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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14 April 2012
The statues in our public spaces lie
David Swanson
There are lies of omission as well as commission, and the statues in Charlottesville, Va. -- typical of other towns -- do both. We have statues of Robert E....
12 April 2012
20-year veteran pleads guilty to act of civil disobedience, President of Veterans For Peace disrupted Congressional "Super Committee"
David Swanson
Judge expresses sympathy with criticism of government, imposes minimum sentence.
Retired Naval Commander Leah Bolger pled guilty to the charge of...
10 April 2012
A message of peace and friendship from Iran
David Swanson
One of the speakers at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) conference in Stamford, Ct., was Leila Zand, Program Director, Middle East & Civilian...
08 April 2012
Why we should outgrow "diversity of tactics" before protesting NATO
David Swanson
The Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda has nothing on its website about using nonviolence, supporting nonviolence, or opposing violence....
05 April 2012
Would you stop a friend from destroying the Earth?
David Swanson
What would you do if someone had a button that could destroy the earth and they were walking across the room to push it? Would you stand in the way? Would...
01 April 2012
The Shifting Strategies of Empire
David Swanson
Remarks at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference:

President Obama this week declared the war on Iraq to be an honorable success...

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