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David Swanson: Presidential Candidates Diverge
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 7:24 pm | David Swanson
There are now two types of Democratic presidential candidates, the ones who promise to end the occupation of Iraq, and the ones who say they may very well keep it going for another four years. More >>
David Swanson: And the good news...
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 7:05 pm | David Swanson
On Iran: The Worst Two Paragraphs Were Taken Out of the Antagonize Iran Amendment Before the Vote. This makes it a little less horrendous. This roll call differs from the one posted earlier. According to this count, these senators voted against the ... More >>
David Swanson: Whistleblowers on Tape
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 4:33 pm | David Swanson
While they may not be in Congress, there are members of our government willing to risk their careers and more to blow the whistle on the criminal takeover of our former democracy. One of them is Sam Provance. More >>
David Swanson: Now What?
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 3:50 pm | David Swanson
The House approved billions more dollars to extend the occupation of Iraq a couple of more months and also joined the Senate in passing a condemnation of an activist group for telling the truth about a lying warmongering general. More >>
Staying In Iraq, Heading Into Iran
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 3:32 pm | David Swanson
All but 14 members of the House today voted billions more for occupying Iraq. The vote was on a Continuing Resolution that will extend fiscal year 2007 spending at the same levels for 7 weeks into fiscal year 2008. The bill also condemned MoveOn.org ... More >>
Observing Our Government Through Blackwater
Friday, 28 September 2007, 1:40 pm | David Swanson
Jeremy Scahill, author of a terrific book on the Blackwater mercenary army, spoke in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Tuesday to a packed hall. He took questions at the end, and one man asked something to the effect of "Why does the government want to ... More >>
David Swanson: Peace and Hillary Clinton
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 12:45 am | David Swanson
This past Sunday, crime thriller author John Grisham hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in my town. I talked with a lot of the people attending. Some said they supported Clinton because they wanted to keep troops in Iraq. But most were there because they ... More >>
David Swanson: Telling the Truth
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 11:42 pm | David Swanson
Sam Provance exposed the torture in Abu Ghraib and as thanks had his career ruined, was threatened with prison, has had his wife leave him, and is now barely scraping by. He said Thursday evening that on a personal level his choice to speak out was ... More >>
David Swanson: Corpse's Point of View
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 11:07 pm | David Swanson
From the point of view of a corpse, Thursday's die-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol was overwhelming and diminishing. I was one of twenty some corpses lying dead in a river of blood in front of police and tourists and a color guard of Iraq veterans. ... More >>
Iraq Moratorium Day / Intl. Day of Peace
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 2:09 pm | David Swanson
[Note: it says this is open to the public, but if you contact the staffer listed below he'll tell you that they will only allow people holding capitol hill press passes to use laptops. Token members of the public can cram in the back of the room ... More >>
Get Out of the Valley of Elah
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 2:04 pm | David Swanson
I spent a day meeting with Congress Members and their staffers, urging them to end the occupation of Iraq, and having them tell me they would never "defund our troops." In the evening I watched Paul Haggis's new film "In the Valley of Elah." I walked ... More >>
David Swanson: Kerry's Sense of Timing
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 8:30 pm | David Swanson
As police officers were torturing a University of Florida student with a taser in the back of a lecture hall as punishment for asking inconvenient questions of Senator John Kerry, the Senator chose not to order them to stop. Rather he calmly mumbled ... More >>
The Best President Money Can Buy
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 8:12 pm | David Swanson
I was invited to speak on a (foreign, of course) television show about the money that U.S. presidential candidates are accepting and how it affects them, so I took a look at the latest numbers on OpenSecrets.org. The television producers only wanted ... More >>
Is Peace or Impeachment Possible?
Monday, 17 September 2007, 8:10 pm | David Swanson
Remarks at September 15, 2007, impeachment rally in Miami, Fla., organized by www.floridaimpeach.org ] It's great to see such a crowd and so many groups represented. I especially want to thank Veterans for Peace. Dave Cline was a great leader and will be badly missed. ... More >>
Iraq: the People's Report
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 7:52 pm | David Swanson
United for Peace and Justice, the country's largest anti-war coalition, has produced an assessment of the situation on the ground in Iraq that contrasts sharply with the projected conclusions of the so-called Petraeus Report – actually written within ... More >>
The Obama-Edwards Ticket
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:33 pm | David Swanson
A top priority for progressives regarding next year's presidential election should be convincing Barack Obama and John Edwards to join forces as a ticket and defeat Hillary Clinton. More >>
Questions for General Petraeus
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:32 pm | David Swanson
Are you aware that the President is required by law to submit a written report on progress in Iraq to this Congress by September 15th? Have you been or do you expect to be involved in the preparation of that report? More >>
David Swanson: Betray Us Report
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 9:27 pm | David Swanson
"Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning..." More >>
Get Out of the Valley of Elah
Friday, 7 September 2007, 10:57 am | David Swanson
I spent a day meeting with Congress Members and their staffers, urging them to end the occupation of Iraq, and having them tell me they would never "defund our troops." In the evening I watched Paul Haggis's new film "In the Valley ... More >>
David Swanson: Worlds Apart
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 3:33 pm | David Swanson
The other day I wrote a column that no corporate newspaper would ever dream of printing, but submitted it to all of them anyway in hopes it might jar something loose. The Editorial Page Editor of Barron's Weekly wrote me back to disagree with my column, ... More >>
