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Who Says Ferguson Can't End Well

Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 4:35 pm | David Swanson

Just as a police officer in a heightened state of panic surrounded by the comfort of impunity will shoot an innocent person, the Governor of Missouri has declared a state of emergency preemptively, thus justifying violence in response to something ... More >>

Watch Schooling the World, Stop Schooling the World

Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 4:28 pm | David Swanson

It's becoming slightly more common in the Western industrialized world to propose radical cultural change away from consumerism and environmental destruction. It's not hard to find people making the case that in fact nothing else can save us. More >>

War Is Not for Soldiers

Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 4:51 pm | David Swanson

We learn a lot about the real motives for wars when whistleblowers leak the minutes of secret meetings, or when congressional committees publish the records of hearings decades later. War planners write books. They make movies. They face investigations. More >>

No to Republibama Government

Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 4:20 pm | David Swanson

A case can be made that democracy worked in this month's U.S. midterm elections, while representative democracy failed miserably. On ballot initiatives all across the country, people in so-called red and blue states voted for raising the minimum ... More >>

We Must Always Have War Because Magic

Sunday, 9 November 2014, 11:55 am | David Swanson

This advertisement for permanent war appeared in my local newspaper today. More >>

Free College or Another New War?

Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 2:06 pm | David Swanson

Noting that U.S. college costs have gone up 500% since 1985, the Washington Post recommends seven countries where U.S. students can go to college for free without bothering to learn the language of the natives or anything so primitive. More >>

Things, Not People, You Can Vote For

Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 2:03 pm | David Swanson

"Vote. It's the American thing to do!" read an email I received yesterday. Actually it's the just-about-anywhere-else thing to do. U.S. voters lead the world in staying home and not bothering. More >>

Which Is Worse, a Libertarian or a Humanitarian-Warrior?

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 2:11 pm | David Swanson

Is it worse to put into Congress or the White House someone who wants to end wars and dismantle much of the military but also wants to abolish Social Security and Medicare and the Department of Education and several other departments they have ... More >>

U.S. Sends Planes Armed with Depleted Uranium to Middle East

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 3:11 pm | David Swanson

The U.S. Air Force says it is not halting its use of Depleted Uranium weapons, has recently sent them to the Middle East, and is prepared to use them. A type of airplane, the A-10, deployed this month to the Middle East by the U.S. Air National Guard's ... More >>

Israeli Chooses "Honorable Life" Over Joining Military

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 1:59 pm | David Swanson

Danielle Yaor is 19, Israeli, and refusing to take part in the Israeli military. She is one of 150 who have committed themselves, thus far, to this position: We, citizens of the state of Israel, are designated for army service. We appeal to the ... More >>

On Killing Trayvons

Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 4:21 pm | David Swanson

This Wednesday is a day of action that some are calling a national day of action against police brutality, with others adding "and mass incarceration," and I'd like to add "and war" and make it global rather than national. More >>

Shadow Facts About Shadow Government

Monday, 20 October 2014, 11:12 am | David Swanson

Tom Engelhardt keeps churning out great books by collecting his posts from TomDispatch.com. His latest book, Shadow Government, is essential reading. Of the ten essays included, eight are on basically the same topic, resulting in some repetition and even some ... More >>

A Different War-Is-Good-for-Us Argument

Monday, 20 October 2014, 11:05 am | David Swanson

It seems like we just got through dealing with the argument that war is good for us because it brings peace. And along comes a very different twist, combined with some interesting insights. More >>

Pranking the CIA: The New Get Rich Quick Story

Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 2:28 pm | David Swanson

When New York Times report James Risen published his previous book, State of War, the Times ended its delay of over a year and published his article on warrantless spying rather than be scooped by the book. More >>

Operation Odysseus' Butcher Shop

Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 2:50 pm | David Swanson

The phrase "war myths" these days is generally taken to mean such nonsense as that war will make us safe, or civilians won't be killed, or surgical strikes will kill more enemies than they produce, or prosperity and freedom will follow war-making, ... More >>

Beyond 935 Lies

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 1:02 pm | David Swanson

Charles Lewis' book, 935 Lies, would make a fine introduction to reality for anyone who believes the U.S. government usually means well or corporations tend to tell the truth in the free market. And it would make an excellent introduction to the ... More >>

Imagine There're No Countries

Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 9:34 am | David Swanson

A serious case has been made repeatedly by unknown scholars and globally celebrated geniuses for well over a century that a likely step toward abolishing war would be instituting some form of global government. Yet the peace movement barely mentions ... More >>