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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17 May 2010
Getting smart about stupid communication
David Swanson
Reducing political discourse to advertising slogans loses almost everything of value. Without lengthy books that develop complex ideas, we'd be so lost we'd...
16 May 2010
McChrystal: Beheadings of our allies simply to be expected
David Swanson
How can we stand to live in a country where this exchange is shown live on tv and nobody comments? REPORTER: [I]n Marja there are reports -- credible reports...
13 May 2010
Obama scraps Iraq withdrawal
David Swanson
So, we elected a president who promised a withdrawal from Iraq that he, or the generals who tell him what to do, is now further delaying. And, of course, the...
11 May 2010
Afghan escalation funding: More war, fewer jobs, poor excuses
David Swanson
Isn’t it time to call what Congress will soon vote on by its right name: war escalation funding?
Early in 2009, President Barack Obama escalated the war...
05 May 2010
Dear Fiscal Conservative War Supporter
David Swanson
Is it that you don't know what war costs, or that you don't know that it makes us less safe?
We've spent $268 billion on making war on Afghanistan, and...
01 May 2010
Massey and Goldman under criminal investigation
David Swanson
War makers, torturers, warrantless spyers, and all sorts of other categories of criminals are still off the hook. But there is a bit of "looking backward"...

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