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World War III: Impeach or die.
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 11:36 am | David Swanson
The administration of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is set on a course that leads directly to a third world war. And a third world war leads almost inevitably to most of us dying horrible deaths. And we're not talking about it. More >>
Peace, Injustice and Ron Paul
Monday, 3 September 2007, 11:12 am | David Swanson
If Ron Paul had been president for the past 6 years, a million more Iraqis would be alive, and another 4 million would not be refugees. The world would be a safer place, and Americans would have lost fewer freedoms. More >>
Slavery, Iraq, and Justice Delayed
Monday, 3 September 2007, 12:00 am | David Swanson
The Governor of Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, has just pardoned Gabriel Prosser for leading a slave revolt in Virginia over 200 years ago. Prosser sought to organize thousands of slaves to accomplish the "wholesale massacre" of whites in ... More >>
Conyers Now Says Impeachment is NOT Off His Table
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 1:31 pm | David Swanson
US Congressman John Conyers said in Pontiac, Michigan, on August 28, 2007 that, while Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi may have impeachment off her table, he has NOT put impeachment off HIS table! More >>
Secret to Forcing Compliance With Subpoenas
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 1:17 pm | David Swanson
On April 10th, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for papers and Emails related to the apparently politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys. The deadline passed. The DOJ did not comply. More >>
Cheney Denies Being Human
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:06 am | David Swanson
Every corporate media outlet in the country believes a story that Democrats.com reported months ago is the top news of the day. Here's the Los Angeles Times version: More >>
Honor the Dead, Add No More to Their Number
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 1:51 pm | David Swanson
Honor the Dead, Add No More to Their Number http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/26215 By David Swanson More >>
Rep. Conyers' Latest on Impeachment
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 1:42 pm | David Swanson
AMY GOODMAN: Congressman Conyers, it was interesting to see you at this major rally in Newark on Saturday. About more than a thousand people were there. It was the largest demonstration against war and violence at home for decades in Newark. Now, you spoke ... More >>
Report: US Has Prepared to Attack Iran
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 1:38 pm | David Swanson
Detailed Pentagon plans for a military attack on Iran are far more extensive than has been reported in the U.S., according to top British military analysts. There have been occasional news reports on various strategic bombing options - both conventional ... More >>
National Impeachment Marchers Reach East Coast
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 4:47 pm | David Swanson
Hagerstown MD, -- Three marchers who have walked as far as 1,700 miles in their journey to Washington, D.C., to demand impeachment, arrived in Maryland today on Rte. 16. Three students merged together into one walk against the war and any leader who supports ... More >>
David Swanson: The 18 Percent Congress
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 10:10 am | David Swanson
If you were a member of Congress, wouldn't you behave completely differently from how most members of Congress behave? I mean, if you had not gone through the process required to become a congress member, but just suddenly became one tomorrow, wouldn't ... More >>
David Swanson: Made Love, Got War
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 10:08 am | David Swanson
"Made Love, Got War" is the title of Norman Solomon's latest book, an autobiographical account of the peace and disarmament movements in the United States over the past half century. Better than his other books, I think, this one achieves the level of ... More >>
How Congress Will End the Occupation
Saturday, 18 August 2007, 12:27 am | David Swanson
Public pressure on Congress to end the occupation of Iraq resulted in a fundamental breakthrough on July 19th when 70 congress members sent a letter to the president. The key sentence in the letter was the first one: More >>
David Swanson: More on Conyers from Mark Solomon
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 1:37 pm | David Swanson
The Portside listserve, whose moderators have chosen to send out several articles over the past few weeks criticizing those activists who sat in at Congressman John Conyers' office on July 23rd to demand impeachment, today sent out a lengthy article ... More >>
David Swanson: Resistance of One
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 2:51 pm | David Swanson
There is something else we can try. If you've given up on staging marches and rallies, or if – like me – you haven't but you want to try something else as well, and if you've given up on lobbying Congress as pointless, or if – like me – you haven't ... More >>
David Swanson: Commenting on the Black Commentator
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 1:45 pm | David Swanson
I've been a reader and contributor to the Black Commentator since it began, as well as to the Black Agenda Report, which split off from it. The July 23rd sit-in in Congressman John Conyers' office, in which I took part, has led to quite a brouhaha in both publications. ... More >>
Conyers: Contradictory on Impeachment, Reparations
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 12:33 am | David Swanson
The venerable Rep. John Conyers has long been among the most progressive members of the U.S. House. Now chairman of the Judiciary Committee, where impeachment proceedings must begin, Conyers concurs with Speaker Nancy Pelosi that impeachment is "off ... More >>
Senator Dodd Thinks You're Stupid
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 11:53 am | David Swanson
In a report on a recent discussion between Senator Chris Dodd, Democratic candidate for president, and a group of bloggers, we learn that: More >>
The Dumbest Thing the Washington Post Could Print
Sunday, 5 August 2007, 10:45 pm | David Swanson
The Washington Post today published an article by Michael Tomasky called "The Dumbest Move the Dems Could Make." With a lot of publications, this article itself would have been the dumbest thing they'd ever printed. Of course, we're talking ... More >>
34 Congress Members for Impeachment
Saturday, 4 August 2007, 1:49 pm | David Swanson
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D., Wisconsin) and Congressman Donald Payne (D., N.J.) have signed on as cosponsors of H. Res. 333, a bill proposing articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, according to Congressman Dennis Kucinich's office. ... More >>
