Alexander Cockburn at Ease

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 Fashion, tips for surviving a police encounter, and why we might all be better off when the American empire crumbles are among the subjects the late CounterPunch editor Alexander Cockburn rapped about in a conversation in the Deep South sometime during the summer of 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Nichols on the Failed Gov. Walker Recall

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 6, 2012 Reporter John Nichols of The Nation spoke from Wisconsin about Gov. Scott Walker’s survival of Tuesday's attempt to recall him and what it says about how special-interest and corporate money has taken over politics since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Nichols: The Power of the General Strike

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2012 One week ahead of Occupy Wall Street’s call for “A Day Without the 99%,” The Nation Institute’s John Nichols talks about the historical importance of the general strike—a powerful tool for protest that helped make possible the rights that American workers have long enjoyed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Opinion

How Empires Fall: An Interview With Jonathan Schell

By Andy Kroll, TomDispatch Mar 3, 2012 Since Occupy and the Arab Spring, the animating message of Schell's "Unconquerable World"—that, in the age of nuclear weaponry, nonviolent action is the mightiest of forces—has undergone a renaissance of sorts. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Frequently Asked Questions About the Wall Street Protests

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Who's in charge? What are the protesters' demands? How big is the movement? How can I get involved? Answers to these and other basic questions about the ongoing occupation of Wall Street are offered by The Nation magazine's Nathan Schneider. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chileans Schooled in the Art of Protest

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2011 In Chile, where the average monthly minimum wage income falls $100 short of college tuition costs, students are continuing their winter of kiss-ins, marches and hunger strikes against private, for-profit education and demanding affordable state-run schools. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Corporate Front Group Burns Americans

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2011 ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is a secretive association of corporations and state legislators that has been crafting public policy to suit corporate interests since 1973 The organization is not new, but the opportunity to review (more) . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bread and the ‘Tropic of Chaos’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2011 Christian Parenti, who writes regularly for The Nation magazine, has published a book detailing some of the present and future social impacts of climate change. In an essay on Tom Dispatch.com, he connects the rising cost of bread to the revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East and Northern Africa. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch’s Officers Jump the Deck

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2011 Les Hinton, chairman of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper operations, both resigned Friday over connections to the now-defunct News of the World’s recent phone hacking scandal (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Nation Magazine Rethinks Capitalism

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 Last month, editors at The Nation magazine published 13 mini-essays on the subject of how to make capitalism "less destructive and domineering, [and] more focused on what people really need for fulfilling lives" written by lefty thinkers in business, activism and politics. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dick Gephardt, Corporate Lobbyist

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2009 If it seems contradictory (read: hypocritical) that former Rep. Dick Gephardt, at one time a self-styled anti-lobbying, pro-labor crusader, would become a lobbyist for Visa and Goldman Sachs, well, that's because it is. Oh, and you can strike "pro-environment" off of Gephardt's list of political poses, too. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

4 Ways Obama Can Boost His Numbers

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2009 The Nation's Ari Melber has some ideas about how the president can turn around his slipping poll numbers. First and foremost: Take charge and fight for the public option. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )