David Swanson

David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org

Articles by Author

10 January 2007
Mr. President, surge this
David Swanson
Here's a statement that's blasphemy both in the peace movement and in the halls of the warmongers:

Whether we escalate the war or not is...
07 January 2007
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney makes the case for impeachment
David Swanson, Cynthia McKinney
As some people learned from the minimal and abusive media coverage, on December 8, 2006, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney introduced Articles of Impeachment (...
05 January 2007
Democrats' open-mic press conferences
David Swanson
Unlike the previous majority party in Congress, the Democrats who take power today know their weaknesses.  They know they're not very good at the whole press...
31 December 2006
The ethics of Palestinian resistance
David Swanson
With Jimmy Carter's book a best seller and the Iraq War a top political concern, many Americans may have an interest right now in thinking about Israel and...
27 December 2006
New year's utopianism needed fast
David Swanson
Unbeknownst to many Americans, there is overwhelming consensus among scientists that we are very close to reaching a point of no turning back on global warming...
08 December 2006
Permanent bases and temporary presidents
David Swanson
Did you notice something about the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group Report?  It recommends all sorts of changes, all of them far short of actually ending the...

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