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BC Guest Commentator David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk World Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and U.S. Peace Prize Recipient. Follow him on Twitter: @davidcnswanson and FaceBook
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It doesn’t matter which mass-murder spree you’re looking at. It’s a war.
Note: Remarks at Muslim Community of the Quad Cities in Bettendorf, Iowa, November 10, 2023 In the popular Western imagination war resembles a sport with what…
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we’ve created a culture in which people imagine that militarism is praiseworthy, that violence solves problems, and that revenge is one of the highest values.
It’s been two years since I wrote on this topic. At that time, at least 36% of U.S. mass shooters had been trained by the U.S.…
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there is a way for a group of Democrats in the House of Representatives to accomplish something if they actually want to.
There’s a bill in Congress, as there always is, called The People Over Pentagon Act, which would reduce military spending by $100 billion. Who the heck…
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I’m 100% in favor of applying the rule of law to the rich and obnoxious.
Imagine the trash compactor scene in Star Wars running for five straight years. Now you can skip thousands of reports on the walls closing in on…
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Reckless disregard for peace is extremely dangerous.
The death and suffering in Ukraine does not yet remotely compare with that in Yemen. Nor does the death and suffering from war in Yemen yet…
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The Republicans will certainly plan on never losing an election again. Any elections they can’t win or rig, they can ask the Supreme Court to fix up for them
If Democrats threw out the filibuster today and rapidly passed legislation over the next 8 months as if they gave a damn — as if they…
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We’re disrupting CANSEC in solidarity with the millions of people around the world who are being killed, who are suffering, who are being displaced as a result of the weapons sold and military deals made by the people and corporations inside this convention.
Additional photos and video are available to download here. OTTAWA — Hundreds of people have blocked access to the opening of CANSEC, North America’s largest weapons…
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the major advantage of a future-crime Memorial Day is that we can memorialize more than just people who are about to die.
This Memorial Day, we have a solemn responsibility to glorify participants in wars that will leave no survivors. We should not lightly disregard the longstanding custom…
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Both nations violate treaties at will, including the United Nations Charter, Kellogg Briand Pact and other laws against war.
Neither the United States nor Russia is a party to the International Criminal Court – and the United States punishes other governments for supporting the ICC.…
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