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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29 June 2007
Peace movement comes to US Social Forum
David Swanson
United for Peace and Justice held a workshop at the US Social Forum in Atlanta on Thursday, at which several speakers made some pretty amazing statements....
26 June 2007
Kucinich comes to take back America
David Swanson
My friend Steve Cobble gave Kucinich a great introduction, receiving applause for each point he made about Kucinich's platform and past performance, arguing...
25 June 2007
Curbing the imperial presidency
David Swanson
While the Take Back America conference has included two self-organized and underpromoted panels on impeachment, on Wednesday it included an official panel,...
20 June 2007
Hip hop comes to take back America
David Swanson
"Hip Hop Artists and Activists: Politically Empowering a Culture of Resistance" was the name of a panel at the Take Back America Conference in Washington, D.C...
19 June 2007
Barack Obama takes over the take back America conference
David Swanson
Obama got a packed house and huge applause before saying anything about what he would do as president. For a while it was all about the influence of lobbyists...
15 June 2007
Obama says he'll use force unilaterally to protect "vital interests"
David Swanson
There is much that I can agree with or tolerate in Barack Obama's new article in Foreign Affairs. On the occupation of Iraq, he does not favor completely...

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