Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch May 21, 2013 If you take the long view, you’ll see how startlingly, how unexpectedly but regularly things change. Not by magic, but by the incremental effect of countless acts of courage, love and commitment, the small drops that wear away stones and carve new landscapes, and sometimes by torrents of popular will that change the world suddenly. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 17, 2013 The Other 98%, a group loosely associated with Occupy Wall Street, is trying to raise enough cash to outbid Rupert Murdoch and the Koch brothers in their efforts to buy the Tribune Company, owner of the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, among other newspapers. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Truthdigger of the Week: Stéphane Hessel

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 14, 2013 Stéphane Hessel, the French-German author of "Indignez-vous" who died in February at age 95, is a towering figure of 20th-century resistance and an example to those who hope to create the future.Stéphane Hessel, the French-German author of "Indignez-vous" who died in February at age 95, is a towering figure of 20th-century resistance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Path to More Effective Activism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 22, 2013 In line with the teachings of academic and social philosopher Noam Chomsky, a study shows that people are likelier to join causes that present visions of a society that is warmer, friendlier and more moral than the one they live in than they are to support efforts that do not feature such outlooks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Youth in Revolt

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2013 Guided by the notion that unregulated, market-driven values and relations should shape every domain of human life, a business model of governance has eviscerated any viable notion of social responsibility and conscience in the United States, writes Henry A. Giroux in his new book, "Youth in Revolt." Dig deeper ( 37 Min. Read )

Modify Your Criticism, Please

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 28, 2012 Left-wing generationalism is on display on the pages of this month’s Jacobin as editor Peter Frase responds to Baffler contributor Thomas Frank’s criticism of the ethos of the Occupy movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Secret Docs: The FBI vs. Occupy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 27, 2012 Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the woman who obtained records showing the FBI monitored Occupy Wall Street from its earliest days as a potential terrorist threat, talks about how agents conducted the effort to track the movement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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How OWS Toppled Itself

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 14, 2012 Postmodern confusion about how populist movements take hold and flourish caused Occupy Wall Street to “deconstruct” itself in a frenzied obsession with nonhierarchical structures, a disdain for demands, and other trappings of “lazy, reflexive libertarianism,” author and columnist Thomas Frank writes in The Baffler. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Here Comes the Rolling Jubilee

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 15, 2012 An offshoot of Occupy Wall Street called Strike Debt has launched a movement called Rolling Jubilee that seeks to eliminate debt by purchasing it from financial firms and canceling it so borrowers do not have to repay. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

After Sandy, It’s Occupy to the Rescue

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 14, 2012 Members of New York City’s Occupy movement are waging an expanding relief effort for tens of thousands of people who remain without heat, power or hot water in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Observers are calling it Occupy’s finest hour. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )