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Kucinich Will Impeach Cheney
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 12:04 am | David Swanson
Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced H.Res. 333 in April to impeach Vice President Cheney for his pre-war lies about Iraq and for threatening an invasion of Iran. And thanks to your heroic grassroots efforts, there are 21 co-sponsors . More >>
Impeachment in NYC
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 3:01 pm | David Swanson
This fall, Culture Project will launch an ambitious and unique new series gathering today's most brilliant and visionary minds to explore and debate the case for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. "A Question ... More >>
David Swanson: Jonesborough Justice
Thursday, 1 November 2007, 8:06 pm | David Swanson
Of the eleven major peace rallies organized around the country by United for Peace and Justice last Saturday the smallest and most unusual took place in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Jonesborough is a town of about 4,000 people in the northeast corner of ... More >>
Depleted Uranium and Depleted Democracy
Sunday, 28 October 2007, 1:22 pm | David Swanson
There are those who think Congress should keep shelling out our grandchildren's money to continue our occupation of Iraq, and there are those who think Congress should pass a bill opposing the occupation. And they are both wrong. Any decent bill on ... More >>
We're Sorry Too, Pete
Sunday, 28 October 2007, 12:56 am | David Swanson
We're at least as sorry as you are, Pete. You can be sure that your apology hurts us more than it hurts you. And it's a safe bet it'll hurt Iraqis and Iranians even more. More >>
Peace Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Monday, 22 October 2007, 12:20 am | David Swanson
If you haven't already, you really should read Chris Hedges' book "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning." The portrait of war and wartime propaganda and emotion is brilliant and deadly accurate. But the headline is misleading. War does not give ... More >>
It Was Never About Children's Health
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 4:30 pm | David Swanson
Beginning last November and ever since, I have repeated a standard conversation with many Congress Members and staffers. It starts out with me urging them to impeach Bush and Cheney. They then stress all their other priorities that this would supposedly ... More >>
U.S. Will Tip Its Hand Before Attacking Iran
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 2:55 pm | David Swanson
If Bush and Cheney attack Iran, we will almost certainly know it's coming. For months prior to the invasion of Iraq, even while the corporate media bombarded us with the pretense that Bush and Cheney had not yet decided on war, other stories further back ... More >>
Dodd Ends Spying, No Senator Will Do Same for War
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 2:51 pm | David Swanson
Senator Chris Dodd on Thursday single-handedly blocked a bill to legalize unconstitutional spying and immunize criminals who have engaged in it. But by doing so, Dodd may have made the biggest blunder Washington has seen in many months. He advertised the fact ... More >>
123 Silent Congress Members
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 2:40 pm | David Swanson
Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary. Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuano; Carson; Christensen; Clay; ... More >>
David Swanson: Ten Silent Senators
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 11:32 am | David Swanson
On June 22, 2005, Democratic Senators Kerry, Johnson, Corzine, Reed, Lautenberg, Boxer, Kennedy, Harkin, Bingaman, and Durbin sent the following letter to the Republican Chairman and Democratic Ranking Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The ... More >>
War Lies Investigation: Rockefeller'll Get to it..
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 12:50 am | David Swanson
A constituent of Senator Jay Rockefeller, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sent his office an article I wrote lamenting his failure to conduct over the past 10 months the investigation of White House war lies that he spent the previous three ... More >>
PNACo Fascism Awareness Week
Monday, 15 October 2007, 10:56 am | David Swanson
During the week of October 22-26, 2007, the nation will be rocked by the biggest conservative campus protest ever – Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, a wake-up call for Americans on 200 university and college campuses. Already over 368 people have ... More >>
David Swanson: Three Stooges Go to Washington
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 3:07 pm | David Swanson
Stooge number one is the honorable Steny Hoyer, whom Bob Fertik at Democrats.com has just awarded the honorific of Stupidest Democrat in History . Hoyer's other title is House Majority Leader, but he cuts deals as if he were in something worse than ... More >>
Constitution, Flag, and Leaving Iraq
Monday, 8 October 2007, 10:08 pm | David Swanson
There have always been those in the antiwar movement who believed that if Congress finally found the nerve to stop funding the occupation of Iraq, Bush and Cheney would actually pull out. Those still clinging to this faith can be found among those who ... More >>
Activists Face Six Months for Anti-War Posters
Sunday, 7 October 2007, 11:16 pm | David Swanson
Washington, D.C.-- Three activists who were arrested at a press conference near Lafayette Park appeared in Washington D.C. Superior Court yesterday where they were given a trial date of January 3, 2008, and face a six-month prison sentence. More >>
Is Marie Cocco Coocoo?
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 11:28 am | David Swanson
Liberal columnist Marie Cocco maintains her progressive positions right up to the point where she might diverge in the slightest from the Democratic leadership in Congress. Last spring she wasn't so noticeable. Most progressive pundits back in ... More >>
Exactly How the Good Guys Finally Won
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 11:22 am | David Swanson
The leaders of today's Congress have made clear through numerous lobby visits that unless we can produce polls that show congressional elections in November 2008 hang on the question of impeachment, nobody's going to be impeached. Bush and Cheney can ... More >>
Bush Honors Man Who Attacked War Opponent
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 12:06 am | David Swanson
Bush Meets With and Honors Man Three Days After He Attacked Gold Star Father By Hannah Johns More >>
Funding War Is Killing Troops
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 7:32 pm | David Swanson
I love books, love to read. Book fairs like the one on the National Mall today are great places to go. I always attend the Los Angeles Times festival on UCLA campus. It is in April. Most of the time, a book fair is a safe place to be, a place to have ... More >>
