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

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13 August 2012
What Paul Ryan has and Obama wants
David Swanson
According to the Huffington Post, "President Barack Obama's reelection campaign and Democratic political groups have been eager for Romney to pick Ryan, the...
06 August 2012
Beyond the two-state solution
David Swanson
Fast forward to 2048. The world is greatly changed, and in this year China invades France, occupying Paris and a good portion of the nation. The French are...
28 July 2012
Guess what % of Americans know military spending is increasing
David Swanson
And keep guessing some more, because pollsters are unlikely to ask that question.
A year and a half ago, a poll found that Americans drastically...
21 July 2012
Abolishing war: One last step -- Remarks delivered at Peacestock 2012
David Swanson
Almost our entire population claims to favor peace. At least three quarters of us favor getting the U.S. military out of Afghanistan and ending that particular...
09 July 2012
The end is near
David Swanson
Apocalypse has been given a bad name. The Seventh Day Adventists are still around. The Nike sneaker cult failed to open Heaven's Gate. The new millennium...
05 July 2012
Oh say, maybe we can't see: Another 4th of July
David Swanson
It's just possible that the space of 236 years and a truckload of fireworks are obscuring our vision.
It's hard for us to see what should be obvious....

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