January 2012

Corporate Personhood Worse, Ending It Easier, Than You Think

Don’t take it from me.  Take it from the book being published today that will mainstream the movement to end corporate personhood: “Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do, And What You Can Do About It,” by Jeff Clements with foreword by Bill Moyers.

Clements traces the development of the legal doctrine of corporate personhood back long before the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision two years ago this month, in particular to read more

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I Just Got Banned From Capitol Hill for Speaking

This is where I can’t go because I spoke.

And three of my friends got the same deal.

And in the next courtroom over our other friends were convicted by a jury of opposing torture.

And right across the hall our other friend completed her probation for having interrupted Netanyahu even though he thanked her and bragged about how she’d be treated worse in Iran, even though the assault she suffered in the US Capitol put her in a neck brace.

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Why Not Attack Iran?

The push to attack Iran has been on for so long that entire categories of arguments for it (such as that the Iranians are fueling the Iraqi resistance) have come and gone. At DontAttackIran.org we’ve been collecting the arguments for and against attacking Iran for years. We’ve campaigned against an attack, but never been able to claim a success, because decisions not to launch wars are never announced, because those pushing for wars never give read more

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Join FireDogLake Book Salon This Saturday With David Swanson and Scott Horton

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Scott Horton will host an online chat with you and David Swanson this Saturday, January 7th from 5 to 7 pm ET about Swanson’s new book When the World Outlawed War, “a masterful account of how people in the United States and around the world worked to abolish war as a legitimate act of state policy and won in 1928, outlawing war with a treaty that is still on the books.”

Swanson’s books now include:
Daybreak: read more

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Occupied Territory

From HERE:

We’re all terrorists now– a discussion, with David Swanson, of the NDAA (National Defense Appropriations Act)–signed into law on New Year’s Eve… It certifies President Barack Obama’s secret powers of torture, indefinite detention without trial and the ability to wage perpetual war everywhere–including our own country!

Say goodbye to the Constitution, it’s now merely a historical document. The country is still ours though–time to take read more

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Charlottesville City Council Prepares to Support Peace

At the first meeting of the new Charlottesville, Va., City Council Tuesday evening, four of the five city council members publicly expressed their intention to support a resolution asking Congress to reduce military spending, a resolution likely to be discussed and voted on at the council’s next meeting on the evening of January 16th, Martin Luther King Day. The fifth member expressed no view, so the possibility exists for unanimous support.  One of the four members who expressed support read more

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Upcoming Speaking Events in Hilton Head, S.C.

David Swanson will speak and lead a discussion on the topic of

“Lifting the Shadow of War.”

WHEN: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. February 25, 2012.

WHERE: Hilton Head Library, 11 Beach City Road, Hilton Head, SC 29926, Tel. 843-255-6500, Fax 843-255-9495, Website, Map.

SPONSOR: Hilton Head for Peace, Tel. 603-264-6102.

Admission is free.

Printable flyer: PDF.

SECOND EVENT:

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. February 26, 2012

WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Congregation read more

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NDAA and SOPA on Connect the Dots

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Monday morning at 7 PT on Lila Garrett’s CONNECT THE DOTS we’ll review the old year  and prioritize the new with:
 
 DAVID SWANSON covering the  NDAA (Nat’l. Defense Authorization Act) which has been signed into law.  It gives the President absolute power over anyone he accuses of terrorism, including Americans.  No formal charge is mandated, and there
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