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Slavery Was Believed Permanent Longer Than War Has Been
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:19 pm | David Swanson
In the late eighteenth century the majority of people alive on earth were held in slavery or serfdom (three-quarters of the earth's population, in fact, according to the Encyclopedia of Human Rights from Oxford University Press). More >>
Two Kinds of Countries: Israel's Dangerous Path
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:29 pm | David Swanson
There are two kinds of countries or societies or places to live. In the first kind, decent, fair, kind, and respectful treatment of every person takes precedent over anyone's preferences for how a culture changes or how much effort is expended trying ... More >>
Is the Federal Government a Drug-Induced Hallucination?
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 4:27 pm | David Swanson
You laugh, but that could be a side-effect. Consider: The Capitol Police just murdered an unarmed mother fleeing her car on foot, declared her child "unharmed," and received the longest standing-ovation in Congress since Osama bin Laden's Muslim sea burial. More >>
Beginning the Ending of War
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 4:18 pm | David Swanson
As I write this, in September 2013, something extraordinary has just happened. Public pressure has led the British Parliament to refuse a prime minister's demand for war for the first time since the surrender at Yorktown, and the U.S. Congress has followed ... More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Nathan Schneider on the Occupy Apocalypse
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 11:39 am | David Swanson
Nathan Schneider is an editor of the websites Waging Nonviolence and Killing the Buddah. He reported on / participated in Occupy Wall Street from before Day 1. He has now published Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse. More >>
Save the Nobel Peace Prize from Itself
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 11:35 am | David Swanson
On October 11, we'll learn whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee is interested in reviving the Nobel Peace Prize or putting another nail in its coffin. Alfred Nobel's vision for the Nobel Peace Prize created in his will was a good one and, one might ... More >>
Top 45 Lies in Obama's Speech at the U.N.
Monday, 30 September 2013, 5:35 pm | David Swanson
1. President Obama's opening lines at the U.N. on Tuesday looked down on people who would think to settle disputes with war. Obama was disingenuously avoiding the fact that earlier this month he sought to drop missiles into a country to "send a message" ... More >>
Occupy Everything. Did We Ever Give It Back?
Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:22 pm | David Swanson
When the Pentagon ends an occupation, crawling home from Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan with its Tomahawk missile dragging between its legs, it declares victory every time. And, depending on how you define victory, it certainly leaves lasting effects. More >>
A Tale of Two Congress Members
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:56 pm | David Swanson
In 2010 in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, many people who prioritize peace over war probably voted for Democrat Tom Perriello over Republican Robert Hurt. I know many who did just that. Here's what Congressman Hurt said on Tuesday about Syria: ... More >>
Ending One War, Ending All Wars
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 12:36 pm | David Swanson
Thank you to Elizabeth Barger and the Nashville Peace and Justice Center and to all of you, and happy International Day of Peace! From a certain angle it doesn't look like a happy day of peace. The U.S. government is engaged in a major war in Afghanistan, ... More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Iraqi Students in the U.S.
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 5:35 pm | David Swanson
The Iraqi Student Project has brought Iraqi students, refugees from the U.S. war on Iraq, to the United States to study, make friends, and build understanding. Students have come from refugee families living in Syria, which now has its own violence, ... More >>
Give the Sierra Club Credit for Taking on U.S. Marine Corps
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:28 pm | David Swanson
In this moment in which the public will and a bit of nerve in Congress have made refusing to let a president launch a bunch of missiles into a foreign country a reality and therefore mainstream and respectable (rather than vaguely treasonous as it might ... More >>
Humanitarian Murder
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 5:21 pm | David Swanson
This past Sunday night on "60 Minutes" John Miller of CBS News said, "I've spoken with intelligence analysts who have said an uncomfortable thing that has a ring of truth, which is: the longer this war in Syria goes on, in some sense the better off ... More >>
Admit It: Things Are Going Well
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:21 pm | David Swanson
Larry Summers has proven unacceptable to oversee the continued destruction of the U.S. economy. The U.S. public has successfully rejected proposed missile strikes on Syria. My Congressman was among the majority who listened. Today was beautiful. More >>
John Kerry Couldn't Sell a Used Car
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:52 am | David Swanson
After Secretary of State John Kerry suggested that President Bashar al-Assad avoid a war by handing over any chemical weapons his government possesses, Russia quickly seconded the motion, and Assad agreed to it. Just as quickly, aparently panicked ... More >>
The Other Super Power Is Winning
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 11:47 am | David Swanson
It's not Russia. It's not al Qaeda. It's not Bashar al-Assad. The other super power is the people of the world -- and the people of, but not by or for, the United States. The world's people are protesting. More >>
This War Too Is A Lie
Monday, 9 September 2013, 11:33 am | David Swanson
Some smart people thought, and perhaps some still think, that the 2003-2011 war on Iraq was unique in that it was promoted with the use of blatant lies. When I'd researched dozens of other wars and failed to find one that wasn't based on a foundation of ... More >>
Congressman Robert Hurt (R., Va.) Not Convinced on Syria
Friday, 6 September 2013, 11:38 am | David Swanson
Here in rural Virginia, we switch between Democrats and Republicans, but they all vote for war ... until now. Our recently unseated Congress member, Tom Periello, is rallying humanitarian warriors to bomb nations because we care. His replacement, ... More >>
A Modest Proposal for Syria (Satire)
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 12:45 pm | David Swanson
It is a melancholy object to those who view videos of Damascus, when they see the streets, the roads, and doorways, crowded with the bodies of those reportedly killed with the wrong weapons by the wrong people. More >>
Who the Missiles Will Hurt
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 3:21 pm | David Swanson
Believe it or not -- after John McCain played video games on his phone during a hearing on bombing Syria, and Eleanor Holmes Norton said she'd only vote to bomb Syria out of loyalty to Obama -- there are decent people in the United States government who ... More >>
