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UN Committee Questioning US Recruitment, Killing of Children
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 2:31 pm | David Swanson
Leah Bolger, President of Veterans For Peace, applauded a United Nations Committee this week for raising concerns about the recruitment of children into the U.S. military, the U.S. killing of children in Afghanistan, the U.S. detention and torture of children ... More >>
Talk Nation Radio: Alice Slater on Nuclear Weaponry
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 10:53 am | David Swanson
Talk Nation Radio: Bombs Bursting in Air, Alice Slater on Nuclear Weaponry in the World Today http://davidswanson.org/node/3730 More >>
Veterans For Peace Members Arrested Protesting Drones
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 1:28 pm | David Swanson
Elliott Adams and Nate Lewis, two members of Veterans For Peace, were part of a larger group of 15 activists arrested Thursday at the gate to Hancock Airbase in Syracuse, N.Y., where they held large banners and signs protesting drones for three hours before ... More >>
Oh Say, Maybe We Can't See: Another 4th of July
Friday, 22 June 2012, 2:31 pm | David Swanson
It's just possible that the space of 236 years and a truckload of fireworks are obscuring our vision. It's hard for us to see what should be obvious. Many nations -- including Canada as the nearest example -- have gained their independence without wars. More >>
How Small Abused Nations Could End War
Friday, 22 June 2012, 2:26 pm | David Swanson
An urgent plea to the nations that my nation likes to kick around. The U.S. State Department has a list of the treaties it believes are in force and the United States a party to. On that list one finds this: RENUNCIATION OF WAR: Treaty providing for ... More >>
Contempt on Both Their Houses
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 3:36 pm | David Swanson
Among those who refused to comply with Congressional subpoenas, never mind requests, while George W. Bush was president were: the Department of Justice, the Secretary of State ("not inclined" was Condi's explanation), the Vice President (who preemptively ... More >>
You Mean Muslims Make Art?
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 3:23 pm | David Swanson
When Jesus used a good Samaritan to explain the need to appreciate foreigners, he can be forgiven for not having known that so many Samaritans would later convert to Islam. It's not as if he was omniscient or something! And think of how much he's ... More >>
Klepetromilitatorship
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 3:18 pm | David Swanson
Which came first, the oil business or the war machine that protects it? Who started this madness, the military that consumes so much of the oil or the corporations that distribute and profit from the filthy stuff? More >>
Atlas Drugged: A Review
Monday, 18 June 2012, 4:35 pm | David Swanson
The Florida Sun Sentinel has for many years been rather unique, as a corporate newspaper with a regular columnist who's actually good, and I don't mean just good for the context, but actually worth reading even if the masses of South Florida weren't reading ... More >>
The State of the Anti-War Movement
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 5:33 pm | David Swanson
A magazine asked me this morning for my thoughts on Iraq and the peace movement. What did this war produce? I replied: Over a million human beings killed plus extensive structural and cultural damage amounting to sociocide, which we could have prevented ... More >>
Israel Upside Down
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 12:34 pm | David Swanson
Miko Peled has written a perfect book for people, including Israelis, who have always heard that the Israeli government can do no wrong. The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine is partly an account of the author's father's life. More >>
Second Thoughts on Publicly Displaying 10 Commandments
Monday, 11 June 2012, 3:44 pm | David Swanson
Until now, I've always opposed the idea of posting the 10 Commandments on government buildings. I don't want a theocracy. I don't want religion at all, even separated from government. I'm embarrassed for my species that so many people imagine we haven't ... More >>
The Spread of Sacrifice Zones
Monday, 11 June 2012, 3:26 pm | David Swanson
Chris Hedges' and Joe Sacco's new book, "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," is a treasure. Hedges wrote the plain text. Sacco produced the text-heavy cartoon sections and other illustrations, which even I -- not a big fan of cartoon books -- found ... More >>
Can We Get Along Without Authorities?
Friday, 8 June 2012, 5:31 pm | David Swanson
Some years ago, I watched a screening of a film about Daniel Ellsberg and the release of the Pentagon Papers. The film was shown in the U.S. Capitol, and Ellsberg was present, along with others, to discuss the movie and take questions afterwards. More >>
Charlottesville Passes Resolution Against Citizens United
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 5:28 pm | David Swanson
As of Monday evening, Charlottesville City Council has joined the list of over 250 localities, several state legislatures, 22 state attorneys general, the Supreme Court of Montana, four Supreme Court justices, dozens of Congress members, countless clubs ... More >>
Chris Hayes, Heroes, and Morons
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 4:28 pm | David Swanson
Chris Hayes was driving me crazy, because I was beginning to think I'd need to start watching television. Luckily I've been saved from that fate, it seems. Hayes' comments on MSNBC, for which he has now absurdly apologized, were the type of basic honesty ... More >>
Mitt's Military and Misleading Media
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 4:05 pm | David Swanson
According to Mitt Romney, the world is not safe. Presumably someone somewhere says the world is perfectly safe, and to that person we can all bellow: "Ha! Mitt's right, and you are wrong!" Except that what Mitt seems to mean is all wrong. More >>
Obama's Principles and Will Create Kill List as Test for NYT
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 4:37 pm | David Swanson
The New York Times chose this "terror Tuesday" to publish an article called "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will," a bizarre article that never explains what Obama's principles or will are or even offers any evidence that ... More >>
Why Even Failed Activism Succeeds
Monday, 28 May 2012, 2:45 pm | David Swanson
I enjoy reading histories of past activism, including memoirs by long-time activists, such as Lawrence Wittner's new book, Working for Peace and Justice. Almost every such account includes belated discoveries of the extent to which a government was ... More >>
Chicago: Peace Town
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:29 pm | David Swanson
A huge crowd gathered for several hours and marched for over two miles in the hot sun to oppose NATO and U.S. wars on Sunday in Chicago. Finishing the march outside the NATO meeting, numerous U.S. veterans of current wars denounced their previous ... More >>
