Protest Alone Won't Save Our Planet

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Saturday, September 28, 2019 Featured story Opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Protest Alone Won't Save Our Planet]( By Paul Street — If we fail to rebel radically and persistently, we will pass from the earth, killed off by our failure to confront our ruling class. [Read more]( AV Booth Environment [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [There Is Only One Superpower Left, and It’s Not the U.S.]( By Robert Scheer — In a world where global opinion reigns, public diplomacy rooted in nationalism and propaganda will not save us from pressing crises. [Read more]( Opinion Environment [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [10 Ways the Climate Crisis and Militarism Are Intertwined]( Medea Benjamin — Only by freeing up billions of dollars currently earmarked for the Pentagon can we begin to address the existential crisis of our time. [Read more]( International [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [What Isn’t Mentioned About the Trump-Ukraine ‘Scandal’]( By Joe Lauria — The impeachment offensive against Donald Trump is another symptom of a partisan disease that ignores an even greater malignancy. [Read more]( Arts and Culture Arts and Culture [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Can Literature Really Be an Agent of Political Resistance?]( Keegan Cook Finberg — In her latest book, Juliana Spahr explores what radical literature has done to challenge forms of nationalism in the U.S. and reaches a disappointing conclusion. [Read more]( News National (U.S.A.) [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Subpoenas Mark First Concrete Steps for Trump Impeachment]( ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO — House Democrats ask Mike Pompeo and others in State Department to appear and turn over documents; Speaker Pelosi sets no deadline on probe. [Read more]( Europe [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [U.K.'s Boris Johnson Denies He's Inciting Violence Against Brexit Foes]( JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA — The prime minister defends his talk of "surrender" and "betrayal" and says leaving the European Union is the only way to ease tensions. [Read more]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Find us on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th Street #443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( ) | [Update Profile]( )