Faces of Pain, Faces of Hope

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Oct 8, 2017 Intentional communities of young men and women, cast aside by the corporate state, are lighting the embers of resistance. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America’s Historical Shame

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 25, 2016 If indigenous activists manage to block the building of an oil line they consider a threat to ancestral lands, their success will be one small measure of justice in a line of injustices going back to the founding of this nation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

They Can’t Outlaw the Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 19, 2014 Cecily McMillan could get up to seven years on her conviction of hitting a plainclothes policeman who grabbed her in Zuccotti Park. The persecution of the Occupy activist has become emblematic of the state's use of the courts to criminalize nonviolent dissent and try to crush new mass movements.The persecution of Occupy activist Cecily McMillan—facing up to seven years in prison—has become emblematic of the state's use of the courts to criminalize nonviolent dissent and try to crush new mass movements. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Crime of Peaceful Protest

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 28, 2014 Cecily McMillan—facing the possibility of seven years in prison for elbowing a plainclothes policeman in Zuccotti Park—is the latest victim of a cloaked offensive to destroy activist leaders. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Joy Arises, Rules Fall Apart

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Sep 16, 2013 On the second anniversary of that day in lower Manhattan when people sat down in outrage and stayed in dedication and solidarity and hope, remember how unpredictably the world changes, remember those doing heroic work that you might hear little or nothing about but who are all around you, remember to hope and remember to build. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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OWS Is a ‘Tactic’ That Is ‘Far From Over’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 21, 2012 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges was in Zuccotti Park -- the plaza in lower Manhattan known to Occupy Wall Street as “Liberty Square” -- during the movement’s one-year anniversary The genie of protest it let loose can’t be returned to the bottle of society’s margins, he told RT AmericaTruthdig columnist Chris Hedges was in Zuccotti Park during the movement’s one-year anniversary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Your Victories

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Sep 19, 2012 The one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street produced a lot of mainstream media stories that assured you Occupy was only a bunch of tents that came down last year. Don’t buy it. A year is nothing and the mainstream media is oblivious to where power lies and how change works. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

NYC, Park Owner Turn on Each Other in Zuccotti Eviction Case

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 28, 2012 New York City officials are blaming Brookfield Properties, the owner of the park where Occupy Wall Street activists were camped for nearly two months, for thousands of dollars of damage done to books, computers and other property destroyed during the eviction of protesters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Street Priest

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 11, 2012 Daniel Berrigan, undaunted at 92 and full of the fire that makes him one of this nation’s most courageous voices, says there is one place where those who care about justice need to be -- in the streets.Daniel Berrigan, undaunted at 92 and still full of fire, says there is one place where those who care about justice need to be—in the streets. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘The World Tomorrow’: Occupy

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2012 In the seventh episode of “The World Tomorrow,” Julian Assange and key Occupy figures from both sides of the Atlantic met in a hollowed-out Deutsche Bank building to talk about the movement’s inception and the challenges it has faced so far. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NYPD Reportedly Beat Occupier, Ignored Her Apparent Seizure

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2012 Occupiers are accusing New York police officers of beating and neglecting a woman who had a seizure after being handcuffed during the breakup of the movement’s six-month anniversary party in Zuccotti Park on Saturday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )