David Swanson: After 10 months of election obsession and lesser-evilism, this place could look more or less the way it would have had Occupy never arisen.
The Last Whistleblowers
November 28, 2011 By
David Swanson: We are going to need to develop a counter culture, the culture one can see blossoming in the Occupy encampments, a culture in which honesty and integrity are the norm, a culture in which decent behavior leads to acceptance rather than ostracism.
Occupy the Winter of Our Discontent
October 30, 2011 By
David Swanson: Above all: stay! Continue to hold public space! Grow, and rotate people. No single person need stay forever. But the 99% of the 99% that cheers from the sidelines needs to get into the squares and parks.
A 51st State for Armed Robotic Drones
October 28, 2011 By
David Swanson: Weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, have their own caucus in Congress, and the Pentagon’s plan is to give them their own state as well.
When the Public Rises, We’ll Want an Ally in Congress
June 28, 2011 By
David Swanson: I think Norman Solomon would make a better Congress member than I would, and than most of us would.
Is Israel’s Right Wing in Eric Cantor’s District?
May 2, 2011 By
David Swanson: The problem is that the interests of the Israeli government, far from always representing the Israeli people, in no way represent those of the American people or the people of Virginia.
The Cure for Plutocracy: Strike!
April 26, 2011 By
David Swanson: How do you get politicians living off legalized bribery to criminalize bribery? How do you persuade the corporate media to report on the interests of flesh-and-blood, non-corporate people?
A Unified Theory of War and Taxes
April 23, 2011 By
If Cairo Came to Kabul
April 19, 2011 By
Why Am I A Peace Activist? Why Aren’t You?
April 15, 2011 By
David Swanson: The obvious question is probably how I became a peace activist. To my mind, however, the question has always been why anybody is not. I understand there are not a lot of job openings for professional peace activists, but there are unlimited part-time volunteer positions.
On Visiting an Unwinnable War
March 31, 2011 By
David Swanson: If Afghanistan is to have peace, Galtung believes, it will need a loose federation of governments within and a confederation of allied countries without, including countries like Pakistan and Iran.
Why Pentagon Claims MLK Would Love War on Afghanistan
January 19, 2011 By
David Swanson: A poll last spring found that 85% of Kandaharis consider the Taliban “our Afghan brothers.” The poll was commissioned by the Pentagon. The same poll found that 94% favored peace negotiations, not war. So, out of the goodness of our racist hearts, we brought them more war.
Be the Peace You Want to See on Earth
December 24, 2010 By
David Swanson: I’ve never found any opponent of war who didn’t believe there was evil in the world. After all, we oppose war because it is evil. Did Martin Luther King, Jr., stand idle in the face of threats? Are you serious?
Freedom Watch Threw a War and Nobody Came
November 27, 2010 By
How the Korean War Began
November 24, 2010 By
David Swanson: The Korean War was waged in supposed defense of the way of life in the United States and in supposed defense of South Korea against aggression by North Korea.
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