About David Swanson

1. FireDogLake Book Salon: Swanson with Greenwald
2. Who Decides About War? Conference
3. Oppose Wars in D.C. on Oct. 5, Everywhere Oct. 17
4. New Mexico with Elliott Adams, Ray McGovern, Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson, Ann Wright
5. Daybreak in Florida with C-Span

1. FireDogLake Book Salon: Swanson with Greenwald

On Sunday, September 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. ET, Glenn Greenwald will introduce and moderate an online discussion with David Swanson about his new book "Daybreak: read more

UPDATE: This was taped for this weekend, not live.

I’ll be on Ring of Fire on Air America today at 12:30 p.m. ET with Mike Papantonio. Check out this recent video of him explaining the wingnuts:

On tonight’s edition of The Urban Journal, Keith talks with author and activist David Swanson about the protest this weekend outside of the Dallas residence of George W. Bush, Sherman Kizart, managing director of Kizart Media Partners joins Keith with an update on the Mini Cooper, Non Urban Dictate, and Dr Christian Weller, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress gets on board to talk about the economic plight of communities of color during this recession .The show airs at 8pm read more

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By David Swanson

This past Saturday, I joined in a protest at a former president’s house, took part in a four-hour progressive politics forum in an enormous theater packed with an enthusiastic crowd, and spoke at a fundraiser for GI resistance in a giant gay cathedral, all in the heart of the hinterlands: Dallas, Texas. All of which is not to say that the United States is a purple country and we should all just get along, but is to say that there is to be found across this nation a crowd read more

David Swanson Daybreak OKC from Pam Paul on Vimeo.

SHEEHAN BACK IN DALLAS; WILL CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF TORTURE AND OTHER WAR CRIMES

Cindy Sheehan, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and peace and justice activist whose son was killed in Iraq, will return to Dallas on September 19th. Dallas area peace and justice organizations will join her in a rally to call for the investigation and prosecution of George W. Bush and any government officials involved in decisions that led to torture and other war crimes. Also featured at the rally will be nationally read more

David Swanson discusses politics and his book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" with the Oklahoma County Democrats in Oklahoma City, OK, on September 18, 2009.

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By Steve Leser, OpEdNews

As a fellow writer who appears on at least one of the same publications, I’ve read a lot of David Swanson’s articles over the years. Every one of those articles was sharp and had strong back up from good sources. I was therefore very excited when I heard that he had written a book. David and I sometimes disagree on the issues. He is more critical of Democrats and Obama than read more

Here’s the mp3, and the first part of the interview begins halfway through this clip.

“Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union” was the top selling book last week from my publisher, Seven Stories, and from the distributor of almost all independent publishers.

I’m in Kansas City tomorrow night, Oklahoma City on Friday, and Dallas on Saturday for a series of events all day and night, including a public debate on whether Bush should be prosecuted.

C-Span now plans to film my October 14th event in Miami.

Daybreak is breaking out. read more

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I’ll be on Coy Barefoot’s radio show tomorrow and want to share this wonderful interview Coy did with Eugene Jarecki: Listen.

Catch me and some other great guests tonight on Gorilla Radio.

Also taping with Sheila Dean today Tuesday.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. PT KRXA 540, listen here: http://www.krxa540.com

Also Tuesday, 1- 1:30 p.m. ET Free Range Thought: http://freerangethought.com

Also Tuesday 4:30 – 5 p.m. ET with Coy Barefoot on Charlottesville Right Now: http://www.wina.com/Charlottesville-Right-Now/3056918
Watch for podcast at Cville Podcast: http://www.cvillepodcast.com

And 4:30 p.m. CT on the Richard Hunter read more