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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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The world has had incredibly good luck and a ridiculously high number of near misses with nuclear weapons. The mere passage of time makes nuclear apocalypse extremely likely.
NATO didn’t add Ukraine, which was attacked. Therefore every country or at least lots of them should be added to NATO. Russia has a bad government.…
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The belief in the justice and glory of past wars is absolutely critical to the acceptance of current wars, such as the Ukraine war.
Last week I spoke to a very smart class of high school seniors in Washington DC. They knew more and had better questions for me than…
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At the level of the federal government, an even bigger opportunity exists to move money from institutionalized deadly force to all variety of human and environmental needs.
The past month’s activism has changed a great deal. One thing it’s helped with is brushing aside the tired old argument over whether government should be…
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Syria is a war that risks fighting between the United States and Russia, while each is armed with far more than enough nuclear weapons to destroy all life on earth. Creating a profitable conflict between the U.S. and Russia is a likely actual motivation of some hawks on Syria.
1. Chemical weapons are worse than other weapons. This is not the case. Death and dismemberment are horrific regardless of the weapon. No weapon is being…
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Recognize that the crisis is not new. It's just ever more urgent, with environmental or nuclear apocalypse threatening.
Here I am in occupied DC. The White House looks like a Green Zone. There was a time when you could walk up to it. Caravans…
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Is staying in Afghanistan OK with you as long as we call it leaving? President Obama has signed an agreement with President Karzai to keep a major U.S. military presence in Afghanistan (currently about three times the size Obama began with) through the end of 2014, and to allow a significant unspecified presence beyond that…
Is staying in Afghanistan OK with you as long as we call it leaving? President Obama has signed an agreement with President Karzai to keep a…
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So, the Democratic Party has achieved two of its primary goals for healthcare reform (I mean in addition to renaming this charade health INSURANCE reform). First, they’ve managed to get one Republican to vote for one of their bills. To their way of thinking, it’s harder to blame Democrats for a lousy law if it’s…
So, the Democratic Party has achieved two of its primary goals for healthcare reform (I mean in addition to renaming this charade health INSURANCE reform). First,…
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The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this…
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of…
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This is the second of three excerpts from Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union (Seven Stories Press) by David Swanson published here by the kind permission of the publisher. In places where we are not already protected, or where we have been shown to be vulnerable over the last eight…
This is the second of three excerpts from Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union (Seven Stories Press) by David Swanson published…
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