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David Swanson: Sheehan Breakthroughs
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 1:43 pm | David Swanson
The Washington Post today wondered out loud whether Cindy Sheehan might be a " catalyst for a muscular antiwar movement ." In translation, this is an assertion that Cindy Sheehan has already become an accepted reason for the corporate media to finally ... More >>
Re: The Washington Post Defence Of Judith Miller
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 3:05 pm | David Swanson
Richard Cohen's defense of Judith Miller's principles (Aug. 2) defends the New York Times reporter from attacks on her honest mistakes, and suggests that other reporters and the Bush Administration made honest mistakes as well. But this completely misses ... More >>
Young People Can Have an Impact In These Times
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 1:30 pm | David Swanson
Well, what kind of times are these? They seem to me to be times not just of an increase in plutocracy, but also of a decrease in awareness of it. A majority of Americans favor single-payer health coverage, a shift to renewable energy, the protection of ... More >>
David Swanson: Nuclear Waste Dumps On Indian Land
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:29 am | David Swanson
The Case Against Hauling 44 Thousand Metric Tons of Nuclear Waste Through 45 States and Storing it Above Ground on Native American Land, Against the Tribe's Sovereign Will and Next to an Air Force Bombing Ground, Without a Single Hearing or Safety ... More >>
David Swanson: Downing Street Memo 3rd Anniversary
Monday, 25 July 2005, 1:11 pm | David Swanson
Hundreds of people were turned away today as capacity crowds packed public forums in U.S. cities to discuss the Downing Street Memo and related evidence that President Bush lied about the reasons for war. Halls were filled to capacity and beyond in ... More >>
David Swanson: Dear London
Monday, 25 July 2005, 12:27 am | David Swanson
We write from the After Downing Street Dot Org Coalition in the United States to thank you for your solidarity on this third anniversary of a meeting that we were never meant to know about, a meeting that took place some yards from where you stand. ... More >>
Dragging the Media Down Downing Street
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 10:45 am | David Swanson
The U.S. corporate media has begun to awaken to the fact that top Bush adviser Karl Rove exposed an undercover CIA agent's identity and then lied about it. But reporters, editors, and producers remain slow to pick up on the heart of the story, namely that ... More >>
David Swanson: Don't Write of an Elephant
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 11:53 am | David Swanson
Remarks prepared for workshop at the 50th Anniversary Convention of the American Federation of Teachers Communications Association. To follow viewing of a George Lakoff film and discussion of the fight to save Social Security. More >>
Expose a Dishonest War: Prevent the Next One
Monday, 4 July 2005, 12:45 am | David Swanson
Expose a Dishonest War: Prevent the Next One Remarks prepared for July 4, 2005, anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. By David Swanson From: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/622 More >>
David Swanson: Bush's Speech, Let's Count the Lies
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 3:37 pm | David Swanson
In the coming free 30 minutes of uninterrupted airtime that ABC News and the Disney Corporation will no doubt give to a spokesperson for the majority of Americans who believe that the war on Iraq was a mistake, I expect we'll see some of the following ... More >>
Remember When Bush's Lies Weren't "Old News"?
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:46 am | David Swanson
The most repeated excuse by U.S. media outlets for not covering the Downing Street Minutes and related documents is that they tell us nothing new, that they're old news. This conflicts, of course, with the second most common excuse, which is that ... More >>
David Swanson: Bush, Blair, and Bumiller
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 4:56 pm | David Swanson
The corporate media today began its coverage of the Downing Street Minutes, moved to do so by a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and by the pressure all of us have applied. More >>
David Swanson: Downing Street Memo In FoxSpeak
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 1:54 pm | David Swanson
HUME: When we come back with our panel, the memo that the left says the U.S. media won't talk about it. Well, we'll talk about it, next. More >>
David Swanson: Teach-In on War Demands Truth
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 11:29 am | David Swanson
A teach-in on ending the Iraq War was held in Washington, D.C., on June 3, organized by Progressive Democrats of America (PDA). It followed, in part, a pattern established by other teach-ins, but also took an exciting new turn. More >>
GOP Chairman At A Loss Over Downing Street Minutes
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 12:34 am | David Swanson
On June 5, 2005, Ken Mehlman, Chairman of the Republican Party, was asked about the Downing Street Minutes on "NBC News' Meet the Press." To my knowledge, this was the first serious treatment of the matter on any U.S. network news show. It still ... More >>
David Swanson: Media Black Out Downing St Minutes
Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 2:11 pm | David Swanson
Aggressive followers and participants in U.S. politics often have strong opinions about the Downing Street Minutes. Most other Americans have not heard of or are not clear about what the Downing Street Minutes are. More >>
David Swanson: U.S. Out of Iraq Forum
Monday, 2 May 2005, 10:20 am | David Swanson
A forum held in a US House of Representatives office building on April 28 brought together leaders of the movement to withdraw US troops from Iraq, including Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee, both California Democrats and Co-Chairs of the Congressional ... More >>
Al Gore Attacks "Right-Wing Religious Zealotry"
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 11:19 am | David Swanson
Former Vice President Al Gore gave a lengthy speech on Wednesday on the topic of Republicans' attempt to eliminate the right to filibuster in the Senate. More >>
A Nation Is Not a Father or Mother, But Our Child
Friday, 22 April 2005, 12:41 am | David Swanson
George Lakoff has become perhaps the most listened to thinker by progressive activists. His instruction to take care in how a debate is initially framed is very persuasive. Clearly it is much harder to bring people to a conclusion that lies outside the possibilities ... More >>
