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NBC Celebrity Warriors: They barely survived the first week!
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 4:37 pm | David Swanson
If you sat through the two-hour debut of NBC's "Stars Earn Stripes" on Monday, you heard the promotion for next week's show: "They barely survived the first week!" And you thought to yourself: "Uh, no, that was me." More >>
Soldiers Who Refuse to Kill
Friday, 10 August 2012, 3:43 pm | David Swanson
One of the most inspiring events thus far at the Veterans For Peace National Convention underway in Miami was a presentation on Thursday by several veterans who have refused to participate in war. Typically, they have done this at the risk of significant ... More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Hidden History of the War on Iraq and Oil
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 1:30 pm | David Swanson
Greg Muttitt, visiting from the U.K., is the author of a new book on Iraq that is making a lot of news. It's called Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq. Noami Klein calls Muttitt's book "nothing short of a secret history of the ... More >>
Best Southern Corporate Editorial Ever
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 8:45 am | David Swanson
Best Southern Corporate Editorial Ever By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/best-southern-corporate-editorial-ever More >>
Slow Democracy
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 4:53 pm | David Swanson
Susan Clark and Woden Teachout's new book, "Slow Democracy," offers the civil equivalent to slow food. The goal of both is not slowness for its own sake, but quality, health, sustainability, and the pursuit of happiness. More >>
Beyond the Two-State Solution
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 9:34 am | David Swanson
Beyond the Two-State Solution By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/beyond-two-state-solution More >>
We're in another war and we weren't asked
Friday, 3 August 2012, 12:21 pm | David Swanson
President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. So, did the White House leak this patriotically, or did a whistleblower ... More >>
Harry Truman and Memory of Mass Murder
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 1:36 pm | David Swanson
Harry Truman spoke in the U.S. Senate on June 23, 1941: "If we see that Germany is winning," he said, "we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible." More >>
Veterans For Peace National Convention in Miami
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 9:30 am | David Swanson
For Immediate Release - August 1, 2012 Veterans For Peace National Convention in Miami to Feature Alice Walker, Phil Donahue Veterans For Peace will hold its 2012 National Convention in Miami, Fla., August 8-11. The event, which includes speeches, ... More >>
Bahrain: Blackmail Attempts Against Human Rights Activist
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 8:50 am | David Swanson
http://warisacrime.org/content/when-are-you-blackmailed-video-yourself-sleeping-your-wife-when-you-challenge-us-allied-bahr More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Leah Bolger, Veterans for Peace
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 8:43 am | David Swanson
Leah Bolger is the current, and the first female, president of Veterans For Peace, which is holding a national convention in Miami, Fla., August 8-12, 2012. The event is open to the public and speakers include Alice Walker, Phil Donahue, Roy Bourgeois, ... More >>
NBC Invents War-o-tainment
Monday, 30 July 2012, 4:14 pm | David Swanson
If you've watched the Olympics on NBC you've probably seen ads promoting a war-o-tainment reality show cohosted by retired U.S. General Wesley Clark, co-starring Todd Palin, and with no apparent role for reality. More >>
What % of Americans Know Military Spending Is Increasing
Monday, 30 July 2012, 11:51 am | David Swanson
Keep guessing some more, because pollsters are unlikely to ask that question. A year and a half ago, a poll found that Americans drastically underestimate how high U.S. military spending is. More >>
Solution to the Nuclear "Crisis" with Iran is not Sanctions
Friday, 27 July 2012, 10:42 am | David Swanson
Statement of Veterans For Peace: The Solution to the Nuclear "Crisis" with Iran is not Sanctions and War, It is a Middle East Free of All Nuclear Weapons We are once again on the verge of another disastrous war in the Middle East. The ... More >>
Talk Nation Radio: U.S. Citizenry Particularly Inactive
Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 11:16 am | David Swanson
Clinical psychologist Bruce Levine says the U.S. public is particularly inactive. Levine explains how we got this way, and how we might be cured. Levine is the author of Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the ... More >>
Minnesota Town Bans Signs in Yards Unless They're Pro-War
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 3:39 pm | David Swanson
At a festival called Peacestock in Wisconsin last weekend, I met a woman who lives in Little Falls, Minnesota. That city had forced her to take down signs in her own yard, signs that said "Occupy Wall Street," "Back the 99 Percent" and "Boycott Monsanto." More >>
Talk Nation Radio: U.S. Poverty Is Expanding and Worsening
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 11:28 am | David Swanson
Talk Nation Radio: U.S. Poverty Is Expanding and Worsening Poverty in the United States is surrounded by myths and misunderstanding. Poverty is expanding, and extreme poverty is expanding. The social safety net is retracting. Congress has just slashed ... More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Israeli General's Son Meets Palestinians
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 11:38 am | David Swanson
What happens when an Israeli from a Zionist military family meets Palestinians and hears their side of the story? Miko Peled was brought around to researching the history of Israel and of his own family. His grandfather signed Israel's Declaration of Independence. ... More >>
Abolishing War: One Last Step
Monday, 16 July 2012, 2:53 pm | David Swanson
Almost our entire population claims to favor peace. At least three quarters of us favor getting the U.S. military out of Afghanistan and ending that particular war, which by the way isn't ending. When carefully surveyed and shown what the federal ... More >>
Should Military Use Our $$ to Sponsor NASCAR Teams?
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 4:13 pm | David Swanson
Is the ideal military recruit an independent thinker who refuses illegal orders, an obedient automaton who does anything he's told, or a vicious sadist eager to rape and kill? Is courage more important or strength? Does it make the slightest difference ... More >>
