Statement From Striking Truthdig Workers on Firing of Staff
On Wednesday night, amid reports that much of the country was going into quarantine indefinitely, Truthdig’s staff received an email with the subject line “Re: Truthdig.” The email was to…
Chris Hedges on Truthdig shutdown [audio + text]
Reposted with permission from The Canary Inteview by Slava Zilba of TheCanary.co On 25 March, staff at progressive media outlet Truthdig got an email from on high. It essentially fired…
Letter from Truthdig’s Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer to the Publisher Zuade Kaufman
I want to register my strongest possible disagreement with your unilateral decisions to bar me from the Truthdig site, close the site, and discharge Truthdig’s employees. Each of your actions…
Salon Covers Truthdig Labor Struggle
Salon has spoken to former staffers who are disturbed by how the left-wing publication, which reported on labor and social justice issues, spontaneously laid off staff amid a strike which…
Striking Truthdig Staffers Respond to the Publisher
On March 16, those participating in Truthdig’s work stoppage wrote directly to publisher Zuade Kaufman and Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer. We invited them to participate in a conference call on March…