David Swanson

“Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle….Globally, U.S. standing among friends and allies has fallen. Our status as a moral leader has been damaged by the war, the subsequent occupation of a Muslim nation, and various issues concerning the treatment of…

And he said, A certain nation had a son. And the son said to congress, Congress, give me $560 billion. And Congress gave it. And not many days after, this son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with vicious slaughter and enrichment of sinful people.…

As the relatively small and peaceful meeting at Haymarket Square was wrapping up, 180 policemen marched on the crowd, and a bomb went off – which many believe was thrown by an agent provocateur. The Chicago Tribune demanded that Parsons, Spies, Michael Schwab, and Samuel Fielden be hanged for murder. The police began smashing up…

Dear Wesley, You’re two today and you’re napping. If you’re dreaming, they’re probably happy dreams. You’re almost always happy awake. Whatever your worst dreams are, they’re probably not worse than what I fear may become of this world and your future in it. You’ve spent your first two years and the nine months before that…

The current issue is always free to everyone Two weeks ago, an article in the c-ville Weekly by Josh Levy told us that the “surge” was going to win the “war” in Iraq. “Victory has not yet arrived,” he cautioned, “and it may be years before we can mark its arrival with confidence, but we…