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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.
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: 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
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Here's an easy question: would you rather go to jail for a few hours with a bunch of friends or die?
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
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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'...
Swanson: Fearing the Masses
Znet Article, September, 26 2010
David Swanson
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There's a new sentiment in the air, if the people who ask questions at my speaking events are any guide. I love these events, even though I am probably better at staying home and writing. I argue with people more than encouraging them, I'm afrai...
Swanson: Six Generations of U.S. War Opposition
Znet Article, July, 29 2010
David Swanson
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The United States today may be the planet's greatest ever war maker, but the wars are fought, the bases maintained, and the weapons manufactured against the will of the majority of U.S. citizens. We express our opposition to wars openly in ways t...
Swanson: Six Facts No War Supporter Knows
Znet Article, July, 26 2010
David Swanson
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This coming week, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on $33 billion for war. A majority of Americans opposes this, but a sizable minority of Americans supports it. No one who supports it can be aware of any of the following six facts.
Swanson: Blood on Our Hands
Znet Article, July, 22 2010
David Swanson
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The most massive and brutal crime committed on this planet during the past decade has been the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Swanson: Howard Zinn's "The Bomb"
Znet Article, July, 21 2010
David Swanson
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The late Howard Zinn's new book "The Bomb" is a brilliant little dissection of some of the central myths of our militarized society.
Swanson: The Crematorium of Empires
Znet Article, July, 16 2010
David Swanson
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On Wednesday U.S. senators from both political parties asked the president's representative to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke what in the world the goal could be for the ongoing war. He had no answer.
Swanson: "Inside Out" Tells It Like It Might Be
Znet Article, July, 10 2010
David Swanson
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Book review...
Swanson: Democrats Forced to Cheat to Fund War
Znet Article, July, 03 2010
David Swanson
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The Democratic leadership in the House had to resort to an unusual and underhanded tactic to pass war funding Thursday night.
Swanson: We Need ACORN
Znet Article, June, 21 2010
David Swanson
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Much of this country believes that ACORN, the now defunct Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, supported prostitution, engaged in voter fraud, and caused the subprime lending crisis. Some people are aware that these lies have bee...
Swanson: Obama Was Created by Our Failure to Impeach Bush
Znet Article, June, 17 2010
David Swanson
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Remarks at the Rutherford Institute, June 16, 2010
Swanson: Mass Murder in Charlottesville, Va.
Znet Article, June, 13 2010
David Swanson
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During the past five years since I moved back to Charlottesville, Virginia, I had yet to observe the slightest violent incident, prior to the recent spree of horrific mass murders. There was crime, but I hadn't ever seen it. I had only heard about...
Swanson: Afghan Escalation Funding
Znet Article, May, 14 2010
David Swanson
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More War, Fewer Jobs, Poor Excuses
Swanson: Seven Deadly Sins in Afghanistan
Znet Article, May, 05 2010
David Swanson
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Teach In on War Remarks
Swanson: The Pentagon Papers Are Public This Time
Znet Article, April, 18 2010
David Swanson
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If a new Daniel Ellsberg were to release a new pile of Pentagon Papers exposing the lies behind the Afghanistan War, or even the past few decades of misdeeds by our country in that one, the result would differ from what happened to Ellsberg in a n...
Swanson: Washington Post Warns That Prosecuting Crime of Aggression Might Deter It
Znet Article, April, 04 2010
David Swanson
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When my friend Jodie Evans recently tried to make a citizen's arrest of Karl Rove, he declared the Downing Street Minutes to be "a complete fabrication." Of course, this "complete fabrication" was actually the minutes of an official meeting held b...
Swanson: Of Cutting Gas Lines
Znet Article, March, 29 2010
David Swanson
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Here in Virginia where we're addicted to the practice of killing people in order to teach them not to kill people, there are certain things that must not be said about the moron(s) who cut a gas line to a backyard grill at the home of the brother ...
Swanson: Lies, Damn Lies, and the Media
Znet Article, March, 24 2010
David Swanson
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ACORN is shutting down because of a fraudulent video pimped by the corporate media. U.S. forces in Afghanistan have heroically laid seige to and conquered a fictional city, helping build the case for further escalation. A cable news channel has ...
Swanson: Kucinich and the Media
Znet Article, March, 18 2010
David Swanson
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When I worked for Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign in 2003, he routinely won the most applause at debates but was minimized or entirely left out of the next day's stories in the corporate media. This meant that peace, and fair trade, and s...
Swanson: Why Hayden's Wrong, Why Pelosi's Lying
Znet Article, March, 15 2010
David Swanson
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Tom Hayden wants peace, but he's sincerely mistaken about how to get it. He claims that Wednesday's unsuccessful vote to end the war in Afghanistan makes ending the war less likely, and that the way to end the war is to pass a bill that would then...
Swanson: What Bush Did To Haiti
Znet Article, January, 18 2010
David Swanson
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If a group of dedicated scholars, attorneys, journalists, and activists had tried to generate a comprehensive list of impeachable offenses committed by George W. Bush as president, and only 35 of them had been introduced into Congress, one of the ...
Swanson: Movement Music
Znet Article, January, 17 2010
David Swanson
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"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution," said Emma Goldman, who might also have said "If we don't dance, not enough people will work long and hard enough in our revolution." This is one of the two most useful quotes for Amer...
