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How Should The West Engage With the Muslim World?
Monday, 13 June 2011, 3:20 pm | David Swanson
I don't know about the West, but I have some thoughts on the United States. I recently flew from California to Washington, D.C., and when the plane landed, the pilot came on the intercom to tell everyone to celebrate: our government had killed Osama bin ... More >>
The Antiwar Movement 10 Years On
Monday, 13 June 2011, 1:40 pm | David Swanson
I want to thank the Stop the War Coalition and Lindsey German in particular for having invited me here, and for having invited me to a similar conference five years ago. Maybe in 2016 we can meet under better circumstances. More >>
What If Britain Drops Out of All US Wars?
Monday, 13 June 2011, 12:58 pm | David Swanson
Before long public pressure might just lead Britain to drop out of participation in US wars, a move that would seriously damage future pretenses of acting as an international coalition. More >>
Imperialism in the 21st Century
Monday, 13 June 2011, 12:25 pm | David Swanson
Remarks from a session at the Stop the War Coalition's June 11, 2011, conference in London on "Afghanistan and the War on Terror: 10 Years On." I want to thank the Stop the War Coalition and Lindsey German in particular for having invited me here. ... More >>
What If Britain Drops Out of All US Wars?
Monday, 13 June 2011, 12:12 pm | David Swanson
LONDON -- Before long public pressure might just lead Britain to drop out of participation in US wars, a move that would seriously damage future pretenses of acting as an international coalition. More >>
Poverty Is A Lie
Friday, 3 June 2011, 4:39 pm | David Swanson
Yes, yes, poverty exists, just as war does, and the two feed off each other. When I titled a book "War Is A Lie" I meant that the justifications offered for wars were false and that the idea that we must always have wars is false. Our government doesn't ... More >>
Boehner Repairs Constitution Using Spray-on Suntan
Friday, 3 June 2011, 4:35 pm | David Swanson
Speaker of the House John Boehner is expected to bring to a vote on Friday a remarkable resolution called H. Res. 292. This document restores a damaged U.S. Constitution to its full glory in much the way that a spray-on sunless tanning product could restore ... More >>
Our New Iraq-Afghanistan War National Holiday
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 3:49 pm | David Swanson
Memorial Day is nice, I suppose. Veterans Day is all right. Patriots Day can be fun. Yellow Ribbon Day's not bad. But you will be pleased to hear that on Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted, in pure bipartisan harmony, to add ... More >>
Our New Iraq-Afghanistan War National Holiday
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 11:33 am | David Swanson
Memorial Day is nice, I suppose. Veterans Day is all right. Patriots Day can be fun. Yellow Ribbon Day's not bad. But you will be pleased to hear that on Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted, in pure bipartisan harmony, to add ... More >>
Liveblogging the Vote on Eternal Worldwide War
Friday, 27 May 2011, 1:36 pm | David Swanson
The House backs eternal worldwide war and imprisonment powers for all future presidents, but blocks any ground troops in Libya (except for the ones already there, presumably). It also unanimously creates a new national holiday to celebrate the Iraq and Afghanistan ... More >>
Obama Opposed to Being Given Total War Power
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:46 pm | David Swanson
The White House has put out a statement expressing its disapproval of various bits of H.R.1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. More >>
The Small Group of Committed Citizens Has Been Drugged
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 3:14 pm | David Swanson
Movements for justice have historically been driven by a small percentage of any population. One percent of Americans nonviolently occupying Washington, D.C., could make Cairo and Madison and Madrid look like warm-up acts. It is certainly true that ... More >>
Republicans in Congress to Crown Obama King
Friday, 20 May 2011, 11:45 am | David Swanson
In what will come as a shock to the Tea Party and yet probably not rival the recent royal wedding in London for viewership, Republican Congressman Buck McKeon and Republican Senator John McCain plan to crown President Barack Obama King of America. More >>
60 More Days in Libya: Obama Does Bush Lawyers Proud
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:20 am | David Swanson
Now we know why Obama has gone to such outrageous lengths to keep Bush's lawyers out of prison, claiming powers of secrecy and immunity beyond Cheney's wildest dreams and pressuring foreign nations to clamp down on any outbreaks of law enforcement. More >>
Of Humans and Rights
Monday, 16 May 2011, 3:50 pm | David Swanson
U.S. newspapers sometimes print what they call the total death count from one or more of our wars, and all the dead who are listed are Americans. They aren't all the Americans. They don't include contractors or suicides or various other categories ... More >>
United Airlines Apologises for Celebrating the OBL Killing
Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:34 am | David Swanson
When a United Airlines pilot of a flight I was on celebrated the killing of Osama bin Laden, and I blogged about it, my friend Emily Levy urged me to complain to the airline. So I did. Here's their response, followed by what I had sent them. More >>
Harvey Wasserman on How We'll Survive and Win
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 12:33 pm | David Swanson
DAVID SWANSON: Okay, we’re recording, this is David Swanson, I’m speaking with Harvey Wasserman, long time wonderful activist, author, author among other of wonderful books of "Solartopia," and Harvey, you were emailing me yesterday a little bit about ... More >>
NY Times Takes on Pentagon Spending
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 1:54 pm | David Swanson
The New York Times has posted seven super-short columns on how to cut the U.S. military. All seven seem to support cutting the military in one way or another. That's excellent, and I don't mean to complain, but . . . . More >>
This World and the World Without War
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 1:51 pm | David Swanson
The New York Times published an op-ed on May 7th by a professor here in Charlottesville, Va., arguing that celebrating the killing of Osama bin Laden is actually a good thing, because in so celebrating we are building solidarity with those we view as part of ... More >>
What Osama bin Laden, Troy Davis, and You Have in Common
Friday, 6 May 2011, 1:52 pm | David Swanson
So, the United States invaded Mexico, lied about it, killed, raped, pillaged, and stole half the country for the cause of expanding slavery in our growing continental empire. Then a devastated rump Mexico was invaded by the French who wanted their ... More >>
