Locking Out the Voices of Dissent

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 15, 2013 With Occupy crushed, the corporate state aims to deny public space to any group that might trigger a new popular uprising. If this repression wins out, the resulting silence may be replaced with the thunder of violent resistance. With Occupy crushed, the corporate state aims to deny public space to any group that might trigger a new popular uprising. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Redacted FBI Documents Show Plot to Kill Occupy Leaders If ‘Deemed Necessary’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 30, 2013 "Did the FBI ignore, or even abet, a plot to assassinate Occupy Houston leaders?" asks journalist Dave Lindorff at WhoWhatWhy. "What did the Feds know? Whom did they warn? And what did the Houston Police know?" Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gay Rights: The Bigger Picture

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Marriage equality isn't the big issue, Congress struggles to pass immigration reform, Brazil's World Cup protests, and what the hell is the matter with Texas? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Canada Bans the Mask: Unlawful Protesters Risk 10 Years in Prison

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 20, 2013 Masked protesters have become a common sight around the globe and Canada is so concerned about the phenomenon that parliament passed a bill that could, under certain circumstances, put disguised men and women away for a very long time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Heckling the First Lady

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2013 Michelle Obama's confrontation with a lesbian activist signals the beginning of a push to turn up the heat on the president by the LGBT community; Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's calling protesters "looters" exemplifies why his country is seeing so much unrest; meanwhile, as Occupy Wall Street participants exerted their First Amendment rights, their cellphones were being logged. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fearlessness Grows From the Grass Roots

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers May 10, 2013 As people see that the government represents Wall Street and concentrated wealth instead of their interests, more of them are becoming fearless. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Raft of Doom

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Whiny Billionaires in Need of Sequestration

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 Where is the Occupy movement now that the depravity of the super rich is on full display? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Vacant Occupation

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 22, 2013 Dig deeper

We the Peephole

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 21, 2013 Dig deeper

State of Fear

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 7, 2013 The security and surveillance state, recently released FBI documents show, monitors even mainstream dissenters and is determined to shut down all organized resistance to corporate rule The goal: an encompassing system of pervasive fear and overt intimidation. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Sky’s the Limit

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Dec 26, 2012 The gifts you’ve already been given in 2012 include a struggle over the fate of the earth. This is probably not what you asked for, and I wish it were otherwise -- but to do good work, to be necessary, to have something to give: These are the true gifts. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )