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Swanson: Rotten At The Core
Znet Article, March, 20 2009
David Swanson
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Remarks on March 19, 2009, in a park in which people are living in Richmond, Va., in front of offices of the Federal Reserve.
Swanson: Power Shift in the Air
Znet Article, March, 02 2009
David Swanson
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This weekend in Washington, D.C., there was a lot of preparation for Monday's massive civil disobedience for clean energy at the Capitol power plant.
Swanson: Honestly, Judge, I Did It But Let's Look Forward
Znet Article, February, 18 2009
David Swanson
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While every president belongs to some political party, that is no excuse. He or she is still required to obey laws. And every attorney general is required to enforce laws, regardless of what the current president may say to the contrary. Attorneys...
Swanson: Dangerous Executive Orders
Znet Article, January, 26 2009
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The Center for Constitutional Rights has expressed concern that President Obama's executive order banning torture may contain a loophole. But no president has any right to declare torture legal or illegal, with or without loopholes. And if we acce...
Swanson: Bush Comparison Seen As Unfair to Dogs
Znet Article, December, 15 2008
David Swanson
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This is the question now raised in Iraq: If they throw shoes at your face are you a combat troop or a noncombat troop? The answer may be important in helping to guide President Elect Obama's strategy of reducing but continuing the genocidal occupa...
Swanson: What If Labor Opposed War?
Znet Article, November, 13 2008
David Swanson
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I think the peace movement and every justice movement in the United States should simply overwhelm Congress members during the next two months with one and only one demand: Pass the Employee Free Choice Act in January.
Swanson: How to Treat a President-Elect
Znet Article, November, 08 2008
David Swanson
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The only respectful way to treat a president elect or a president is to behave as a democratic citizen should, as a democratic president should want us to. Failing to make our will known amounts to an accusation against our elected officials. We...
Swanson: Blue Virginia
Znet Article, November, 05 2008
David Swanson
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Virginia and the rest of the old South always voted for Democrats for president when the Democratic party stood for racism, and for Republicans when the Republican party stood for racism, until tonight. Virginia just voted for a Democrat for p...
Swanson: Frank Breaks Taboo on Military Spending
Znet Article, October, 28 2008
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When a Congress member steps forward and courageously articulates a forbidden truth that is absolutely necessary for our survival and well-being (and by "our" I mean our species, not just our nation), he must be praised, rewarded, and defended at ...
Swanson: Imagine There's No Heaven
Znet Article, September, 07 2008
David Swanson
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Critique of religion in US politics.
Swanson: If The Opposite of Pro Is Con, Then The Opposite of Progress...
Znet Article, June, 22 2008
David Swanson
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The day before Congress tossed the Fourth Amendment, and literally five minutes after they took out a $163 billion loan on behalf of my unborn grandkids to kill Iraqis and U.S. troops for another year, I had to give a speech at a university in Mil...
Swanson: Does the Constitution Require the Impeachment of Bush and Cheney?
Znet Article, April, 15 2008
David Swanson
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John Adams, who was later the second president of the United States, wrote some words in the Constitution of Massachusetts that have been quoted approvingly by the U.S. Supreme Court and every state supreme court in the United States. He described...
Swanson: How the Associated Press Lies About the Occupation of Iraq
Znet Article, April, 04 2008
David Swanson
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Every sane person understands that without the funding to continue the occupation, the Pentagon would bring everyone home rather than ceasing to provide them with weapons and food.
Swanson: Building an Activist Movement to End the Occupation of Iraq
Znet Article, March, 24 2008
David Swanson
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Remarks at American University Teach-In on March 22, 2008...
Swanson: What MLK Said About Change
Znet Article, January, 17 2008
David Swanson
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The words of MLK...
Swanson: Italians Block Construction of U.S. Base
Znet Article, December, 18 2007
David Swanson
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The people of the northern Italian city of Vicenza, with help from activists around Italy, the rest of Europe, and even in the United States, are continuing to block the proposed construction of a new U.S. military base on their soil. When a compa...
Swanson: 123 Silent Congress Members
Znet Article, October, 19 2007
David Swanson
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Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary. Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuan...
Swanson: 123 Silent Congress Members
Znet Article, October, 18 2007
David Swanson
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Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary. Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuano; Carson; Chris...
Swanson: Constitution, Flag, and Leaving Iraq
Znet Article, October, 08 2007
David Swanson
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Remarks on ...
Swanson: We Have Nothing But Fear Itself
Znet Article, September, 25 2007
David Swanson
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A Roseland, In...
