David Swanson

David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org

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07 May 2009
It's national Nancy Off the Table Day
David Swanson
That's right, children, it's national Nancy Day, honoring the occasion on May 7, 2006, when Nancy Pelosi first allowed Tim Russert to badger her into agreeing...
05 May 2009
Give everyone healthcare by shutting down insurance companies
David Swanson
Our nation has more money than any other, more weapons than all the others combined, and a majority of its citizens believing it is, in some undefined sense,...
01 May 2009
The wrong torture question
David Swanson
When Americans get "ethical" these days they ponder the great moral mysteries, like "Is public health coverage fair to insurance companies?" or "If we increase...
27 April 2009
The international criminal court and a rogue empire
David Swanson
One of the best books published in Canada last year is one of the best books published in the United States thus far this year: "The Sun Climbs Slow: The...
22 April 2009
Take heart and have courage
David Swanson
We've pushed long and hard to put accountability, impeachment, prosecution, and the restoration of congressional power on the American table, and they've all...
03 April 2009
MoveOn is not new to supporting war
David Swanson
While General David "Betray Us" Petraeus must be thrilled with his conversion from traitor to saint in the eyes of the pseudo-left and amazed that such things...

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