conduit through which WikiLeaks received a great deal of information that the US military and government didn't want the public to know, and on Wednesday the Army slapped him with . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hedges, Stone and Moore on Hollywood’s Love of War

BLANK Dec 22, 2010 Who knew that Hollywood and the Pentagon sometimes shoot from the same storyboard, so to speak -- one that casts war, and America's role in same, in the best possible light (not to mention camera angles)? A lot of people, actually, including filmmakers . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )