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

07 March 2012
The 10 Most Excellent Reasons to Attack Iran
David Swanson
1. Iran has threatened to fight back if attacked, and that's a war crime. War crimes must be punished.
2. My television says Iran has nukes. I'm sure...
07 March 2012
The peace movement needs Kucinich, with or without Congress
David Swanson
If Congressman Dennis Kucinich becomes simply Dennis Kucinich sans the "Congressman" his value to the peace movement need not diminish.

I admit...
02 March 2012
Large coalition asks for Obama's Nobel Peace Prize to be rescinded
David Swanson
Petition: Investigate betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize
Dear Members of Stockholm's County Administrative Board:
The signers of this petition...
01 March 2012
Un-cheating justice: Two years left to prosecute Bush
David Swanson
Elizabeth Holtzman knows something about struggles for justice in the U.S. government. She was a member of Congress and of the House Judiciary Committee that...
26 February 2012
Why students are hunger striking in Virginia
David Swanson
Twelve students at the University of Virginia on Saturday began a hunger strike for a living wage policy for university employees. They've taken this step...
24 February 2012
Chat I just had with Homeland Security
David Swanson
After publishing this report I was contacted by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The individual involved never returned my call. Instead I heard...

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