Greg Palast: Between Two Vultures

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 6, 2013 International gumshoe reporter Greg Palast tells RT's Max Keiser how the fate of the Argentinian economy will be decided by a legal battle between the White House and Paul Singer -- "the great vulture speculator in America" and "probably the top donor, or organizer of donors for the Republican party" -- over the profits of big banks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

David Graeber: They’re Enslaving You With Debt

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 31, 2013 Debt has been weaponized "pretty much continually" for the last four or five millennia by "people who have access to the ability to make credit," the anthropologist, Occupy activist and anarchist said on the "Keiser Report" TV show in late April. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )

FBI Works to Taint the Occupy Movement

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2012 Two recently foiled "terrorist plots" that the U.S. government and mainstream media connected to the Occupy movement turned out to have been facilitated by federal agents. But that fact has "not stopped many from branding Occupy with an unfavorable stain,” RT reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Assange Versus the Tripe on American TV

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2012 Who is doing a better job at revealing the shadowy operations of governments, corporations and others seeking power across the globe: the well-funded American news establishment, or Julian Assange, the suppressed WikiLeaks founder who runs a half-hour interview show while under house arrest in rural southern England? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on Oligarchy and the Global Collapse

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2012 "It's all the same crisis," says the Truthdig columnist, "which is the collapse of globalization. It doesn't work anymore." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Your CISPA Primer

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2012 The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. What is it, and what does it mean for freedom and security on the Web? RT has assembled a quick guide to answer those questions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )