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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11 August 2006

AWOL Sergeant to turn himself in today resisting illegal Iraq war

David Swanson

SEATTLE -- Ricky Clousing, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and a veteran of the Iraq War who has been AWOL for a year announced today at the Veterans for Peace...

29 July 2006

Where were you when they took your rights away?

David Swanson

Can you name the one country on earth where the government can steal elections, strip away basic rights, spy on citizens, and launch wars based on lies, but...

22 July 2006

Conservatives and conscience

David Swanson

John Dean, former legal counsel to Richard Nixon, is 95% recovered from a long bout of conservatism, and he doubts that many others can make the same recovery...

16 July 2006

Containing the military industrial complex

David Swanson

Remarks at Democracy Fest, San Diego, July 15, 2006

More than any other weapons system, the chief products of the military industrial complex are...

13 July 2006

Republican Congressman says Bush should be removed from office

David Swanson

A radio show reported yesterday that Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul said the following:

"I would have trouble arguing that he's been a...

07 July 2006

Cindy Sheehan to move Camp to National Mall

David Swanson

From September 8 to 21, Camp Casey will expand into Camp Democracy in Washington, D.C.

Cindy Sheehan and activists in the growing peace...