Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register David Swanson for InfoPages here.
David Swanson - Latest News [Page 71]
David Swanson: Putting the Gone in Gonzales?
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 1:10 am | David Swanson
How not to answer questions about (in)justice in America. When can we put the "consensus" of the senior leadership of the Department of Justice, CSLDJ (pronounced Con Sell Dodge), under oath and ask it questions and then impeach it? More >>
David Swanson: War Money In A Frame
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 12:37 am | David Swanson
You can't put a trillion dollars in a frame and hang it on the wall, but if it weren't for another kind of frame we would never spend this kind of money on war. When we frame the debate over war money with the idea that funding war amounts to "supporting ... More >>
Record Of Iraq War Lies Airs April 25, On PBS
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 12:01 am | David Swanson
Bill Moyers has put together an amazing 90-minute video documenting the lies that the Bush administration told to sell the Iraq War to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. I've watched an advance copy and read ... More >>
Another Path to Peace: The Case for Kucinich
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 10:40 am | David Swanson
The Democratic leadership in Congress wants the war to be around in 2008 so that a Democrat can win the White House by "opposing" the war. Congressman Rahm Emanuel has explained this to the Washington Post. More >>
Tina Richards Arrested at Nancy Pelosi's Office
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 11:42 am | David Swanson
Military mother Tina Richards was arrested today and will be charged with disorderly conduct outside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's congressional office. She was there with about 30 other people to ask Pelosi to end the war and bring the troops ... More >>
Vonnegut Dies Without a Country or Religion
Friday, 13 April 2007, 11:24 am | David Swanson
Kurt Vonnegut published over two dozen books, including 2005's "A Man Without a Country." It's a book that is brutally honest in its hopelessness, in fact – I think – overly hopeless, and yet humorous. More >>
Pots, Kettles, & George Will Teaching Thought
Friday, 13 April 2007, 11:18 am | David Swanson
George Will has pulled a trick out of Karl Rove's bag and begun attacking his opponents at his own weakest point. In his latest column, Will attempts to teach other people how to think straight. This has to be worth a few guffaws... More >>
Swanson: Record of Iraq War Lies - April 25 on PBS
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:58 am | David Swanson
Bill Moyers has put together an amazing 90-minute video documenting the lies that the Bush administration told to sell the Iraq War to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. I've watched an advance copy and read ... More >>
David Swanson: Say It Loud - Subpoena!
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 4:00 pm | David Swanson
Subpoena is a beautiful word. Sub means Under, as in "The subservient subject submitted along with his subordinates to the rule of law." Poena means Penalty, as in "There's an opening at the penal colony." Subpoena means a nation under laws, not unitary ... More >>
David Swanson: Step it Up for Peace and Planet
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 3:42 pm | David Swanson
The Cheney energy meeting, the Iraq Study Group, the Supplemental spending bill, the choice of which buildings to defend after Shock and Awe, Iraq's proposed new hydrocarbon law, the threat of an attack on Iran, and the sudden recognition of reality ... More >>
David Swanson: Virtual Election Season
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 3:42 pm | David Swanson
It is not election season. It is citizen activism season. The eternal election season is draining all sorts of energy away from our democracy. And it's not just the corporate media promoting it. Activist groups like Moveon.org are involved. Not just Moveon, ... More >>
You Can't Hurt a Troop By Defunding a War
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:41 am | David Swanson
When Senator Russ Feingold and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid propose cutting off the funding for the war, they are proposing the only thing that can possibly benefit U.S. troops. In fact, there is no way to make any sense of the idea that ... More >>
David Swanson: 10 States Introduce Impeachment
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:29 am | David Swanson
In 10 U.S. states, either this year or last year or both, the state legislature has introduced and considered, though not yet passed, a bill to petition the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach Bush and Cheney. The question, of course, is what in ... More >>
David Swanson: Heroes, Sung and Unsung
Saturday, 7 April 2007, 3:28 pm | David Swanson
Last night in a bar in Austin, Texas, we held a family reunion for the peace movement. The occasion was the presentation of the Camp Casey Peace Awards. Much of the evening was devoted to the incredibly powerful anti-war music of Carolyn Wonderland, Emma's ... More >>
Swanson: Self-Impeachment by Signing Statement
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:03 pm | David Swanson
Imagine a president who violates numerous laws that predate his presidency. Imagine that Congress redundantly and repeatedly re-bans that criminal behavior. More >>
Cal Thomas Predicts Iran Will Not Free the Brits
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:03 pm | David Swanson
For many months, some in this country have been urging a tougher line toward Iran, ranging from threatening to drop nuclear bombs to imposing sanctions that could result in hundreds of thousands of deaths. Others have been urging negotiations as the only ... More >>
The U.S. Military Vs Italy's Cultural Wealth
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:15 am | David Swanson
If you build a big enough empire with enough enormous military bases in enough countries, sooner or later you're going to displease just about everyone. The list of those unhappy with recently proposed expansions of imperial outposts includes artists and ... More >>
Sit In Underway at Speaker Pelosi's Office in DC
Monday, 2 April 2007, 2:12 pm | David Swanson
Nancy Pelosi is on her way to Lebanon, but her staff may want to get her on the phone. Or then again, maybe not. There is a sit-in underway in her Capitol Hill office today, Friday, March 30th, with military families and Iraq vets requesting to schedule an ... More >>
David Swanson: A Veto Is a Vote for Eternal War
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:56 am | David Swanson
For George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, 2008 is too soon to end a war that they intend to last forever. 2008 is too soon to stop constructing enormous military bases in Iraq and abandon them. 2008 is too soon to bring our men and women home to their ... More >>
David Swanson: Veto This
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:16 am | David Swanson
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is right to point Unitary Executive George W. Bush toward a copy of the Constitution. The President (should Bush care to resume that legal role) is permitted to veto bills but not to write them. More >>
