NATO Should Be Dissolved

Medea Benjamin / Independent Media Institute Dec 4, 2019 In an age when climate change threatens the future of humanity, the United States' oldest military alliance has become an anachronism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Yes, We Can Do Better Than Capitalism

Richard Wolff / Common Dreams May 2, 2019 Exploitation of labor is intrinsic to our economic system. Only by democratizing our workplaces can we forge a truly egalitarian society. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Korean War Games Are No Game

Tad Daley / Truthdig Mar 23, 2018 The time has come to cancel them for good. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

New York Times Strikes Out Again on Afghanistan

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / Truthdig Nov 6, 2017 A recent Times obituary for Afghan human rights advocate Sima Wali contained American Cold War propaganda that has long been debunked. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Mind-Boggling Conundrums in the Middle East

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Apr 15, 2015 As we look to the future of the Afghanistan-Pakistan area, it’s important to understand the historic role of American geostrategic shenanigans. A shifting global economic balance and the fortunes of American arms manufacturers are further complicating matters.As we look to the future of the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, it’s important to understand the historic role of American geostrategic shenanigans. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Anti-Putin Politician’s Murder Lays Russian Realities Bare

By Ivo Mijnssen and Philipp Casula Mar 7, 2015 The public assassination of one of Moscow's leading critics, just feet from the walls of the Kremlin, is a blow to the liberal opposition but, paradoxically, also shows that there are still remnants of political pluralism.The killing of one of Moscow's leading critics is a blow to the liberals but, paradoxically, also shows that politics are still being contested behind the facade of mass consensus for the regime. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Stepping Back From the Precipice in Eastern Europe

William Pfaff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2015 What has the past year of war inside Ukraine been about? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Flat Taxes Are Big in the Former USSR. Have They Worked?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2011 GOP presidential candidates Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich all favor flat taxes, which have been criticized for putting a greater burden on middle-income people while cutting taxes for the rich. How have they played out in countries that adopted them? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Tea Party Financiers Owe Their Fortune to Josef Stalin

Yasha Levine / Truthdig Apr 19, 2010 The members of the Koch family, America's biggest financial backers of the tea party, would not be the billionaires they are today were it not for the godless empire of the USSR. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Gorbachev on Gorbachev

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2009 You'd think that Mikhail Gorbachev, having stood at several key historical junctions in the not-so-distant past, might have a few thoughts about his time in office and the turns of events that happened since -- and Soviet Russia's last leader does. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )