Muhammad Ali

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Float Like A Butterfly

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Comments of the Week: Packing a Punch

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2016 This week's roundup includes a snappy take on the legal and ideological battle between tech leader Peter Thiel and Gawker, a pointed comparison referring to the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal and a tribute to the late, great -- actually, make that "The Greatest" -- Muhammad Ali. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sufi Boxer Muhammad Ali’s Last Fight Was Against Extremism and Politicians’ Islamophobia

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 5, 2016 Muhammad Ali, far from being pugilistic with the pugnacious Donald Trump, gently called on all U.S. politicians to distinguish between a fringe of misguided extremists and the actual teachings of Islam, which Ali saw as uniting humankind in love. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Conversation With Randy Roberts

Allen Barra / Truthdig Apr 1, 2016 Roberts, co-author of "Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X," the first book to examine the relationship between Ali and Malcolm, speaks with Allen Barra. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Riddles, Lies and Lives — Castro, Muhammad Ali, Einstein and Barbie

By Eduardo Galeano, TomDispatch Aug 18, 2014 It was not by Lucifer’s curse or God’s miracle that the new country managed to outlive 10 U.S. presidents, their napkins spread in their laps, ready to eat it with knife and fork. His enemies do not say that in spite of sorrow, external aggression and internal high-handedness, the distressed island spawned the least unjust society in Latin America. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

NSA Spied on Vietnam War Critics

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 28, 2013 The National Security Agency tapped the phones of prominent Vietnam War opponents in the late 1960s and ’70s, including Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King. Jr., newly declassified files reveal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pronouncing Himself Best Prime Minister Ever

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2009 Channeling Muhammad Ali bravado with a Kanye sensibility, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi has declared himself as "the best prime minister," inferior to no one in history and the "most legally persecuted man of all times." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )