Second Opposition Leader Killed in Tunisia

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 25, 2013 Assassins shot and killed a Tunisian opposition party leader outside his home Thursday in the second such incident in the birthplace of the Arab Spring since February. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Contemplates ‘Additional Measures’ for Syria

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 Press representatives at the White House and the State Department are using the same vague phrase, "additional measures," to describe the administration's mystery plan for addressing the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Time’s Person of the Year: The Protester

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 For “once again becoming a maker of history” two sleepy decades after political soothsayer Francis Fukuyama declared Western liberalism the end point in the evolution of human society, Time magazine named "The Protester" 2011’s Person of the Year. For “once again becoming a maker of history,” Time magazine named "The Protester" 2011’s Person of the Year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East

Nick Turse / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 As the Arab Spring blossomed and President Obama hesitated about whether to speak out in favor of protesters seeking democratic change in the Greater Middle East, the Pentagon forged ever deeper ties with some of the region's most repressive regimes. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 13, 2011 If you are wondering why outraged young people around the globe are chanting such similar slogans and using such similar tactics, it is because they have seen more clearly than their elders through the neoliberal shell game. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The DIY Internet Is on Its Way

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2011 The 2011 uprisings in the Arab world showed the Internet's potential as a tool for both liberation and oppression. Protesters logged on to organize rallies that toppled dictators, while some leaders commandeered the Web to silence opposition. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

10 Warnings for Arab Democracies

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 Truthdig columnist Juan Cole has some sobering words of caution for those in the Arab world with a "once-in-a-century" shot at making their nations into thriving, functional democracies. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tunisian Court Finds Former President Guilty of Financial Crimes

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 He wasn't present to hear the verdict in person, but Monday a local court found Tunisia's deposed president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, guilty of embezzlement and making personal use of public funds, according to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Responds to a Changing Mideast in Arab Spring Speech

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2011 Addressing the upheavals that have occurred and transformations still in progress in the Middle East (except for one notable omission), President Barack Obama put the big shifts that the Arab Spring brought in a broader context during a major speech on Thursday (more) UpdatedPresident Barack Obama put big shifts in a broader context during a major speech on the Middle East on Thursday . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saleh Again Agrees to Step Down in Yemen

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2011 Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is reportedly set to sign an agreement that would bring his 33-year rule to an end, making him yet another victim of the "Arab Spring" that began in Tunisia last December and raising questions about the future of al-Qaida in the Middle Eastern country. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Readies Another Appeal to Muslim World

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2011 In the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, President Obama will address the Muslim world to herald the democratic movements that have swept the Middle East and North Africa in recent months and warn against religious extremism. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Everyone’s Missing the Point

Barry Lando / Truthdig May 3, 2011 The jubilation of Americans and Western leaders at the death of Osama bin Laden, though understandable, misses the point. In many ways, the figure gunned down in Pakistan was already irrelevant—more a symbol of past dangers than a real threat for the future. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )