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ISIS: Bush Was Right
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:01 pm | David Swanson
Finally, somebody commenting on the state of Iraq thinks George W. Bush got something right. Turns out it's ISIS. In the new hour-long ISIS-produced film about how nice it is to die for ISIS -- Flames of War: Fighting Has Just Begun -- Bush is quoted: ... More >>
Turn Left for Earth
Monday, 22 September 2014, 2:53 pm | David Swanson
http://warisacrime.org/content/turn-left-earth I appreciate that there's more happening than just a march for the climate today on the International Day of Peace , and I get the idea that keeping the safe and obedient march-to-nowhere separate from protests ... More >>
43 Million People Kicked Out of Their Homes
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 9:41 am | David Swanson
Well, maybe not so much for the 43 million people who’ve been driven out of their homes and remain in a precarious state as internally displaced persons (24 million), refugees (12 million), and those struggling to return to their homes. More >>
Another Drone Protester Found Not-Guilty
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 9:31 am | David Swanson
Eve Tetaz, 83, found NOT GUILTY last night in De Witt town court for opposing Reaper Drone War Crime at 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Air Base near Syracuse, NY More >>
A New Calendar of Holidays
Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 3:29 pm | David Swanson
A new calendar of peace holidays has just been published. And none too soon, if you’ve noticed the epidemic of military holidays around us. More >>
What to Do About ISIS
Friday, 29 August 2014, 10:14 am | David Swanson
Start by recognizing where ISIS came from. The U.S. and its junior partners destroyed Iraq, left a sectarian division, poverty, desperation, and an illegitimate government in Baghdad that did not represent Sunnis or other groups. Then the U.S. armed and ... More >>
John Kerry Makes a Deal
Friday, 29 August 2014, 9:56 am | David Swanson
Barry! Barr -er Mr. President, I got Congress out in the parking lot looking at the new SUVs. I'm pushing the missile strikes on the Syrian government hard, but just a few little ones, and then ka-blam we get em with the whole package deal, 800 vehicles ... More >>
Losing Losers and the Pentagon That Hires Them
Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 4:14 pm | David Swanson
http://warisacrime.org/content/losing-losers-and-pentagon-hires-them At the 200th anniversary of the jackasses of 1812 getting the U.S. capital burned by the British in 1814, I found myself watching a new film by Rory Kennedy called Last Days in Vietnam ... More >>
So, I Asked the Russian Ambassador What He Thinks of NATO
Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 4:05 pm | David Swanson
So, I Asked the Russian Ambassador What He Thinks of NATO By David Swanson 27 August, 2014 More >>
Local Police Will Be Militarized As Long As Federal Govt Is
Friday, 15 August 2014, 1:41 pm | David Swanson
“Groups on the ground in St. Louis are calling for nationwide solidarity actions in support of Justice for Mike Brown and the end of police and extrajudicial killings everywhere.” As they should. And we should all join in. But “nationwide” and ... More >>
Top 9 Reasons to Stop Bombing Iraq
Thursday, 14 August 2014, 5:24 pm | David Swanson
1. It's not a rescue mission. The U.S. personnel could be evacuated without the 500-pound bombs. The persecuted minorities could be supplied, moved, or their enemy dissuaded, or all three, without the 500-pound bombs or the hundreds of "advisors" (trained ... More >>
Back in Iraq, Jack!
Monday, 11 August 2014, 2:01 pm | David Swanson
President Obama may want us to sympathize with patriotic torturers, he may turn on whistleblowers like a flesh-eating zombie, he may have lost all ability to think an authentic thought, but I will say this for him: He knows how to mark the 50th ... More >>
Nixon's Treason Now Acknowledged
Friday, 8 August 2014, 5:37 pm | David Swanson
A George Will column this week, reviewing a book by Ken Hughes called Chasing Shadows, mentions almost in passing that presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon secretly sabotaged peace talks that appeared likely to end the war on Vietnam until he intervened. More >>
We Won't Forget Wisconsin
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 3:18 pm | David Swanson
A new film called Wisconsin Rising is screening around the country, the subject, of course, being the activism surrounding the mass occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol in 2011. More >>
If a Genocide Falls in the Forest
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 5:38 pm | David Swanson
There's a wide and mysterious chasm between the stated intentions of the Israeli government as depicted by the U.S. media and what the Israeli government has been doing in Gaza, even as recounted in the U.S. media. More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Sarah Ali: Under the Missiles in Gaza
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 3:05 pm | David Swanson
Sarah Ali is a Palestinian living in the Gaza Strip. She has lost friends and neighbors in the current war on Gaza. She speaks to us about conditions under the bombing. Sarah Ali studied English and literature and currently is working as a teacher in ... More >>
War in Our Collective Imagination
Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 5:43 pm | David Swanson
I started seeing graphics pop up on social media sites this past week that said about Gaza: "It's not war. It's murder." So I started asking people what exactly they think war is if it's distinct from murder. Well, war, some of them told me, takes place ... More >>
If Iraq Were in Central America
Thursday, 17 July 2014, 4:25 pm | David Swanson
Just as in discussions of bombing nations for women's rights it's hard to bring up the subject of the right not to be bombed, in discussions of shipping so-called illegal children away from the border where you've been terrorizing them in reenactments ... More >>
U.S. Out of Germany
Friday, 11 July 2014, 2:31 pm | David Swanson
If Germany hasn't had enough, we in the United States sure have. Despite the supposed ending of World War II, the U.S. still keeps over 40,000 armed soldiers permanently in Germany. Despite the ending of the Cold War, the U.S. still spies on the German ... More >>
Pay No Attention to the Apocalypse Behind the Curtain
Friday, 4 July 2014, 2:31 pm | David Swanson
In 8 days, on July 10th Mary Ann Grady-Flores, a grandmother from Ithaca, NY, is scheduled to be sentenced to up to one year in prison. Her crime is violating an order of protection, which is a legal tool to protect a particular person from the ... More >>
