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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23 November 2007
Nukes' seventh decade
David Swanson
Jonathan Schell's latest book "The Seventh Decade" places our current situation in the context of the past 62 years of the nuclear age, or the past 68 years as...
21 November 2007
Pelosi, Cheney, and the fertilized eggs
David Swanson
Remarks at Denver, Col., impeachment forum November 17, 2007, organized by "Be the Change."

For the past year or so, every month the moon...
20 November 2007
Wolf Blitzer loses Democratic debate
David Swanson
That does it. It's time for the Democratic Party to stage its own debate, ask its own questions, and offer the video to networks as a completed package....
15 November 2007
Another Clinton campaign fraud
David Swanson
It sounds silly, but for a long time it just didn't occur to me what the implications would be. Thus spake a college student who agreed to ask Senator...
13 November 2007
The reverse shock doctrine
David Swanson
I wonder what would happen if the people and their representatives were to shock the powerful and their funders for a change? What if on November 16th, the...
10 November 2007
Understanding the next war money vote
David Swanson
If I were a member of Congress, I would make this pledge:

I pledge to vote No on any bill, and to vote No on bringing to the floor for a vote any...

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