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Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 5:28 pm | David Swanson
A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa. Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors, of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, ... More >>
The State of Obama's 2008 Promises
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 5:20 pm | David Swanson
Presidential candidate Barack Obama won the Democratic primary last time around largely on the strength of his extremely limited and inconsistent opposition to the war on Iraq. Then he chose as his running mate Senator Joe Biden, a man who had led ... More >>
How Newt Gingrich Saved the Military Industrial Complex
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 5:09 pm | David Swanson
The idea of economic conversion, of retooling and retraining pieces of the military industrial complex to build what other wealthy nations have (infrastructure, energy, education, etc.) converged with the end of the Cold War two decades back. More >>
David Swanson: Japanese Delegation Wants U.S. Out of Okinawa
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 3:23 pm | David Swanson
A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa. Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors, of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, ... More >>
Booing the Golden Rule
Friday, 20 January 2012, 12:03 pm | David Swanson
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. An important rule to live by. So is this corollary: Friends don't let friends watch presidential primary debates. More >>
David Swanson: Constitutional Amendment for Public Financing
Friday, 20 January 2012, 10:40 am | David Swanson
I recently recommened a comprehensive Constitutional amendment addressing the corruption of our elections. The largest piece of it, largely inspired by an amendment drafted by Russell Simmons, had not been introduced in Congress . . . until now. Congressman ... More >>
Charlottesville, Va., City Council Opposes War on Iran
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 10:19 am | David Swanson
The City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and the University of Virginia, passed on Tuesday evening, January 17, 2012, a resolution believed to be a first in the country, opposing the launching of a war on Iran, as ... More >>
Corporate Personhood Cannot Withstand Organized Persons
Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 6:10 pm | David Swanson
There are many schemes now for undoing the doctrines under which corporations claim constitutional rights and bribery is deemed constitutionally protected "speech." Every single one of these schemes depends on a massive movement of public pressure ... More >>
How Much Is an Earth, and Do You Have One in Extra Large?
Monday, 16 January 2012, 5:35 pm | David Swanson
A new book suggests that "It's the economy, stupid," may be more than political strategy; it may also be the key to environmental sustainability. The book is "Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet," by Kendra Pierre-Louis. More >>
What We Owe to Bertha von Suttner
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 4:51 pm | David Swanson
Just saying her name sounds like a joke: Baroness Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner, Gräfin, née Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. And when she began talking about ending war in mid-nineteenth century Austria it wasn't her name ... More >>
Corporate Personhood Worse, Ending It Easier, Than You Think
Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 5:15 pm | David Swanson
Don't take it from me. Take it from the book being published today that will mainstream the movement to end corporate personhood: "Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do, And What You Can Do About It," by Jeff Clements with ... More >>
Why Not Attack Iran?
Saturday, 7 January 2012, 11:38 am | David Swanson
The push to attack Iran has been on for so long that entire categories of arguments for it (such as that the Iranians are fueling the Iraqi resistance) have come and gone. At DontAttackIran.org we've been collecting the arguments for and against attacking ... More >>
David Swanson: Infiltrating Congress
Monday, 2 January 2012, 11:59 am | David Swanson
I cannot stress sufficiently that we will best move Congress toward peace and justice by keeping it at arm's length and pressuring it without self-censorship, compromise, or entanglement with one or the other of its two branches: the Democratic or Republican. ... More >>
Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve
Monday, 2 January 2012, 11:57 am | David Swanson
These were among the complaints registered the last time this nation had a king: "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. "He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, ... More >>
When a Child Is Abused by a War Veteran
Saturday, 31 December 2011, 1:16 pm | David Swanson
http://warisacrime.org/content/when-child-abused-war-veteran I'm torn between the pleasure of having just read a brilliant and moving first-person stream-of-consciousness account of a true story of one woman's childhood, and the deep sadness that comes ... More >>
Prospects for Peace on Earth
Friday, 23 December 2011, 5:45 pm | David Swanson
This time of year is ideal for reflecting on the miracle of Christmas 1914, that famous temporary truce and friendship between opposing sides in the midst of a war. Here was a new type of slaughter confronted with a new type of humanism, the leading ... More >>
Set Your Doomsday Clock to 11:51
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 12:53 pm | David Swanson
The National Defense Authorization Act is not a leap from democracy to tyranny, but it is another major step on a steady and accelerating decade-long march toward a police state. The doomsday clock of our republic just got noticeably closer to midnight, ... More >>
When Bradley Comes Marching Home
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:08 pm | David Swanson
When Bradley comes marching home again Hurroo, hurroo, When Bradley comes marching home again Hurroo, hurroo, We’ll charge the war makers with their crimes, Put ‘em in the dock, make them pay for those crimes, When the peace is won and Bradley comes ... More >>
We're Playing Nuclear Roulette
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 12:06 pm | David Swanson
The International Forum on Globalization has published the most concise, useful, readable, and damning denunciation of nuclear technology I've seen. And it's available for free as a PDF right here: Nuclear Roulette: The Case Against a "Nuclear Renaissance". More >>
70 Years of Lying About Pearl Harbor
Monday, 5 December 2011, 10:47 am | David Swanson
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's fervent hope for years was that Japan would attack the United States. This would permit the United States (not legally, but politically) to fully enter World War II in Europe, as its president wanted to ... More >>
