VIDEO: Meet the Spanish Occupy Activist Who Became Mayor of Barcelona

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 5, 2015 Longtime anti-eviction activist Ada Colau recently became the first female mayor of Barcelona, Spain. She has vowed to fine banks, stop evictions, expand public housing, improve wages, force utility companies to lower their prices and slash the mayoral salary. She tells “Democracy Now!” about her victory and her plans for her city and her country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 16, 2015 Kshama Sawant, the socialist on the Seattle City Council, is up for re-election, and the Establishment is determined to defeat her and the ideas she champions before they spread. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Who’s Afraid of Occupy Wall Street? Apparently, the Red Cross

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2014 Red Cross responders say there was a ban on working with the widely praised Occupy Sandy relief group because it was seen as politically unpalatable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hong Kong Protesters Say They Aren’t Going Anywhere

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 11, 2014 Thousands returned to occupy Hong Kong's Central district Friday after the government backed out of talks and threatened to break up the demonstrations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hong Kong Protesters Rally for Leadership Change

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 1, 2014 Pro-democracy demonstrators continued to throng the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday -- a conspicuous day, as it was a Chinese national holiday -- calling for the resignation of Chief Executive CY Leung as well as for a change in how candidates for the country's top positions are chosen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Occupy Activists Try to Restore Our Faith in ‘Collective Power’ by Wiping $3.9M of Student Loan Debt

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 18, 2014 The Strike Debt movement, which has its roots in Occupy Wall Street, bought and "abolished" a portfolio that included the student loan debts of 2,700 students who had attended the privately run Everest College. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Socrates

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 16, 2014 Noam Chomsky, for more than five decades, has epitomized what it means to be intellectual. He is brilliant, fiercely independent, ruthlessly honest and fearless in naming the crimes of the power elite and their liberal apologists. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Al Gore’s Warnings About Inequality and Democracy

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 14, 2014 The former vice president recently told a tech industry conference when "95 percent of all the additional national income in the U.S., since the recovery began in ’09, goes to the top 1 percent, that's not an Occupy Wall Street slogan, that's a fact." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Rules of Revolt

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 9, 2014 There are fundamental lessons to be taken from the protests that swept through China 25 years ago, ignited by the student occupation of Tiananmen Square Revolutions differ, but most have similar dynamics There are fundamental lessons to be taken from the protests that swept through China 25 years ago, ignited by the student occupation of Tiananmen Square. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Is Paris’ Pollution Getting Worse Than Beijing’s?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2014 Air pollution has reached extreme levels in the French capital, prompting the government to take desperate measures; an American pastor is partly to blame for the passing of Uganda's anti-gay law; meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street organizers have launched a political party. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Creating the World We Want

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Feb 24, 2014 If we do not like big finance capitalism, what will take the place of the current economy? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Venture Capitalist Apologizes for Comparing 1-Percenters to Victims of the Holocaust

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )