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Wartime U.S. Travelogue
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:40 pm | David Swanson
In Washington Dulles airport I noticed a large advertisement. I'd seen it before and not paid attention. (No doubt that's why they saturate public space with the things.) It showed a woman's face with the words: "A car crash in California almost ... More >>
Nobel Peace Laureate Says Syrians Oppose Intervention
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 11:15 am | David Swanson
Mairead Maguire, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks about here recent trip to Lebanon and Syria, where she met with refugees, combatants, members of the opposition, and members of the government. She found that supporters and opponents ... More >>
Sequester Optionally Applied Only to Good Things
Saturday, 29 June 2013, 12:47 pm | David Swanson
Spending cuts have been applied by Congress to both military and non-military spending. More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Peter Kuznick Tells Untold History of US
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 11:35 am | David Swanson
Peter Kuznick is an associate professor of history at American University. Together with Oliver Stone he has authored The Untold History of the United States, and the series by the same name airing on Showtime. More >>
US Has a Representative Government: The Conference of Mayors
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 4:17 pm | David Swanson
Congress can't break 10 percent approval. Obama's arms shipments to Syria just crack 10 percent, with 11 percent approval. Over 80 percent of Americans in more polls than I can count say over and over again that the government is broken and does not ... More >>
Prisons Full of Innocents
Friday, 21 June 2013, 3:17 pm | David Swanson
There are probably more innocent men and women in prison in the United States now than there were people in prison here total -- innocent and guilty -- 30 years ago, or than there are total people in prison (proportionately or as an absolute number) ... More >>
10 Problems with the Latest Excuse for War
Friday, 21 June 2013, 3:09 pm | David Swanson
If you own a television or read a newspaper you've probably heard that we need another war because the Syrian government used chemical weapons. If you own a computer and know where to look you've probably heard that there isn't actually any evidence for ... More >>
Drones for Christ: Jerry Falwell's University
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:28 am | David Swanson
Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., was founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell. Its publications carry the slogan “Training Champions for Christ since 1971.” Some of those champions are now being trained to pilot armed drones, and others to ... More >>
It's the Ownership
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 11:07 am | David Swanson
If you're like me you've read several books that list inspiring examples of worker owned businesses and co-ops, suggesting that expanding on such models might begin to right the wrongs of an incredibly unequal society that is growing even more unequal ... More >>
Syria: Pros and Cons
Monday, 17 June 2013, 2:43 pm | David Swanson
Mr. President, if I were a professional con artist paid to give you the pros and cons on engaging in a war in Syria, here's what they would be: As you know, former president Clinton, probably understood by many to also be speaking on behalf of his ... More >>
A Built-In Cure for War
Friday, 14 June 2013, 2:51 pm | David Swanson
Erin Niemela's recent proposal that we amend the Constitution to ban war is provocative and persuasive. Count me in. But I have a related idea that I think should be tried first. More >>
NSA Whistleblowing a Strong Tradition
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 1:17 pm | David Swanson
On July 1, 2007, I posted the following report on a then-new NSA whistleblower, a story later repeatedly "broken" by ABC News, Democracy Now! James Bamford, and others. Thomas Drake, Edward Snowden, and NSA whistleblowers whose names we've learned are ... More >>
Over 30,000 Sign Thank-You Note to Edward Snowden
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 1:00 pm | David Swanson
Already over 30,000 people have signed a thank-you note to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden at SupportEdwardSnowden.org. The note reads: "We thank Edward Snowden for his principled and courageous actions as a whistleblower, informing the public about ... More >>
Not Impeaching Bush Is Sure Paying Off!
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 11:15 am | David Swanson
Many loyal Republicans opposed impeaching George W. Bush. So did most liberal and progressive activist groups, labor unions, peace organizations, churches, media outlets, journalists, pundits, organizers, and bloggers, not to mention most Democratic members ... More >>
How the Pentagon Removes Entire Peoples
Friday, 7 June 2013, 11:32 am | David Swanson
If we think at all about our government's military depopulating territory that it desires, we usually think of the long-ago replacement of native Americans with new settlements during the continental expansion of the United States westward. More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Guantanamo Is Getting Worse
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 12:37 pm | David Swanson
Jason Leopold writes for Al Jazeera. Leopold, just back from Guantanamo, says that since President Obama's speech, no one has been freed, no one has quit hunger striking, and the number of people being force-fed has increased. More >>
Dirty Wars: An Anti-War Blockbuster
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 6:28 pm | David Swanson
There's no end to the pro-war movies we're subjected to: countless celebrations of bombs, guns, and torture. They come in the form of cartoons, science-fiction, historical fiction, dramas, and reenactments pre-censored by the CIA. Movies show us the excitement ... More >>
Memorial Day THIS
Monday, 27 May 2013, 12:38 pm | David Swanson
Imagine if at some point during the 1990s or 1980s the President of the United States had given a speech. And this was his speech: My fellow Americans, I've been regularly shooting missiles into people's houses in several countries. I've wiped out families. More >>
Obama Promises His Speech Will End Some Day
Friday, 24 May 2013, 11:41 am | David Swanson
President Obama is expected to announce that the eternal war on the world will have an end. When? He won't say. I too have an announcement. I promise my drinking problem will end some day. When? I'm not saying. But the celebrations of the armistice in ... More >>
Connecticut Advances Conversion from War to Peace Economy
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:19 am | David Swanson
The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things: "the diversification or conversion of defense-related industries with an emphasis on encouraging environmentally-sustainable ... More >>
