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David Swanson on KPOJ Portland Read More »
By David Swanson
The occupied government of Afghanistan and the United Nations have both concluded that U.S.-led troops recently dragged eight sleeping children out of their beds, handcuffed some of them, and shot them all dead. While this apparently constitutes an everyday act of kindness, far less intriguing than the vicious singeing of his pubic hairs by Captain Underpants, it is at least a variation on the ordinary American technique of murdering men, women, and children by the dozens with read more
Shooting Handcuffed Children Read More »
Impeachment: Congress must use this tool to keep high officials in check
By David Swanson, Seattle Times
FOR 220 years, power has moved from Congress, courts, states and the people to the presidency, a trend that has taken giant steps during the Bush and Obama years. Presidents rewrite laws with signing statements or create them with executive orders. They make treaties with occupied governments and no Senate consent. They spend money in secret. They launch and escalate military actions at will. read more
My Column in Saturday's Seattle Times; See Yall in Seattle on Tuesday Read More »
West Palm Beach, FL
January 25, 2010
David Swanson will discuss and sign copies of “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union”
7:30 p.m. at
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1601 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Sponsored by:
The Palm Beach Florida Democratic Club
FREE and OPEN to the Public
CONTACT THE ORGANIZER:
Anthony Jordan
tonyjordan57 at hotmail dot com
Swanson "Daybreak" Book Tour in West Palm Beach, FL Read More »
John Yoo at UVA
By David Swanson
Noted war criminal and torture lawyer John Yoo is scheduled to speak at UVA law school on March 19, 2010.
The day we go into year eight in the illegal occupation of Iraq that Yoo and Jay Bybee provided “legal” justification for, this “legalizer” of torture and other war crimes will be speaking at a law school, our law school, in our town.
John Yoo is a Professor of Law at Boalt Hall School of Law in Berkeley, California. I’ve joined read more
John Yoo at UVA on March 19, 2010 Read More »
By David Swanson
After two stolen elections by Bush-Cheney, an election of Grandpa John “Bomb Bomb Iran” McCain and his sorority president sidekick — whether honest or blatantly stolen and tolerated — would have said something hugely depressing and debilitating about the American people. But arguably it could have saved a great many lives around the world. Here’s how.
Premise number 1: Presidents will fight as many and as large wars as they possibly can. Presidents read more
McCain Could Have Meant Less War Read More »
By David Swanson
In 2004 I began speaking at rallies and forums around the country on issues of peace and justice, something I’ve done off-and-on ever since. Up through 2008, it was extremely unusual for questions from the audience to consist of pure defeatism. In 2009, it was rare to get through a Q&A session without being asked what the point was of trying.
And the defeatism is so contagious that it will be hard for me to make it through 2010 if people don’t shut up about how read more
No, We're Not a Broken People Read More »
By David Swanson
Let’s face it, if James Cameron had made a movie with the Iraqi resistance as the heroes and the U.S. military as the enemies, and had set it in Iraq or anywhere else on planet earth, the packed theaters viewing “Avatar” would have been replaced by a screening in a living room for eight people and a dog.
Nineteen years ago, Americans packed theaters for “Dances with Wolves” in which Native Americans became the heroes, but the story was set in a previous read more
An Avatar Awakening Read More »
By David Swanson
Does the United States Constitution allow Congress to force people to purchase a product (health insurance) from a private corporation, and fine them or tax them if they refuse? The answer is a matter of debate, but there is little dispute that such an act of Congress would be unprecedented.
Sheldon Laskin, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Baltimore Law School who has argued that the Constitution forbids such a move, describes read more
Health Insurance Mandate vs the Constitution Read More »
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