OWS Raid: ‘Red Scare History Burst Through My Door’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 13, 2012 In the early hours of July 10, armed SWAT officers burst through the doors of an apartment belonging to organizers of Occupy Seattle as part of an ongoing investigation into the May Day riots. Phillip Neel, one of the residents of that apartment, talks about the ordeal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tipping Point Democracy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 27, 2012 A collection of distinguished voices on the left -- journalists, activists and organizers, including Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges -- sued the Obama administration over the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. In interviews that occurred during or after the March court hearing, they spoke to the deep, grim causes of the deterioration of Western societies.Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Obama administration over the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act speak to the deep, grim causes of the deterioration of Western societies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alexander Cockburn’s Amerika

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 7, 2012 Two percent of the U.S. adult population in lockup; 600,000 “stop-and-frisks” in New York City; three-quarters of a million people booked as official sex offenders. Counterpunch editor Alexander Cockburn thinks it's time we revisit the notion of “fascism.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chicago Police Detain Independent Journalists at Gunpoint (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2012 Police stopped and drew guns on a group of independent journalists who were driving home after covering the NATO protests in Chicago on Monday evening. Tim Pool and Luke Rudkowski, two of the best-known live streamers covering the Occupy movement, believe they may have been targeted. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

2 NATO Protesters Arrested, Charged With Terrorism

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2012 Two men involved in the NATO summit protests in Chicago are being held on separate terrorism charges. One is accused of making a false threat about blowing up a highway overpass. The other is charged with discussing the making of a pipe bomb. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Relax, Everything Is OK

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2011 The 20th-century French novelist and philosopher Albert Camus once wrote: “At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.” For the unfortunate few deprived of the experience, a few megaphone-wielding British agitators took to the streets of London to make things clear. (more)Albert Camus once wrote: “At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.” A few rabble-rousers want to make sure you get the point. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Chinafication of America

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 7, 2011 A recent trip to China made me think about the way life can go on in a police state when people are much more preoccupied with economic survival than with civil liberties.A China trip made me think how life can go on in a police state when people are more preoccupied with economic survival than with civil liberties. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cops Disperse Syrian Funeral for Protesters

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2011 A crowd of 20,000 people at a funeral for six slain protesters in the southern Syrian town of Dara’a was dispersed by police with tear gas and truncheons Saturday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Condemns Tyranny While Torturing Bradley Manning

BLANK Jan 25, 2011 Juan Cole examines the psychological torture of accused whistle-blower Bradley Manning in light of the collapse of Tunisia's brutal regime. The "monarchical national security state" created by George W. Bush and his cohort can abuse, torment and punish the unconvicted with the best of them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald Is on Collapsing Empire Watch

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2010 As the Salon scribe points out, it can be "quite difficult to really internalize" America's superpower implosion, but the numbers don't lie. Our life expectancy ranking is dropping like a rock, while we're getting better and better at imprisoning, executing and selling guns to people. USA! USA! Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Witness Says Slain Day Laborer Was Unarmed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2010 The neighborhood of Westlake near downtown Los Angeles has been under lockdown as protests continue after the LAPD killing of a Guatemalan day laborer Sunday. Officers say the man was brandishing a knife, but one witness has come forward to say he was unarmed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Apple? More Like Big Brother

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2010 Citing the specter of terrorism, an appeals court overturned a decision that would have forced New York City to turn over documents detailing the surveillance of demonstrators, street performers and other ne'er-do-wells who may have threatened the 2004 Republican convention and our national security, of course. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )