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Swanson: BP Is Messing With the Wrong Woman
Znet Article, April, 21 2011
David Swanson
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A year ago BP began filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil. Last week BP blocked a woman from entering its annual meeting. Which will prove the bigger mistake?
Swanson: A Twelve Year Plan From a Guy With Two Left
Znet Article, April, 14 2011
David Swanson
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Obama's speech on the deficit on Wednesday was a flop.
Swanson: The Justice Dept. Doesn't "Legalize" War With Secret Memos Anymore
Znet Article, April, 09 2011
David Swanson
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In the good old days of Bybee and Yoo, before we let them get away with it, thereby guaranteeing worse things to come, Justice Department memos "legalizing" the crime of aggressive war were secret. Now they're published quickly, and there's a new ...
Swanson: Your 1040 Tax Form Lies to You
Zmag Article, April, 04 2011
David Swanson
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War funding obscured by IRS and revealed by War Resisters League
Swanson: Obama on Libya: What Would MLK Say?
Znet Article, March, 29 2011
David Swanson
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President Obama on Monday said he would "never hesitate" to use the U.S. military "unilaterally" to defend "interests" and "values," including "maintaining the flow of commerce."
Swanson: Wars Cannot Be Both Planned and Avoided
Znet Article, March, 23 2011
David Swanson
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Congress held an emergency meeting to defund NPR, and then did nothing as the President spent vastly more money on bombing Libya.
Swanson: Kindness, Generosity, and Bombing Libya
Znet Article, March, 09 2011
David Swanson
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Wouldn't it be kind and generous of us to send the US or NATO or a UN-approved military into Libya to bloodlessly prevent the vicious slaughter of masses of people by a truly evil lunatic?
Swanson: Manchurian Senators
Znet Article, March, 07 2011
David Swanson
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People are doing journalism and the Washington Post is pissed.
Swanson: The Worst Thing Ever Invented
Znet Article, February, 14 2011
David Swanson
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In this age of supposedly fighting against rulers and on behalf of oppressed peoples, the Vietnam War offers an interesting case in which the U.S. policy was to avoid overthrowing the enemy government but to work hard to kill its people.
Barry: Egypt Interview
Audio, January, 29 2011
Tighe Barry
Barry's ZSpace page
Tighe describes a different situation from what we get through the US media.
Swanson: Why Pentagon Claims MLK Would Love War on Afghanistan
Znet Article, January, 17 2011
David Swanson
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According to the Pentagon's lawyer, Martin Luther King Jr., if alive today, would view the US war on Afghanistan as both the act of a Good Samaritan and as necessary self-defense.
Swanson: How Is Bradley Manning Really Being Treated?
Znet Article, January, 16 2011
David Swanson
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There are conflicting accounts of exactly how Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower on countless U.S. government crimes, has been illegally punished for 8 months so far, pre-trial.
Swanson: What Do Afghans Think of the War? Ask Them!
Znet Article, January, 04 2011
David Swanson
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Americans are down to 35% supporting the war on Afghanistan.
Swanson: On the 25th Day of Wikileaks, My Government Gave to Me
Commentary, December, 25 2010
David Swanson
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On the first day of Wikileaks, my government gave to me...
Swanson: Richard Holbrooke's Deathbed Conversion
Znet Article, December, 15 2010
David Swanson
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Shortly before the bombing of Yugoslavia began in late March 1999, Richard Holbrooke met with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. By his own account, Holbrooke delivered the final ultimatum to Milosevic -- that if Yugoslavia didn't agree to the...
Swanson: Stop These Wars or We'll Fill Your Jails
Znet Article, November, 30 2010
David Swanson
Swanson's ZSpace page
Here's an easy question: would you rather go to jail for a few hours with a bunch of friends or die?
Swanson: War Is A Lie
Book, November, 24 2010
WAR IS A LIE is a thorough refutation of every major argument used to justify wars, drawing on evidence from numerous past wars, with a focus on those wars that have been most widely defended as just and good.
Swanson: The New War Congress
Znet Article, November, 22 2010
David Swanson
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An Obama-Republican war alliance...
Swanson: Will Sanity Be Restored and Fear Be Kept Alive?
Znet Article, October, 17 2010
David Swanson
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The problem seems to be, not so much accuracy as inappropriateness and volume. You should not shout anything or say "war criminal," but you especially should not shout "war criminal!"
Swanson: Don't You Know That You Can Count Me Out - In
Znet Article, September, 29 2010
David Swanson
Swanson's ZSpace page
Ted Rall's new book "The Anti-American Manifesto" advocates for violent revolution, even if we have to join with rightwingers and racists to do it, and even if we have no control over the outcome which could easily be something worse than what we'...
