January 2007

Videos: Interviews with Cindy Sheehan and David Swanson on next steps for the anti-war movement

By Kevin Zeese, Democracy Rising

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The Iraq War and occupation is at a key crossroads. The peace movement needs to be focused and take advantage of the opportunities and challenges before us. This is article will be the first in a series reporting on interviews of anti-war activists in order to develop a common agenda, strategy and tactics for the peace movement. This article summarizes interviews with Cindy Sheehan and David Swanson.

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Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Makes the Case for Impeachment

By David Swanson

As some people learned from the minimal and abusive media coverage, on December 8, 2006, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney introduced Articles of Impeachment [ http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/16230 ]against President George W. Bush, making him the 10th president of the United States to face such action. Of course, McKinney was on her way out of office and thus more willing to challenge the Democratic Party leadership by upholding basic Constitutional principles.

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Democrats' Open-Mic Press Conferences

By David Swanson

Unlike the previous majority party in Congress, the Democrats who take power today know their weaknesses. They know they’re not very good at the whole press conference thing where you’re supposed to stand there and say something people care about. So they’ve announced an open-mic policy.

And it seems to be working. It turns out that an ordinary person who’s not been through our campaign bribery system and not agreed to a list of positions acceptable read more

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