By David Swanson

“A liberal is the kind of guy who walks out of a room when the argument turns into a fight.” – Saul Alinsky

The Congress that was elected to end the war just voted to fund the war. Congresswoman Barbara Lee was not permitted to offer for a vote her amendment, which would have funded a withdrawal instead of the war. Groups that supported Lee’s plan and opposed Pelosi’s included United for Peace and Justice, Progressive Democrats of America, US Labor read more

By David Swanson

If you could secretly tell a magic genie “Yes” and receive a million dollars but cause the deaths of a million people you’ve never met in China, would you say No? This is no longer just a philosophical brain teaser. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday morning on funding for a war that has already caused the deaths of possibly as many as a million Iraqis. Some of the money might very well go to funding an attack on another nation (Iran). read more

By David Swanson

The Supplemental spending bill proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi funds the war. It gives Cheney and Bush roughly another $100 billion. And you can be quite sure they will spend it as they choose, which may include attacking Iran. In fact, a measure in the bill requiring Bush to get Congress’s approval before attacking Iran (an attack that would violate the US Constitution and the UN charter) has been removed.

The bill also requires Iraq to turn much of its oil profits read more

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey is leading efforts to block the Supplemental bill in the House to fund the war. Here’s a video (wmv) of her speaking about this at a rally on Sunday in Fresno, California. Here’s a video (wmv) of David Swanson on the same topic at the same rally. Here’s an edited video read more

By David Swanson

Rallies are being held all over the country marking the fourth anniversary of the official start of the war, and many of them are focusing on opposing the supplemental spending bill proposed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. The peace movement has been firmly opposed to it from the start, and other activist groups are moving in that direction, including groups that usually take their orders from the Democratic leadership rather than the other way around. The possibility has read more

Video courtesy of Kathleen Gabel and Barry Student

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By David Swanson

The Democrats in Congress are doing less to oppose the war now that they have the majority than they did in the minority. While in the minority, Democrats in a sizable and growing number voted against funding more war. While in the minority, Democrats pushed hard for Resolutions of Inquiry into the lies that launched the war. While in the minority, Democrats in significant numbers signed onto a bill to create a preliminary investigation into grounds for impeachment. While in read more

By David Swanson

Judy Daubenmier spent 25 years as a reporter for the Associated Press and saw the field of news reporting sliding downhill. Now she works to reform our system of communications through the internet. Daubenmier is the author and editor of “Project Rewire: News Media from the Inside Out.” I talked to her about her work and her hopes for news reporting in the future.

Here’s the audio.

Swanson: This is David Swanson with Judy Daubenmier, the author and editor of read more

By David Swanson

It did. Her name was Sibel Edmonds. This is her story, as she told it to me. Edmonds discusses what she knows, whom it implicates, and what she’s been through and what hope there is in the new Congress to start an investigation.

Here’s the audio.

Swanson: This is David Swanson with Sibel Edmonds. It’s great to talk with you, thanks for being here.

Edmonds: Thanks for asking me for this interview, David.

Swanson: So I should ask, I guess, before I start, are read more