CIA Torture Survivor Demands Answers From Gina Haspel

Ilana Novick May 11, 2018 In 2004, Fatima Boudchar was kidnapped and held in a "black site" prison similar to the one run by Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Sets Plans for Thailand

JERRY HARMER / The Associated Press Apr 19, 2018 The company has agreed to step up investments in the Southeast Asian country as competition between online retailers heats up in the fast-growing region. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rohingya Who Fled Myanmar Facing Crisis in Asia

Vijay Prashad / AlterNet Jan 17, 2018 Some are languishing in overcrowded refugee camps, while others have been sold into slavery, according to U.N. officials. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Killer Robots and Rebel Wieners: Did Hollywood’s Working-Class Revolt Fantasies Fuel Trump’s Rise?

Aram Sinnreich / Truthdig Nov 24, 2016 Class-war fantasies are a hot new genre on the big and small screen. They might be amping up Donald Trump-mania. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Nestle’s Self-Policing Policy Against Slave Labor Smells Like a PR Campaign

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Feb 4, 2016 The food giant's unsuccessful effort to beat back a lawsuit may have been part of an effort to avoid fully facing up to ties to child slavery, critics suggest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nearly $1 Trillion Left Emerging Markets in Single Year in ‘Capital Flight’ Phenomenon

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 21, 2015 Reports that huge sums of investment money have flowed out of countries with emerging markets suggest that countries once billed as "stars of the post-crash economy are now waning." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Thai Prime Minister Says He’ll ‘Probably’ Kill Journalists Who Deviate From Official Line

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 26, 2015 Thailand’s junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, who toppled the government of Yingluck Shinawatra in a coup last May, told reporters Wednesday that he will “probably just execute” any journalist who does not “report the truth.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Unquiet Agony of the Young Doves: Thailand After the Coup

Chiranuch Premchaiporn / Truthdig Jan 23, 2015 Using terror to silence people is a method that gets results in Thailand. I have noticed that the medicine given in order to create fear is of different strengths depending on one’s social position. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How to Forgive Your Torturer

By Ariel Dorfman, TomDispatch Jun 17, 2014 When I read the statistics on Americans and Britons that approve of torture, a scene comes back to me. I remember a man I met 20 years ago, not in my native Latin America or in faraway lands where torture is endemic, but in the extremely English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

From Elections to Mass Movements: How Wealthy Elites Are Hijacking Democracy All Over the World

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 29, 2014 In country after country, the hallmarks of democracy are being dangerously subverted and co-opted by powerful elites. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S. Denounces Thai Coup, Warns on Relations

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2014 The United States warned Thursday that it was reconsidering cooperation with ally Thailand after a military coup, which Secretary of State John Kerry denounced as having "no justification." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

There’s Discontent and Violence in Thailand Too

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 24, 2014 Hours after supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised to take on protesters shutting down parts of Bangkok, a bomb detonated near a demonstration site in a busy shopping district Sunday, killing two people and wounding at least 22. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )