March 2008

Make McCain Choose

By David Swanson

What if Senator John McCain were forced to choose an extremely and increasingly unpopular position and stand by it for months as it became less and less popular?

No, I don’t mean his support for a permanent occupation of Iraq. Nobody forced him to take that position, and Senator Barack Obama is not exactly taking optimal advantage of it. Were Obama opposing the occupation, committing to filibuster further funding, promising to prosecute the architects of the war, devoting read more

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The Day After the Bombing of Iran

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?

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US Senate Candidate to Discuss Impeachment and Indictment on Radio

US Senate candidate from Maine Laurie Dobson will be my guest for an hour and we’ll be taking your calls. Dobson is working to indict Bush and Cheney in Kennebunkport, Maine. She’s made restoration of the Constitution central to her senate campaign. Join us Wednesday March 12th 8-9 p.m. ET at http://thepeoplespeakradio.net

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Video Indictment and Audio Impeachment

VIDEO: Rally Preceding Vote in Vermont to Indict Bush and Cheney

Watch this video: http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/31652

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AUDIO: Liz Holtzman, David Swanson, Marjorie Cohn, and Callers on Impeachment

“All About Impeachment” — Two hours on The Mark Weaver Show on Florida Progressive internet Radio

Special guests are:

Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman of the House Judiciary committee that impeached Nixon, talking about how the charges and politics are different this time around

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General to Say Withdraw from Iraq

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

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