Author name: davidswanson

By David Swanson

The number and variety of the excuses for failing, in various ways, to resist the transition we are in from democratic republic to dictatorship never ceases to amaze me. A lot of the time I imagine that Congress members hold all the prizes in this regard, with perhaps some dishonorable mentions for party leaders and directors of national activist organizations. But I’ve been repeatedly jolted out of that notion by being involved in specific plans to organize protests, most read more

While George Dubya will desecrate Monticello with some dishonest remarks from a podium on Friday as new citizens swear to defend the Constitution he has destroyed, this AP story has the plans of the man in charge. Dick Cheney will make his remarks on a ship named the Constitution and talk about fighting pirates rather than being one:

Dick Cheney to visit Boston on July Fourth
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney will be in Boston on July Fourth to attend a ceremony read more

Charlottesville Municipal Ban Ready To Play For President.

I read that and hoped for this.

To get in you must pick up free tickets at 7 a.m. on Wednesday at the Monticello Visitors Center. Bring as many people as you can, and each request the maximum of four tickets. Go early!

To protest outside meet at 8 a.m. on Friday at Quarry Park. Please bring posters, signs, costumes, banners, props.

Here’s a map that includes Monticello, the visitors center, and Quarry Park: Map.

Here’s a new flyer: PDF Flyer.

Keep phoning Monticello! The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private read more

Read the letters HERE.

Issued by Veterans for Peace for July 4

Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are instituted to secure the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But

“…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety read more

Should a war criminal be permitted to speak on the Fourth of July at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello?

Right Now, Wherever You Are: The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private nonprofit, owns and operates Monticello with a professed mission of preservation and education. Call Monticello right now and ask them to uninvite Bush: (434) 984-9822. Then let the Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville know that you’ve done that: enewstips@dailyprogress.com

In Charlottesville on July read more

From the Monticello Website:

Free tickets to Monticello’s July 4 event will be distributed Wednesday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. – Free tickets to the July 4 event at Monticello that will feature the participation of President Bush will be made available to the public Wednesday (July 2).

Approximately 1,000 tickets to the 46th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Monticello Visitor read more