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Swanson: What Mark Warner Asked John Brennan

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 David Swanson
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Brennan might have been asked why he'd lied about the killing of bin Laden or about the murder by drone program

Swanson: First City in U.S. Passes Resolution Against Drones

Znet Article, February, 08 2013 David Swanson
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Shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday, February 4th, the City Council of Charlottesville, Va., passed what is believed to be the first anti-drone resolution in the country

Swanson: Rape as Collateral Damage

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 David Swanson
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The World Health Organization in 2005 estimated that 90 percent of Liberian women had suffered physical or sexual violence and 75 percent had been raped

Swanson: Wars That Aren't Meant to Be Won

Znet Article, February, 04 2013 David Swanson
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Some wars are fought without a desire to win, others without winning being the top priority, either for the top war makers or for the ordinary soldiers

Swanson: A Blowback Hurricane

Znet Article, January, 30 2013 David Swanson
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U.S. weapons account for 85% of international weapons sales. While the NRA bought a political party, Lockheed Martin bought two

Swanson: A New Model Drone Resolution

Znet Article, January, 26 2013 David Swanson
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In the absence of state or federal laws, localities around the United States are proceeding to put unmanned aerial vehicles in our skies as they see fit

Swanson: How Unalienable Is Life?

Commentary, January, 23 2013 David Swanson
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Meet the new boss who, upon his inauguration, declared that the right to life is unalienable. Let me be clear, that doesn't mean he can't take yours

Swanson: The African-American Army

Znet Article, January, 20 2013 David Swanson
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Why should anyone participate in oppressing anyone anywhere for the Pentagon?

Swanson: Waking Up in Tehran

Znet Article, January, 13 2013 David Swanson
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War is not a solution. War is not a tool of public policy. War is not the first option, the second option, or the last resort. War is out of the question

Swanson: Doing Time for Peace

Commentary, December, 25 2012 David Swanson
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Hundreds of Americans, young and old, are regularly going to prison, sometimes for months or years or decades, for nonviolently resisting U.S. militarism

Swanson: The Government and Your Guns

Znet Article, December, 19 2012 David Swanson
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The government does not want your guns; it wants your obedience

Swanson: How to Criticize the Israeli Government

Znet Article, December, 18 2012 David Swanson
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Since it was about Israel, some people chose to announce that I hated Jews. Such a response is not only baseless and nonsensical, but it shifts attention to me and away from the story

Swanson: A Way to Stop the Violence

Znet Article, December, 15 2012 David Swanson
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If we want peace on Earth, we must stop and consider how to get it

Swanson: The Original Abolitionists

Znet Article, December, 14 2012 David Swanson
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The abolition movement had stamina. Looking back, its gains appear stunningly swift

Swanson: Pearl Harbor Day Is a Day to Cherish the $1.3 Trillion We Blow on War Preparation Every Year

Znet Article, December, 07 2012 David Swanson
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Nazi Germany, we actually tend to overlook sometimes, could not have existed or waged war without the support for decades past and ongoing through the war of U.S. corporations like GM, Ford, IBM, and ITT