Compromised Healthcare Reform
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50 Top U.S. War Criminals
By David Swanson
Compiled below, in hopes that it may be of some assistance to Eric Holder, John Conyers, Patrick Leahy, active citizens, foreign courts, the International Criminal Court, law firms preparing civil suits, and local or state prosecutors with decency and nerve is a list of 50 top living U.S. war criminals. These are men and women who helped to launch wars of aggression or who have been complicit in lesser war crimes. These are not the lowest-ranking employees or troops who managed
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More Corporate-Organized Rallies, This Time for Climate Destruction
Here’s an announcement from CleanHouston.org about the climate fight, which parallels the health fight. The Democrats in both cases have produced bills that go 90% of the way to satisfying the industries responsible for the problems. In return, in both cases, those industries have used astroturf groups and the corporate media to generate pseudo-populist revolts against the impure efforts that did not provide 100% profit maximization:
Energy Citizens, a corporate-organized Astroturf alliance
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US Withdrawal in Iraq Leading to Peace, Not Armageddon
Remember how for six years we were told by Congress members and the corporate media that withdrawing from Iraq would lead to disaster (somehow worse than the existing hell)? Remember how we pointed out that the occupation was a leading cause of the violence? Here Patrick Cockburn reports that the partial withdrawal thus far
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Rehoboth Beach: A World Away from Washington
That’s where I’ve been for a week. Click this:
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Six Months of Immunity
By David Swanson
Drafted in preparation for panel discussion at Veterans for Peace national convention August 7, 2009, on topic of “Holding the Architects of Illegal Wars and War Crimes Accountable.”
Seven years to the day after the Downing Street Minutes meeting at which top British officials famously discussed U.S. President George W. Bush’s intent to launch a war against Iraq whether or not any means could be found to legalize it, on July 23rd, the United Nations hosted a
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Beating Up Congress Members
With corporate thugs now assaulting Congress members to scare them out of providing anyone with healthcare, it’s worth recalling that in earlier days of this nation, assaults on Congress members would result in being held in contempt of Congress — literally held in prison. Nowadays, Congress won’t even lock up people like Rove and Cheney who defy subpoenas, so the idea of Congress doing anything to protect itself against thuggery is pretty outlandish. However, if Congress passes
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Audio: Stephen Lendman and David Swanson
Global Research News Hour host Stephen Lendman discusses war, peace, accountability, criminal prosecution, healthcare, and government reform with guest David Swanson: mp3.
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Who Decides About War?
Who Decides About War?
WhoDecidesAboutWar.org
National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy
October 2-3, 2009
Washington D.C.
Who decides about war and peace? Congress? The President? The Courts? The People?
What kind of national defense should the U.S. have? What type of military?
"Who Decides About War" will be a national conference confronting essential questions raised by the U.S. invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. These questions are timely,
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