Beloved Uruguayan Author Eduardo Galeano Dies
Apr 13, 2015 The Latin American writer commonly regarded as the poet laureate of the anti-globalization movement has succumbed to lung cancer at age 74. Watch all of his interviews on “Democracy Now!”
On Women Who Refused to Live in Silence and Be Consigned to Oblivion
Mar 30, 2015 In 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary, was murdered in Berlin. Her killers bludgeoned her with rifle blows and tossed her into the waters of a canal. Along the way, she lost a shoe.
Riddles, Lies and Lives — Castro, Muhammad Ali, Einstein and Barbie
Aug 18, 2014 It was not by Lucifer’s curse or God’s miracle that the new country managed to outlive 10 U.S. presidents, their napkins spread in their laps, ready to eat it with knife and fork. His enemies do not say that in spite of sorrow, external aggression and internal high-handedness, the distressed island spawned the least unjust society in Latin America.
The World Cup and the Corporatization of Soccer
Jun 9, 2014 Have you ever entered an empty stadium? Try it. Stand in the middle of the field and listen. There is nothing less empty than an empty stadium. There is nothing less mute than stands bereft of spectators.
Eduardo Galeano: ‘This World Is Not Democratic at All’ (Video)
Jul 25, 2013 The "poet laureate of the anti-globalization movement," who has been published here at Truthdig, says "the world is organized by the war economy and the war culture."
‘Iraq Invades the United States’ and Other Headlines
Jul 25, 2013 March 9. On this early morning in 1916, Pancho Villa crossed the border with his horsemen, set fire to the city of Columbus, killed several soldiers, nabbed a few horses and guns, and the following day was back in Mexico to tell the tale.
