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Richardson and Gravel on Take Back America
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 11:19 am | David Swanson
Richardson and Gravel Take on the Take Back America Conference By David Swanson http://afterdowningstreet.org More >>
Obama Takes Over the Take Back America Conference
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 11:01 am | David Swanson
Obama got a packed house and huge applause before saying anything about what he would do as president. For a while it was all about the influence of lobbyists in Washington, the tragedy of Katrina, the tragedy of Iraq, the need for a politics of the people, ... More >>
We've Started Taking Back America
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 10:49 am | David Swanson
The fifth annual Take Back America Conference began this morning with a press conference at which Bob Borosage of Campaign for America's Future, Karen Ackerman of the AFL-CIO, Eli Pariser of MoveOn, Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood, Brad Woodhouse of Americans ... More >>
Impeachment FAQ
Monday, 18 June 2007, 1:54 pm | David Swanson
Why would we want a President Cheney? Or why would we want a new Republican who could run as an incumbent? Or why would we want a President Pelosi? We propose impeaching Cheney first or together with Bush. The first Articles of Impeachment to be introduced ... More >>
Father's Day, Peace, and Masculinity
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 12:03 am | David Swanson
The most creative, energetic, and effective peace activists in the United States right now are women organized explicitly as "CODE PINK: Women for Peace." While CODE PINK welcomes the participation of men (and when I'm in DC I stay at the ... More >>
Senator Joe Lieberman to Meet with Peace Activists
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 4:32 pm | David Swanson
CODE PINK and other activists will be meeting with Senator Joe Lieberman (D., Pentagon) on Thursday June 14th at 4:30 pm in his Washington D.C. office (706 Hart) to talk about Iran. More >>
Senator Joe Lieberman to Meet with Peace Activists
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 4:32 pm | David Swanson
CODE PINK and other activists will be meeting with Senator Joe Lieberman (D., Pentagon) on Thursday June 14th at 4:30 pm in his Washington D.C. office (706 Hart) to talk about Iran. More >>
David Swanson: War Opposition Made Easy
Monday, 11 June 2007, 2:38 pm | David Swanson
The new film "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" makes arguing against wars easy. If you get into a debate about war, just make the points made so clearly in this film, or - better yet - convince a war supporter to ... More >>
David Swanson: Ritter's Repudiation Ritual
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 11:46 am | David Swanson
In March 2006, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter posted an article online proposing that the antiwar movement learn techniques from warriors. Ritter developed the article into the recently released book "Waging Peace: The Art of War for the ... More >>
Iraq, Cowboys, and the Enormity of 18 Months
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 11:23 am | David Swanson
Eighteen months ago Congressman John Murtha and other pro-war Democrats had not yet developed even a muddled half-hearted opposition to the occupation of Iraq, Joe Lieberman had not lost a primary, MoveOn.org and the Center for American Progress were pretending ... More >>
Iraqi Electrical Utility Union President Interview
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 12:55 am | David Swanson
Hussein: Let me tell you the opinion of the people. Swanson: Yes, please. Hussein: It is as simple as this sentence: America came for the oil. They are all excuses. It was possible they could have removed Saddam Hussein in the first war, but he actually ... More >>
David Swanson: Better Than Calling Congress
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 12:55 am | David Swanson
Americans should keep lobbying Congress to end the occupation of Iraq, but should also try lobbying the Iraqi government, which appears more open to listening. More >>
Seven Congress Members for Impeachment
Saturday, 9 June 2007, 8:33 pm | David Swanson
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has joined Lynn Woolsey, the other Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Congress Members Yvette Clarke, Jan Schakowsky, William Lacy Clay, Albert Wynn, ... More >>
David Swanson: Is Our Peace Activists Learning?
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 2:39 pm | David Swanson
Over the past two months of repeated Congressional votes to fund the occupation of Iraq, culminating in President Bush's signing the bill last Friday, what – if anything – have we learned? Have we learned anything about individuals or political parties ... More >>
David Swanson: The Holy Occupation of Iraq
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 2:35 pm | David Swanson
I picked up a pamphlet the other day that said "Just for You" at the top, so I assumed it was just for me. Much of the front page contained an image of soldiers marching, and next to them the words "What's your exit strategy?" That's easy, I thought. Impeachment, ... More >>
Swanson: New Senate Report Is Worst Betrayal Yet
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 11:23 am | David Swanson
Here it is, yawn, on the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend and on the day after a war debate in Congress, all 229 pages of it, and as riveting as a phone book: the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Bush and Cheney's war lies: http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf ... More >>
David Swanson: Congress Licks Bush's Shoes
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:53 am | David Swanson
Here's how I started out thinking this morning, before the House voted: As illustrated in this graphic by Chris Jeffries, the Dems have surrendered. They've surrendered to Bush and Cheney and abandoned our troops to remaining in Iraq to kill, die, and ... More >>
Swanson: Live Blogging House War Funding Debate
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:42 am | David Swanson
Rule, to try to hide the war vote (this is what David Sirota claims will happen). If the Republicans vote No because they want an open debate, all of the Democrats except for the handful of them with some integrity, will have been lined up to vote ... More >>
David Swanson: Of Congressional Surrenders
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:37 am | David Swanson
For almost five months, Congress has gone out of its way to avoid impeachment in order to get things done, and has thereby managed to have signed into law all sorts of wonderful legislation. Er, well, actually not so much legislation that you would ... More >>
11 State Legislatures Take Up Impeachment
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:28 am | David Swanson
On Tuesday, Maine became the 11th state legislature to introduce a resolution to petition for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Maine joins Vermont (where the Senate has already passed such a resolution), California, ... More >>
