Stories by David Swanson
David Swanson's books include "War Is A Lie." He blogs at davidswanson.org and warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization rootsaction.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio.
Posted on Mar 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet
A living-wage campaign has been pressing the university's overpaid administrators to treat its workers better for the past 14 years.
Posted on Mar 7, 2012, Source: Smirking Chimp
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why he thinks it is legal to murder people, even without trial, arrest, or charges filed.
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.
Posted on May 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet
AIPAC raises its money in the United States but advances the agenda of a foreign nation.
Posted on Feb 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Obama seems eager to be liked by the Chamber. But at whose expense?
Posted on Dec 10, 2010, Source: davidswanson.org
An excerpt from antiwar activist Swanson's new book, War Is a Lie.
Posted on Nov 21, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com
Will the GOP's plan to block everything the President does stop at war funding?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on Jan 4, 2010, Source: After Downing Street
A round-up of news accounts on the latest disturbing story out of Afghanistan.
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.
Posted on Jun 29, 2009, Source: After Downing Street
People like John Rizzo and John Fredman should not be working for our government. They should be impeached. They should be prosecuted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on Mar 5, 2008, Source: After Downing Street
Their next job can be making sure that Bush and Cheney get something they've denied so many other people: a fair trial
Posted on Feb 26, 2008, Source: After Downing Street
This week marks the climax of its most ferocious crusade to remove him from Congress.
Posted on Jan 14, 2008, Source: After Downing Street
What does one say to a young woman gang raped by men paid by us to work for a company from which our vice president profits?
Posted on Dec 11, 2007, Source: After Downing Street
10 things to remember about voting in primary elections.
Posted on Aug 29, 2007
David Swanson: Cheney defends his refusal to comply with subpoenas and other dictatorial action by saying, "I am not human" twice.
Posted on Aug 28, 2007
David Swanson: A new report concludes that the U.S. has made major preparations to attack Iran, and that it will likely target much more than just weapons or nuclear facilities.
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.
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.
Posted on Mar 7, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com
Instead of ending the war, Democratic leaders may prefer to claim they tried but failed.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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