Democracy

The moment a popular movement arises that truly confronts our corporate masters, our venal system of total surveillance will be thrust into overdrive.

Nelson Mandela was forever playing new roles; Danny Schechter talks to Truthout about them and his new book, “Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela.”

In the face of these dangers, the great popular resistance that gave India its independence is stirring.

In evaluating the allowing, we might subsequently discover and recover the power, sovereignty, freedom and rights handed over to the Corporatocracy.

Amazon's fleet of delivery drones may not be a reality for years to come. But if they are inevitable it is not too early to enact privacy protections.

Beyond the headlines of conflict and catastrophe, this year's top stories offered us some powerful proof that the world can still change - for the better.

Faced with the failure of conventional lobbying, the climate protection movement is now turning to mass civil disobedienceu2014but we can take it further still.

The conventional way we do business crushes workers' lives and community vitality. The democratic workplace provides an alternative, argues Nyala.

There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …

Netizens took to cyberspace to chastise the legal system, which they believed would treat Li Tianyi leniently because of his familyu2019s status, and to demand justice.