Audio from Dori Smith: An Hour with David Swanson on Mobilizing for Peace and to Form a More Perfect Union
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October 2009
Most Outrageous Statement Ever By a US Department of Justice
From Jeremy Scahill:
In defending the government’s position, West cited case law stating that “genocide, torture, forced relocation, and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment by individual defendants employed by Department of Defense and State Department were within scope of employment” and similar cases justifying CIA torture as part of official duty.
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From Lila Garrett:
Monday morning at 7 I’ll be back on CONNECT THE DOTS offering the following premiums:
Daybreak By David Swanson 342 pp. Book $100
True Compass Ted Kennedy memoir 532 pp… Book $180
Lila’s interview with Ted Kennedy CD $35
Lila’s Pack All of it $275
TRUE COMPASS by Ted Kennedy, is an instant best seller for good reason. With remarkable candor he goes through his life, with his family, his marriages, his heartbreak and years of struggle in the wake of his brother’s
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Who SHOULD Decide About War?
Remarks at http://whodecidesaboutwar.org conference.
Who actually does: the media, weapons companies, the permanent government, presidents (including simply by decreeing a “war on terror”, through misspending, lying, simply acting, signing treaties), political parties, culture (the one Biden lives in, in which Israel’s sovereign right to attack Iran is uncontroversial), soldiers who obey illegal orders and the culture that leads kids to that place.
Who should decide: we the people
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Dori Smith and David Swanson: great interview! 4 pm ET Today
Listen here: http://www.whus.org
Watch for podcast to be posted later today if you miss the original.
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New Review of Daybreak by David Swanson
By Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz, CommonSense2
We first encountered David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, when he broke the news of the ‘Downing Street Memo’, a document that many considered a smoking gun proving that George W. Bush lied to make a case for invading Iraq. The memo, from a 2002 British intelligence briefing, indicated that Bush was intent on invading Iraq despite his claims to the contrary. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair lied in order to promote
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Audio: Steve Norris and David Swanson on Surreal News
Daybreak w/David Swanson Surreal News
Our Oct 2 show on WSLR 96.5 LP FM Sarasota’s Community Radio Station News and Public Affairs welcomes David Swanson, author “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.” “Daybreak offers a powerful and compelling picture of what real change in America could look like. The world needs more true advocates of democracy like David Swanson!” -Thom Hartmann (Syndicated Radio Show host)
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McChrystal Must Testify
By David Swanson
On Thursday, 22 Democratic congress members introduced a bill to deny funding to any escalation of war in Afghanistan, and 60 Democratic senators voted that Congress should not even speak to a general about that war until after the president has decided whether to escalate it. These two actions come out of very different understandings of war powers.
The particular worldview of the 22 House members, which could also be called “The United States Constitution”, holds
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