Hiroshima Haunting
By David Swanson Remarks at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Garden at Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 6, 2017 Thank you for inviting me to speak
You Cannot Begin a Crime in Good Faith
By David Swanson Remarks at Democracy Convention in Minneapolis on Aug. 5, 2017 This morning we handed out flyers on Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul.
Getting to Peace Through Local Governments
By David Swanson Remarks at the Democracy Convention, Minneapolis, Minn., August 5, 2017. A school board member in Virginia once agreed to support creating a
Western Wars Fuel the Cycle of Bloodshed
Morning Star editorial. “I WANT to find out why we’ve been there for 17 years,” US President Donald Trump reportedly raged following news of more
America’s Amnesia
Everything wrong with the new ten-part PBS documentary on the Vietnam War is apparent in the first five minutes. A voice from nowhere intones about a war “begun in good faith” that somehow ran off the rails and killed millions of people.
Prosecuting Famine Creation
I was asked to speak about prosecuting weapons dealers and war makers with a focus on Saudi Arabia. There are, I think, many ways that one could go about that.
“The Captain” (A Short Story Against War)
“The Captain” (A Short Story Against War) by Irat R. Feiskhanov We found the captain in his room. He had left us a little poem:
The Case for Abolishing War
David Swanson: The Case for Abolishing War Medea Benjamin: The Case for Abolishing War Published on Aug 3, 2017 Democracy Convention, Minneapolis, Minn., August 3,
Do the People Want War?
Published on Aug 3, 2017 Democracy Convention, Minneapolis, Minn., August 2, 2017 — Video by Lance Smith
Why We Can and Must End Our Greatest Crime
By David Swanson Remarks on August 3 at Democracy Convention in Minneapolis. It’s unusual on Kellogg Blvd. in St. Paul to encounter anyone who knows
THE MEDIA’S ONE-SIDED ATTACK AGAINST THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT
Press Release, August 2, 2017, from the NoWar Network – Rome nowar@gmx.com THE NOWAR NETWORK CONDEMNS THE MEDIA’S ONE-SIDED ATTACK AGAINST THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT AND
$1 Trillion for a U.S. Nuclear Buildup
AUG. 2, 2017, reposted from the New York Times. To the Editor: Re “A Threat to Nuclear Arms Control” (editorial, July 30): You rightly warn
US Foreign Military Bases Aren’t “Defense”
By Thomas Knapp, August 1, 2017, OpEdNews. “U.S. foreign military bases are the principal instruments of imperial global domination and environmental damage through wars of
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Stopping Permanent War
During each of 20 trips to Afghanistan, Kathy Kelly, as an invited guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, has lived alongside ordinary Afghan people in
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Stopping Permanent War
During each of 20 trips to Afghanistan, Kathy Kelly, as an invited guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, has lived alongside ordinary Afghan people in
Dancing With Fear
By Robert C. Koehler, August 1, 2017. I knew there was a war on against cancer and, oh yeah, drugs, illiteracy, poverty, crime and, of
John Denver – Peace
Published on Nov 4, 2007 John Denver 1982 – Peace poem and Strangest Dream….for all those who still miss his spirit 🙂
Dark Side of Mr. Moon
By Bruce K. Gagnon, July 31, 2017, Organizing Notes. Activists in South Korea were excited and fairly optimistic that the election of liberal President Moon
Jill Stein Slams ‘Demonization of North Korea’ in MSNBC Interview
Published on Jul 31, 2017 Political activist and former Green Party nominee for President, Jill Stein, appeared on MSNBC on Sunday to provide an impassioned
Send Eureka Mayor Frank Jäger on mission to Nagasaki
By Ellen Taylor, July 12, 2017, Eureka Times-Standard. Reposted July 31, 2017. I read an article once about a man on a safari in Africa
Understanding US regime change in Syria – 2017 Panel
Published on Jun 21, 2017 What are the goals of US “regime change” in Syria? How does the U.S media narrative affect the crisis, and
This October, Trump Will Try to Start a War with Iran
Trump plans to sabotage the nuclear deal. By Trita Parsi, AlterNet , July 29, 2017. Something extraordinary has happened in Washington. President Donald Trump has
Why Canada should sign the treaty banning nuclear arms
By Douglas Roche, July 29, 2017, The Globe and Mail. Douglas Roche is a former senator and a former Canadian ambassador for disarmament and honourary
Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases
Unity Statement We, the undersigned peace, justice and environmental organizations, and individuals, endorse the following Points of Unity and commit ourselves to working together by
A manual for a new era of direct action
By George Lakey, July 28, 2017, Waging Nonviolence. Movement manuals can be useful. Marty Oppenheimer and I found that out in 1964 when civil rights
Admiral Says He Would Launch A Nuclear Strike On China If Trump Ordered It
By Laurel Wamsley, July 27, 2017, NPR The Two Way. At a security conference in Australia on Thursday, this scenario was posed to the commander
Congressional Opponents of Sanctions As Nuts As Supporters
By David Swanson, July 28, 2017, American Herald Tribune. Both houses of Congress have now passed big new sanctions bills by veto-proof majorities, in fact