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The American War Machine Grinds on, with Little Care for the Innocent Dead It Leaves in Its Wake

Posted on May 16, 2011, Source: War Is a Crime

Let's have no more celebrations of anyone's death, but on that glorious day when the US doesn't kill any person on this planet, then let us sing and dance in the streets.

Is GOP Rep. Eric Cantor's Unbending Support for AIPAC in Sync with His Constituents?

Posted on May 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

AIPAC raises its money in the United States but advances the agenda of a foreign nation.

Why Did the President Cross the Road? To Kneel Before the Corporate Throne of the Chamber of Commerce

Posted on Feb 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Obama seems eager to be liked by the Chamber. But at whose expense?

How the Pentagon Turns Working-Class Men into the Deadliest Killers on the Planet

Posted on Dec 10, 2010, Source: davidswanson.org

An excerpt from antiwar activist Swanson's new book, War Is a Lie.

Will There Be a Marriage of Obama the War Maker and the Militaristic Tea Party?

Posted on Nov 21, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Will the GOP's plan to block everything the President does stop at war funding?

Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

Posted on Sep 29, 2010, Source: davidswanson.org

Tad Daley's new book offers humanity a stark choice: eliminate all nuclear weapons or face annhilation of all life on earth.

Obama's Frightening Presidential Actions Are a Result Of Our Failure to Impeach Bush

Posted on Jun 16, 2010, Source: After Downing Street

Obama has gone further than Bush in claiming the powers to spy without warrant, imprison without charge, torture, assassinate, occupy and operate in unprecedented secrecy.

Cheney Confesses to Serious Crimes -- Torture Is Just the Beginning

Posted on Feb 18, 2010, Source: davidswanson.org

Dick Cheney's statutory crimes are notable for their severity, their number, and his public confessions to them.

Top 10 Problems with America Killing Its Own Citizens

Posted on Feb 5, 2010, Source: davidswanson.org

Assassinating non-Americans is just as illegal as assassinating Americans. The leap here is not to victims of a different citizenship but to the legalization of murder.

How Dick Cheney's Radical Acts in the White House Still Threaten Our Democracy

Posted on Sep 9, 2009, Source: Seven Stories Press

In his new book, Daybreak, Swanson warns that Cheney radically transformed the role of the vice president into an unaccountable, dangerous seat of power.

Obama's "Open Government" Project Censors Popular Proposal to "End Imperial Presidency"

Posted on Jun 4, 2009, Source: After Downing Street

Is irony even the word for this? As soon as people vote online to push Obama to talk about empire, it's quietly removed from the list.

We Can Win the Fight to Prosecute Bush's Torture Lawyers

Posted on Apr 21, 2009, Source: After Downing Street

A push for accountability is a deterrent to future crimes, even if it fails. But remember: they won't tell us we're succeeding until we already have.

Three Reasons Why Single-Payer Health Care Has Become Possible

Posted on Jan 31, 2009, Source: After Downing Street

For starters, Democratic leadership could persuade enough Democrats to vote to pass it without a single Republican, if they chose to.

Memo to GOP: Minority Homeowners Did Not Cause Wall St. Meltdown

Posted on Oct 10, 2008, Source: After Downing Street

ACORN has decidedly moved past the stage of being ignored and even the stage of being laughed at. ACORN is now being attacked. Next comes victory.

How to Put Karl Rove Away for Years

Posted on Aug 11, 2008, Source: davidswanson.org

Bringing Karl Rove to justice for ignoring House requests to talk about the firing of several U.S. attorneys could be just the beginning.

Make Your Primary Vote Mean Something

Posted on Dec 11, 2007, Source: After Downing Street

10 things to remember about voting in primary elections.

Anti-U.S. Uproar Sweeps Italy

Posted on May 8, 2007, Source: After Downing Street

The U.S. government has proposed to make Vicenza, Italy, the largest U.S. military site in Europe, but the people of Vicenza, and all of Italy, have sworn it will never happen.

Did Attorney Scandal Hearing Put the 'Gone' in Gonzales?

Posted on Apr 20, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com

Attorney General Gonzales' testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee was a case lesson in obfuscation, and not even Republican senators were buying it.

Will Iraq Become the Democrats' War?

Posted on Mar 7, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com

Instead of ending the war, Democratic leaders may prefer to claim they tried but failed.

The Media Escalates Its Lies about Iran

Posted on Feb 12, 2007, Source: davidswanson.org

Reporters from the New York Times and others are trying to convince us that this time around, we can trust the U.S. intelligence community's evidence of Iran's bad intentions, but where is the evidence?

We Must Prevent Permanent Bases in Iraq

Posted on Dec 8, 2006, Source: davidswanson.org

Congress passed a law banning permanent bases in Iraq and the Baker-Hamilton Report suggests that Bush state we don't have long-term plans - meanwhile, construction continues.

Be All That You Can Be: Leave the Army

Posted on Nov 30, 2006, Source: davidswanson.org

With a military badly in need of reform and a war based on lies, desertion is an act of bravery.

Iraq's War Porn

Posted on Jun 15, 2006, Source: TomDispatch.com

We believe the war would end if the media showed more images of the human horrors in Iraq, yet we turn away when they're placed in front of us. Not anymore.

Bush Grabs for "Dictatorship"

Posted on Mar 17, 2005, Source: AlterNet

At a MoveOn rally, Democratic senators denounce the Republican attempts to eliminate the filibuster as a "power grab."

A Livable Minimum Wage

Posted on Feb 21, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Despite the lack of interest or action at the federal level, more than 30 states are taking direct action to increase the minimum wage.

Reagan Redux

Posted on Jun 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Much of the commentary on Reagan is about personality and almost all of it is laudatory. Reagan is destined to become the eternal brave and smiling president.

Candidates Get Uppity With Media Royal Family

Posted on Mar 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet

In CBS's debate, all four candidates came off looking admirable by comparison to the media royalty's arrogant abusiveness.

Rumsfeld's Fog of War

Posted on Feb 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Refreshingly simple 'do's and 'don't's for Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld from former Defense Secretary McNamara and presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich.

The Thin Line Between News and Fiction

Posted on Nov 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet

The firing of an Associated Press reporter for inventing sources speaks volumes about the vacuity of mainstream journalism.

Making Low Wages at Wal-Mart

Posted on Sep 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Wal-mart and many other companies have managed to keep service jobs low-paying through legal and illegal union-busting practices. But there's no good reason why these jobs can't pay more.

Please Litter!

Posted on May 12, 2002, Source: AlterNet

A new book argues that all products should be completely recyclable or biodegradable -- toss the soles of your shoes into the garden and give the uppers back to the shoemaker.

The Super Bowl and the Minimum Wage

Posted on Feb 5, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Like a growing number of cities and states, New Orleans just raised its minimum wage by public referendum, giving low-wage Super Bowl workers a lot to celebrate.
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