Peace and War

By David Swanson
Remarks at October 27, 2007, rally in Jonesborough, Tenn., preceding march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons.

There are those who think Congress should keep shelling out our grandchildren’s money to continue our occupation of Iraq, and there are those who think Congress should pass a bill opposing the occupation. And they are both wrong. Any decent bill on any issue, much less this one, will be vetoed. The way to stop funding the occupation read more

Until 2005 multimillionaires could make the Forbes 400 richest Americans, but for 2006 it took $1.3 Billion. The economy’s doing great for a few folks. Cheney says the US won’t let Iran “go nuclear” and we accuse them “directing missions in Iraq.” The run-up to the Iran War is the same as the Iraq War and we buy it. Sen. Chris Dodd calls for new leadership in the Senate, and Verizon and AT&T give over $42,000 to Sen. Jay Rockerfeller to buy legal immunity read more

By David Swanson

Here’s a recent transcript

Congressman Rahm Emanuel is chairman of the Democratic Caucus. Congressman, people out there are wondering why did they elect the Democrats to end the war in if the war is still going?

REP. RAHM EMANUEL, (D) DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: First of all, they elected – first of all, let’s go to the presumption of the question, Chris. They elected the democrats for a host of reasons, including the war but also to change things that were happening read more

Friday, November 2

6:30 p.m. – Impeach Bush and Cheney Meetup http://impeachbush.meetup.com/378 with Ann Wright, David Swanson, and Augustin Aguayo. Veteran’s Memorial Building, 112 West Cabrillo Boulevard, Auditorium, first floor, Santa Barbara, CA. Contact DinahMason@aol.com, 805-895-8030. Here’s flyer.

Saturday, November 3

11:00 a.m. – Ann Wright and David Swanson, North Oxnard United Methodist Church, 2300 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA. Contact Cindy 805-895-4026. read more

By David Swanson

Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary.

Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuano; Carson; Christensen; Clay; Cleaver; Clyburn; Conyers; Cooper; Cummings; Davis, Danny; Davis, Susan; DeFazio; DeGette; Delahunt; DeLauro; Dingell; Doggett; Doyle; Eshoo; Farr; Fattah; Filner; Ford; Frank; Green; Grijalva; Gutierrez; Hastings; Hinchey; Holt; read more