War Is A Lie

More GRITtv

“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.

Listen.

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
read more

=&0=&, Just World News

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:

read more

By Mickey Z., Planet Green

#email-overlay{ position:absolute; left: 390px; display:none;width:396px;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;margin:-4px 0px 0px;z-index:5; }

#email-overlay .email-fieldset{ padding:18px 0 15px 10px; }

#email-overlay form label{ float:left;width:100px;padding:2px 5px 0 0;text-align:right;font-size:.9em;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase; }

#email-overlay form .staf-text{ font-size:.9em;font-weight:bold;width:250px;height:17px;padding:4px 0 0 5px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px; }

#email-overlay form #toName{margin-bottom:5px;}

#email-overlay form #toAddress{margin-bottom:15px;}

read more

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