‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Film Review: A Half-Baked Hollywood Version of a Great Documentary

By John Patterson Oct 30, 2015 David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the humdrum conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election Meanwhile, the Bolivians in it are as invisible as most of the slaves in "Gone With the Wind"David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the internecine conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election". Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Why We Need Professional Revolutionists

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 24, 2014 The collapse of politics and the advent of corporate totalitarianism mean we must rely on a class of people whose sole vocation is revolution. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Salvador Allende’s Daughter Chosen as First Woman to Lead Chilean Senate

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 4, 2014 Isabel Allende, not to be confused with the Chilean writer who also goes by that name, will hold the same seat her father did before he became the first Marxist president in South America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Story of a Death Foretold

By Marie Arana Dec 14, 2013 It has been 40 years since the CIA helped oust a democratically elected government in Chile, leaving President Salvador Allende sprawled on a couch with part of his skull gone. Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells the story of "that other September 11."Forty years after the CIA left Chilean President Salvador Allende sprawled on a couch with part of his skull gone, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells the story of "that other September 11." Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Kerry, Kissinger and the Other Sept. 11

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 12, 2013 As President Barack Obama's attack on Syria appears to have been delayed for the moment, it is remarkable that Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting, on Sept. 11, with one of his predecessors, Henry Kissinger, reportedly to discuss strategy on forthcoming negotiations on Syria with Russian officials. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s

By Ariel Dorfman, TomDispatch Aug 29, 2013 So much has changed since that hot day in August 1963 when Martin Luther King delivered his famous words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. So much -- and yet so little. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Murder Mystery: Chile Exhumes Salvador Allende

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2011 A panel of forensic scientists will examine the remains of former Chilean President Salvador Allende, who either killed himself or was slain as forces loyal to all-around bad guy Augusto Pinochet stormed the presidential palace in 1973. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sept. 11: A Day Without War

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 8, 2010 The ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States should serve as a moment to reflect on tolerance. It should be a day of peace. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky Edition

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 The water disaster that could destroy California, how much NATO pays for dead Afghan children, and answers to frequently asked questions about health care reform. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Probe Reopened in ’73 Murder of Chilean Singer

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2008 The case of Victor Jara, the famous folk musician murdered by dictator Augusto Pinochet's army in 1973, will be reopened due to new evidence provided by the musician's family. Human rights groups see Jara's case as important in keeping attention on Chilean human rights abusers who for the past 35 years have avoided jail time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )