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David Swanson: Congressional Hearing on Iraq
Monday, 24 April 2006, 1:56 pm | David Swanson
Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee will host a hearing on the Iraq War next Thursday, April 27, 8:30-11 a.m., in 2325 Rayburn House Office Building (with an overflow room planned for anyone wanting to attend who can't fit in). The two Co-Chairs ... More >>
David Swanson: Iranian Irony
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 1:48 pm | David Swanson
"When it came to pinning the terrorist label on the Saddam Government," Dilip Hiro wrote in 2004 ("Secrets and Lies," p. 381), "all the Bush administration had to do was point a finger at the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, People's Mujahedin). ... More >>
David Swanson: Iran Through the Media
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 1:10 pm | David Swanson
An AP article on Tuesday begins: "President Bush bats away talk of bombing Iran's disputed nuclear sites as 'wild speculation.' But plodding diplomacy hasn't borne fruit so far, and the administration is facing a hard truth: There may be no way ... More >>
Swanson: Activists at Bush Ranch Out of Jail
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 12:02 am | David Swanson
10:45 a.m. CT Saturday – I just spoke with Barbara Cummings, the most powerful activist in San Diego. She was standing in front of the Crawford Peace House, in Crawford, Texas, as six jerks on horses, calling themselves the Horse Brigade, rode back and ... More >>
May Day, Memo Day, Mission Accomplished Day
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 12:00 am | David Swanson
The first of May is May Day, the real labor day, the commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre and the fight for an 8-hour day in Chicago – an American holiday celebrated everywhere except America. But the first of May is two other things as well in more ... More >>
David Swanson: Stop the Next War Now
Monday, 10 April 2006, 12:58 am | David Swanson
Now might be the time to read, if you haven't already, "Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism," an amazing book edited by CODE PINK cofounders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, which includes a forward by Alice Walker and an introduction ... More >>
Hawaii Legislature Takes Steps to End War
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 10:49 pm | David Swanson
The Hawaii State Senate has passed a resolution "CALLING UPON THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII TO TAKE STEPS TO WITHDRAW THE HAWAII ARMY AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM IRAQ." The resolution is a thing of beauty, has been mailed to the Governor and the President, ... More >>
David Swanson: Public Energy Is Misdirected
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 7:10 am | David Swanson
What would happen if politically active progressive Americans suddenly stopped devoting their energies to drafting better sound bites, and instead directed all that time and passion into a serious and strategic campaign of civil disobedience? More >>
David Swanson: Not One More Death
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 11:34 am | David Swanson
The Stop the War Coalition in the UK has set a standard for anti-war activism that we in the United States struggle to match. They've held larger protests, convened more significant conferences, and moved their agenda further in public opinion, in ... More >>
Truth Seeping Through Media After Ten Months
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 12:37 am | David Swanson
It's March 27th, my son's due date, but it looks like he may be late being born. Maybe he's heard what it's like out here. I may have had C-Span a little loud during Bush's last press conference. More >>
Media Avoids Covering Vote on Permanent Bases
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 11:05 am | David Swanson
Something is happening in Iraq that most Americans have never heard about, but many Americans think the war is being fought for: the United States is building what look like permanent military bases. More >>
David Swanson: Republicans for Impeachment
Monday, 20 March 2006, 12:47 am | David Swanson
Everyone's on message. The right-wing pundits, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi. They're all trying to tell us that raising a demand for impeachment is good for Republicans. More >>
Homeland Dreamland
Friday, 17 March 2006, 3:26 pm | David Swanson
If you have not yet seen the film "Occupation Dreamland," I highly recommend it. Co-Director Garrett Scott died on March 2, but he truly accomplished something before he left. More >>
David Swanson: Harman vs. Winograd, Tough Choice?
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 5:01 pm | David Swanson
For the past 10 months I've worked on a project at www.afterdowningstreet.org to urge Congress Members to hold the Bush Administration accountable for crimes and abuses of power. Some Democratic members of Congress have been as helpful in this ... More >>
Swanson: Did Bush Make Mistakes in Good Faith?
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 10:42 am | David Swanson
When we watch a video of Bush being informed of the danger of Hurricane Katrina and recall that he claimed that there was no way he could have known of that danger, our faith in his good intentions may be shaken. More >>
David Swanson: "We Are Human, Like You"
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 11:22 am | David Swanson
A delegation of women from Iraq told stories last night in Washington, D.C., unlike anything we've ever heard about this war from the media in the United States. And the media was not there, so I'm going to tell you what they said. More >>
David Swanson: Iraq - Pure War, Pure Crime
Monday, 6 March 2006, 12:56 am | David Swanson
The Iraq War is a pure war, a war for the sake of war. Congress is debating whether to spend another fortune on it, another fortune that could completely remake this nation if spent on useful projects, and Congress has no reason for the war. The reason ... More >>
David Swanson: Civil War and Ending the War
Monday, 6 March 2006, 12:53 am | David Swanson
Fox News titled a recent segment "All Out Civil War in Iraq: could it Be a Good Thing?" Presumably it could from the point of view of the Bush-Cheney gang, if it gets in the way of all-out resistance to the occupation. That is, Bush almost certainly would ... More >>
David Swanson: About That Anthrax
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 12:54 am | David Swanson
So, the word Anthrax is back in the news, but only because a man contracted it through what is reportedly a freak accident, not because Saddam Hussein's vast stockpiles have been found, not because Bush has apologized for inventing those vast stockpiles, ... More >>
Huge March Planned for Eve of Katrina Evictions
Monday, 27 February 2006, 9:56 am | David Swanson
A march had been planned for February 28, the eve of the scheduled March 1 evictions of Hurricane Katrina victims. FEMA moved the evictions to March 15, so activists have moved the march to March 14. A press conference on Capitol Hill will be followed ... More >>
