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About the Untold History of the United States

Monday, 12 November 2012, 12:05 pm | David Swanson

Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznik have produced a phenomenally great book of U.S. history, and an accompanying television series premiering on Showtime on Monday. Having just read half the book and having watched an advance copy of the first episode, my conclusion ... More >>

Is Our Deepest Desire to Die?

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 1:01 pm | David Swanson

Our so-called self-government rarely agrees with what we tell pollsters, and yet it does what it does with our acceptance. We may have fallen for the pretense that we're powerless. Our ignorance and xenophobia should never be underestimated as explanations ... More >>

Military Commander Gets Court Order to Protect Himself

Monday, 29 October 2012, 11:27 am | David Swanson

By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/military-commander-gets-court-order-protect-himself-peace-activists More >>

John Kerry Must Speak Out on 2004 Election Theft Now

Monday, 29 October 2012, 11:19 am | David Swanson

The presidential election of 2004 left much to be desired. Millions of votes were suppressed, and the evidence is overwhelming that votes were flipped by interested parties. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman summarize: "The widespread use of electronic ... More >>

Talk Nation Radio: Green Presidential Nominee Jill Stein

Friday, 26 October 2012, 4:16 pm | David Swanson

Talk Nation Radio: Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein http://davidswanson.org/talknationradio Jill Stein is the Green Party's nominee for president. We discuss her platform and her campaign. Total run time: 29:00 Host: David Swanson. Producer: David Swanson. ... More >>

There's a Real Debate with Debating in It Next Tuesday

Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 12:04 pm | David Swanson

On Tuesday, October 23rd, 9 p.m. ET, there will be a different sort of presidential debate. It'll be in Chicago, hosted by http://freeandequal.org and I'll be there in Chicago covering it for Al Jazeera. Six candidates have been invited to participate, ... More >>

Nothing More Evil

Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 9:41 am | David Swanson

A writer at the Atlantic named Conor Friedersdorf recently noted the level of evil many have been brought to support: More >>

Lies, Damn Lies, and Nuclear Lies

Thursday, 27 September 2012, 5:22 pm | David Swanson

Our government likes to lie to us about nuclear weapons. This poor impoverished nation halfway around the world is about to nuke us. No, that one is. The result, of course, is mass murder. But there's another result potentially even worse. More >>

Talk Nation Radio: Comedy as Political Force

Thursday, 27 September 2012, 8:20 am | David Swanson

Lee Camp is a comedian / political commentator / online video ranter extraordinaire. In the edition of Talk Nation Radio, we sample his rants and discuss with him the development and political value of his medium. For more see http://leecamp.net More >>

Italy 1, CIA Torturers 0

Friday, 21 September 2012, 4:43 pm | David Swanson

Forza Italia! After years of appeals, Italy's highest court has upheld the conviction of 23 Americans involved in a CIA kidnapping of a man off the street in Milan, whom the CIA shipped to Egypt to be brutally tortured. This ruling could result in Italy ... More >>

Funding Teachers Doesn't Get Embassies Attacked

Friday, 14 September 2012, 11:59 am | David Swanson

We're not out of money. We've stopped taxing billionaires and corporations, and we're funding war-preparation so generously that we're sparking a global arms race that will eventually generate some enemies with which to justify the war preparation ... ... More >>

Talk Nation Radio: Political Theater in the West Bank

Friday, 14 September 2012, 11:49 am | David Swanson

The Freedom Theater in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank produces politically engaged theater and is under assault by both the Israeli military and the Palestinian Authority. We speak about theater as therapy and theater as an alternative to violence ... More >>

The Method to the Post 9/11 Madness

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 12:39 pm | David Swanson

To your average educated careful consumer of U.S. news media, our militarism looks like ad hoc reactionary responses. A crisis flares up here. We "intervene" there. An irrational foreign dictator threatens the peace over yonder. We get into wars ... More >>

Writing Down Rants

Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:54 pm | David Swanson

In an age when the "conservative" political party cracks jokes about the destruction of the only planet we have to live on, and the other party -- which actually holds that 90% of governing power that now resides in the White House -- gets a free pass ... More >>

Obamobedience

Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:32 pm | David Swanson

Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine spoke prior to Obama's speech on Wednesday in Charlottesville, Va. He had praise for anyone signing up to go to war in Afghanistan. "We can still put our positive thumbprint on that nation," he said, to wild cheers. More >>

Entrepreneur in Empire State Saves World Economy

Monday, 27 August 2012, 12:16 pm | David Swanson

No joke. A little innovative thinking and economic calculation, and someone has come up with a model in Niagara Falls that could restore the U.S. economy and every economy influenced by it, not to mention the natural environment and what's left of our miserable ... More >>

A Forgotten RNC

Monday, 27 August 2012, 12:06 pm | David Swanson

The acceptance speech of the Republican candidate for U.S. president in 1924 would have made a dramatic improvement on President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech of 2009. The 1924 speech was given by the incumbent president who would go ... More >>