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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10 November 2011
Occupy movement demands home mortgages correction
David Swanson
On Thursday, OccupyWashingtonDC.org teamed up with the Backbone Campaign, National People's Action, and the New Economy Working Group in a march from Freedom...
19 October 2011
Obama vs. jobs; Hope vs. reality
David Swanson
Last week, President Obama racked up several more broken campaign promises as he pushed through Congress three new job-killing corporate trade agreements. The...
13 October 2011
Occupied -- What now?
David Swanson
Thanks in large part to the New York and national corporate media a massive campaign to shift power away from giant corporations and into the hands of the...
09 October 2011
Pepper-sprayed for peace
David Swanson
I've been coughing and vomiting, and my head aches from pepper spray. I'll post videos and photos of why at the link below.
We intended to hold signs...
04 October 2011
Rebuild the dream in the streets
David Swanson
Remarks at Take Back the Dream conference, October 3, 2011.
For videos of this speech and of remarks by Derrick Crowe and Jo Comerford click here:...
28 September 2011
The occupied turn occupiers
David Swanson
In a recent debate Congressman Ron Paul claimed the United States military had troops in 130 countries. The St. Petersburg Times looked into whether such an...

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