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“The Rise of the Imperial Presidency”
David Swanson and Bruce Fein, with John Whitehead moderating

Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 12 pm, EST, in City Council chambers, Charlottesville, Va.

Part of the Virginia Festival of the Book

This panel will discuss the rise of the imperial presidency, the expanding US military empire, the rise of the surveillance state, and their implications for the civil liberties and freedoms of American citizens.

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David Swanson with new book “War Is A Lie”
http://warisalie.org

Jan. 4, 2011, 7:00 p.m., McNally Jackson Bookstore, 52 Prince St. (b/t Lafayette & Mulberry), NYC.

With Mark Crispin Miller.

Free.

Join us to talk about “War Is A Lie“

Jan. 4, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

McNally Jackson Bookstore, 52 Prince St. (b/t Lafayette & Mulberry), NYC.

With Mark Crispin Miller.

Here’s a poster/flyer: PDF

David Swanson to Discuss, Sign Copies of “War Is A Lie” in Baltimore, Md.
January 10, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins Bookstore
3330 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 662-5850

Special guests:
Andy Worthington, author of “Guantanamo Files”
Debra Sweet, director of The World Can’t Wait
Cindy Sheehan, the Peace Mom
and other surprises!

Cosponsors:
Pledge of Resistance Baltimore
Chesapeake Citizens
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My neighbor and friend, the antiwar activist David Swanson, recently published a terrific book that takes on, one by one, all the main myths/lies that warmongers use to try to persuade people that wars are effective, moral, and necessary. The book's title 'War is a Lie' is a subtle reference to (and its contents a good complement to) Smedley Butler's 1935 classic study 'War is a Racket'.

Here are some of David's chapter titles:

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By Mickey Z., Planet Green

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David Swanson to Discuss, Sign Copies of “War Is A Lie” in NYC, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.

“David Swanson’s War Is A Lie may be the most comprehensive antiwar statement available in the English language.” — Kevin Young

“Not since General Smedley Butler’s War is a Racket has a simpler, more brilliant, or truer book been published.” — Geoffrey Millard

“David Swanson despises war and lying, and unmasks them both with rare intelligence. I learn something read more

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From KBOO

David Swanson, author and activist talks about his new book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming A More Perfect Union." The host is Marianne Barisonek.

 Swanson talks about how the office of Presidency has acquired more and more power while Congress neglects its duties. He offers ideas on how we the people can rebalance the political structures.

Powers taken by George Bush will become cemented into place during the Obama administration unless Congress takes read more

Los Angeles, Mimi Kennedy’s House, David Swanson’s “War Is A Lie” Book Tour, December 18, 2010. Sponsored by KPFK.
http://warisalie.org
Video by Lionel Heredia
Editing by Joe Keating

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If our movement for peace and justice is to prevail, we must reward those who join it.  When Wikileaks released a video called Collateral Murder earlier this year, one soldier was seen in the video rescuing injured children from a van that had been attacked by a U.S. helicopter.  That soldier, Ethan McCord, spoke out against the incident of murder and the murderous war.  He and another veteran, Josh Stieber, published an open letter of apology to the people of Iraq.

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Here’s a poster/flyer: PDF

David Swanson to Discuss, Sign Copies of “War Is A Lie” in Baltimore, Md.
January 10, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins Bookstore
3330 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 662-5850

CONTACT info at chesapeakecitizens.org

Special guests:
Andy Worthington, author of “Guantanamo Files”
Debra Sweet, director of The World Can’t Wait
Cindy Sheehan, the Peace Mom
and other surprises!

Cosponsors:
Pledge of Resistance Baltimore
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OPENING REMARKS

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

BERKELEY
Friday, December 17, 6 PM
"War is a Lie", with best-selling author David Swanson, and music by Vic Sadot
Book talk, reception, music, followed by book signing and dancing
$20 suggested donation (includes copy of book); $10 without book, to benefit Codepink
Golden Gate and the BFUU
Fellowship Hall, 1241 Cedar St. (@ Bonita), Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
Information and ticket reservations: cynthia_papermaster@yahoo.com, 510-333-6097
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SAN JOSE

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Black Agenda Report

by David Swanson

What’s behind our constant wars? Is it biology, culture, economic imperatives, ideology….madness? Whatever the initial motivation, wars are always sustained by lies.

 

Is Warmaking Irrational?

by David Swanson

The following has been excerpted from David Swanson’s new book, "War Is A Lie" http://warisalie.org.

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