Peace and War

By Seth Rosen, srosen@dailyprogress.com
Charlottesville VA Daily Progress

Last week David Swanson tried to “stop-loss” Congress.

Swanson, a Charlottesville resident who has become a nationally prominent antiwar activist, delivered “orders” to senators and representatives to remain at their posts and not return to their home districts for Easter recess until American troops are removed from Iraq.

Later in the week when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified before the read more

Please join me, and call in with your questions Monday evening, March 17, 2008, 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET. My guest will be retired General and former Director of the National Security Agency William Odom. We’ll be discussing the occupation of Iraq, now entering its sixth year, and other abuses of power including warantless wiretapping. Listen in at http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net

Phone in with your questions toll-free from the U.S. and Canada at 888-228-4494, and from the rest of the read more

John Perry reading words of David Swanson.

New Poll: 12 Year Olds Know Congress Could Cut War Money, Adults Believe Congress Powerless to End Iraq Occupation
By David Swanson

A pair of new polls may suggest the power of falsehoods repeated ad infinitum on our televisions and in our newspapers. The first poll asked 2,000 American 12 year olds whether Congress has the power to end the occupation of Iraq. Minorities believed Congress did not, or believed it could do so if the Democrats had larger majorities. But a 61 percent majority of those read more

College Students, Veterans, Old Folks Shut Down Capitol Hill (VIDEOS)

http://afterdowningstreet.org/stoplossvideos

By David Swanson

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By David Swanson

Imagine yourself sitting down transfixed and watching video footage of U.S. bombs hitting Iran. You see children ripped limb from limb, mothers screaming and wailing, people panicked, tortured, traumatized, and killed. Imagine asking yourself at that point: What was I doing these past many months that I thought was more important than preventing this?

Now ask yourself today: What am I doing that is more important than ending the ongoing hell of the U.S. occupation of Iraq?

Are read more

March 17th, 8-9 p.m. ET

Listen to General William Odom discuss the need to withdraw from Iraq on http://thepeoplespeakradio.net

This will be a live interview with host David Swanson, who will be taking calls from listeners. The conversation will cover both Iraq and warrantless spying.

William Eldridge Odom (born June 23, 1932) is a retired U.S. Army 3-star general, and former Director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31 year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing read more

http://charlottesvillepeace.org/filmfest

Click for flyer:
Join us on March 13-16 for a film festival marking five years of occupying Iraq. Discussions will follow each film.

The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, OFFSCREEN, and University Democrats, are sponsoring. The film screenings will all be free and open to the public. The sponsors encourage everyone to come, regardless of their opinions on the Iraq occupation or political affiliations.

WHERE: Kaleidoscope Room in Newcomb read more