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By David Swanson

“A very few serve the state with their consciences, and so necessarily resist it.” -Henry David Thoreau

“We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was legal and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was illegal.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

“A real cynic isn’t going to blow the whistle. And a real radical probably won’t be in a position to do it. It takes someone who believes in the system far more read more

By David Swanson

As noted by the uniquely vigilant Charlie Savage in the Boston Globe, President Bush in November issued a signing statement unconstitutionally overturning 10 sections of H.R. 3222, the "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008." Among the little technical details Bush just erased was the requirement that he not take funds appropriated to the Pentagon for one thing and use them for something else.

So, for example, were Congress to stop passing bills to fund the read more

By David Swanson

I recently interviewed, for 60 minutes each, two individuals who have walked the walk. Eve Tetaz at age 76 has gone to jail for protesting the occupation of Iraq. Aidan Delgado laid down his weapon in Iraq and declared himself a conscientious objector. Hear their stories: http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.org/archives/index.html#november

By David Swanson

Jonathan Schell’s latest book “The Seventh Decade” places our current situation in the context of the past 62 years of the nuclear age, or the past 68 years as Schell might prefer to date it. It was 68 years ago that scientists concluded a nuclear bomb was possible. Scientists and politicians immediately began trying to develop nukes out of fear that someone else would do so first. And as soon as nukes had been developed in one country, spies began passing read more

Click for audio of interview with Eve Tetaz and Mark Goldstone