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He Didn't Leave Government Service, It Left Him
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 9:34 am | David Swanson
Whistleblowing takes many forms but almost always involves the disillusionment of an insider with the nature of what he or she is inside. Leaking secret documents exposing dramatic crimes and abuses is one way to blow a whistle. Another, equally ... More >>
David Swanson: Wars Are Not Fought on Battlefields
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 12:46 pm | David Swanson
We talk of sending soldiers off to fight on battlefields. The word 'battlefield' appears in millions, possibly billions, of news stories about our wars. And the term conveys to many of us a location in which soldiers fight other soldiers. We don't ... More >>
How Is Bradley Manning Really Being Treated?
Sunday, 16 January 2011, 1:56 pm | David Swanson
How Is Bradley Manning Really Being Treated? http://warisacrime.org/node/56250 By David Swanson More >>
David Swanson: What Eisenhower Got Wrong
Friday, 14 January 2011, 11:34 am | David Swanson
Fifty years ago this Monday, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address in which he famously warned of the dangers of influence on our government by the "military industrial complex." Our current Secretary of War, Robert Gates, has proposed ... More >>
What Do Afghans Think of the War? Ask Them!
Sunday, 2 January 2011, 12:38 pm | David Swanson
What Do Afghans Think of the War? Ask Them! http://warisacrime.org/node/56089 By David Swanson More >>
David Swanson: Is Warmaking Irrational?
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 1:22 pm | David Swanson
Most of what we're told about wars is not true, and many of the real reasons for wars are easily discovered: economic reasons, control of domestic populations, control of resources like oil, extension of empire, profiteering by the weapons industry, ... More >>
Wars Are Not Prolonged For the Good of Soldiers
Friday, 3 December 2010, 3:47 pm | David Swanson
We learn a lot about the real motives for wars when whistleblowers leak the minutes of secret meetings, or when congressional committees publish the records of hearings decades later. War planners write books. They make movies. They face investigations. ... More >>
Why New Evidence Demands End to Wars
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 12:51 pm | David Swanson
While only a tiny fraction of the U.S. diplomatic cables scheduled for publication by Wikileaks have thus far been made available, some conclusions can already be drawn. These cables and the Iraq and Afghan War Diaries provide an opportunity for Americans ... More >>
Swanson: "'Freedom Watch' Threw a War and Nobody Came"
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 10:56 am | David Swanson
The Neoconservatives, despite wandering in the wilderness after their Iraq debacle, are trying to keep the dream of serial wars in the Middle East alive. Freedom Watch and the Foundation for Democracy in Iran sponsored a National Press Club event on ... More >>
"Stop These Wars or We'll Fill Your Jails"
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 10:37 am | David Swanson
Here's an easy question: would you rather go to jail for a few hours with a bunch of friends or die? Here's a poorly kept secret: the wars that a majority of Americans want ended are not ending, and the war machine that a majority of Americans want ... More >>
Freedom Watch' Threw a War and Nobody Came
Monday, 29 November 2010, 3:36 pm | David Swanson
The Neoconservatives, despite wandering in the wilderness after their Iraq debacle, are trying to keep the dream of serial wars in the Middle East alive. Freedom Watch and the Foundation for Democracy in Iran sponsored a National Press Club event on ... More >>
The New War Congress: An Obama-Republican War Alliance?
Monday, 22 November 2010, 1:24 pm | David Swanson
To understand just how bad the 112th Congress, elected on November 2nd and taking office on January 3rd, is likely to be for peace on Earth, one has to understand how incredibly awful the 110th and 111th Congresses have been during the past four ... More >>
David Swanson: The Bush LIE-Bury Lacks Shovels
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 2:38 pm | David Swanson
Thanks to Leslie and everyone else for letting me help with the http://thepeoplesresponse.org website and for letting me speak by Skype. Not that I don't enjoy being strip-searched and treated as a terrorist for the good of my crumbling empire as much as the next ... More >>
Open Letter to Congress on Veterans Day 2010
Monday, 15 November 2010, 9:42 am | David Swanson
We write to you on Veterans Day 2010, and just weeks before the expected appearance of a report from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, to urge you to consider a change of course from the skyrocketing military spending that ... More >>
This New 1994 Could Have Been 1974
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 3:57 pm | David Swanson
If the Democrats had used 2009 and 2010 to end the wars and prosecute Bush and Cheney, not to mention Wall Street, for their crimes; put prisoners on trial or free them; expose and hold accountable those behind the torture, warrantless spying, assassinations, ... More >>
David Swanson: A Tale of Two Tribes
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 3:03 pm | David Swanson
On Friday evening, Charlottesville, Virginia's liberals were lined up the length of the pedestrian street known as the Downtown Mall waiting to get into an event with President Obama and Congressman Tom Perriello. Meanwhile the rightwingers (or ... More >>
Virginia's Koch Royalty
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 12:01 pm | David Swanson
While most of us Virginians don't feel we have a tight grip of control over our national government, Virginia's Koch Royalty have a very different perspective. While many states are completely unrepresented at the Koch Brothers' gatherings that determine ... More >>
Rule of Law Is Alive and Well Outside the US
Friday, 15 October 2010, 9:54 am | David Swanson
The World Justice Project on Thursday published a "Rule of Law Index," and there's no easy way to say this. Let me put it this way: as when rankings on education, infant mortality, work hours, lifespan, retirement security, health, environmental impact, ... More >>
David Swanson: The Book the Pentagon Burned
Monday, 4 October 2010, 10:49 am | David Swanson
The Pentagon spent $50,000 of our money to buy up the first edition of "Operation Dark Heart" by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and destroy every copy. The second printing has lots of words blacked out. Wikileaks claims to have a first edition, but hasn't ... More >>
Progressives Take Over Capitol Hill
Saturday, 2 October 2010, 11:55 am | David Swanson
The truth is that PDA is using the House Judiciary Committee's hearing room as headquarters today, It was packed this morning with congress members, staffers, and activists. We're passing out posters for tomorrow's rally too. More >>
