Comic Lover for Justice
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Authoritative Rejection of Afghanistan War
By David Swanson
The last time I was on Laura Flanders’s GRIT tv I argued that the American public opposed the occupation of Afghanistan, but another guest — some Washington, D.C., “progressive” — argued that this had no relevance, since the American public didn’t know anything about Afghanistan.
When the RAND Corporation held a forum on Afghanistan recently on Capitol Hill, Zbigniew Brzezinski claimed that it was uncontroversial that US troops had to stay in
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Video: Bruce Gagnon Interviews David Swanson
This is the latest from Bruce Gagnon’s cable TV show, which is shown all across the state of Maine, and which you can ask to have shown in your part of the country.
(It’s way better quality than the internet requires, so please be very patient for it to start. Then ask your local cable station to play it.)
Here’s the source
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UVA Disgraces Itself, Takes on Task of Recording Oral History of Hurricane Dubya
The University of Virginia, to the shame of us alumni, contracts with the Pentagon, builds a research park nextdoor to a military spying center, employs the guy in charge of derailing the 9-11 commission, and now proposes to record the oral history of George W. Bush’s misleadership.
If they were to obtain audio recordings of the prompts given him during debates at which he wore an ear piece, or English translations of his more comical utterances, I could see a limited value. But recording
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Come Together Right Now
By David Swanson
If you have an interest in grassroots organizing, international alliance building, the peace movement, the labor movement, the conversion of the U.S. economy from weapons to human needs, the preservation of life on earth (come on, admit it), the weaponization of space, or the autobiographical insights of smart and determined people, then I cannot more strongly recommend that you get a copy of “Come Together Right Now: Organizing Stories from a
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If the Congressional Progressive Caucus Were Progressive
By David Swanson
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has 82 members, 81 in the House and 1 in the Senate, but has taken the anti-progressive onslaught of recent years lying down. The CPC can be counted on to say some pleasant things, but in the end 1 or 2 or 8 or 14 of its members will vote a progressive position. Almost never will the CPC attempt to organize its members to all take a stand. When it did organize 90 members to sign a letter
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2009 Year of the Filibuster
By David Swanson
Trying to squeeze any sort of peace on earth out of our government in Washington has been a steep uphill climb for years. For the most part we no longer have representatives in Congress, because of the corruption of money, the weakness of the media, and the strength of parties. There are not 535 opinions on Capitol Hill on truly important matters, but 2. Our supposed representatives work for their party leaders, not for us. Luckily, one of the two parties claims to want to
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The Iraq Peace and Reconciliation College Tour
By David Swanson
Mark Manning, who created the amazing film “Road to Fallujah,” sent me information on a new project that should be of interest to peace activists and college students, which sadly are two groups of people without enough overlap. It involves setting up events on college campuses that will include live video-conferencing with Iraqi college students, as well as screenings of Manning’s film. Find out more here:
http://www.globalaccessmedia.org
“The goal of
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California Here We Come
Next stops on the David Swanson "Daybreak" Tour to discuss my new book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union":
Nov. 19 Davis, CA
Nov. 20, Grass Valley, CA
Nov. 21, Fresno and Fair Oaks, CA
Nov. 22, Bay Area, CA
Nov. 23, Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 24, Orange County, CA
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Listen to KVRM on Wednesday
David Swanson, Author of “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union”, will be interviewed by Chambra Lane on his KVMR program, Rabble Rouser, tomorrow, Wednesday, November 11th from 12 noon to 1 pm PT:
http://www.kvrm.org
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