Talk Nation Radio: Maurice Carney and Harvey Wasserman on Racism, Environmentalism, and Ending War
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-maurice-carney-and-harvey-wasserman-on-racism-environmentalism-and-ending-war Maurice Carney is co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo. He has worked with Congolese for two decades in their struggle
Las Vegas Trial, August 25, 2016
By Shirley Osgood This is a write-up of what was to be my trial after being arrested on April 1, 2016 for trespassing on federal
Arms Dealing Is Subject of Hollywood Comedy
By David Swanson I recall five years ago listening to an arms dealer on NPR respond to a question of what he would do if
How to make peace? Colombia’s historic deal has lessons for Syria
By Sibylla Brodzinsky, The Guardian Wars are easier to start than stop. So how did Colombia do it – and what can the world learn
NSA Whistleblowers: NSA Hack Was Likely An Inside Job
By Washington’s Blog The mainstream press is accusing Russia of being behind the release of information on NSA hacking tools. Washington’s Blog asked the highest-level
The Dumbed-Down New York Times
Exclusive: A New York Times columnist writes Americans are so “dumbed-down” that they don’t know that Russia “invaded” Ukraine two years ago, but that “invasion”
STOP THE WAR IN SYRIA!
STOP THE WAR IN SYRIA! Don’t be fooled by war propaganda! St. Louis, MO. Recently, a compelling photo of a bleeding and seemingly confused young
Fredric Jameson’s War Machine
By David Swanson The total acceptability of militarism extends well beyond the neoconservatives, the racists, the Republicans, the liberal humanitarian warriors, the Democrats, and the
ABC Shifts Blame from US Wars to Doctors Without Borders
By David Swanson ABC Television’s 20/20 will air a program on Friday called “The Girl Left Behind,” the main thrust of which is already apparent
What Makes a Hate Group?
By Brian Terrell “As a matter of fact, you have had a person attend your protests in Camp Douglas who has threatened to kill our
Alternatives to military intervention in Syria
By David Cortright In June the influential Center for New American Security (CNAS) issued a report that urges greater U.S. military involvement in Syria to
Stoking Russia Panic for Partisan Gain Will Have a Long-Term Price for Peace
By Adam Johnson, FAIR On Saturday’s episode of AM Joy with Joy Ann Reid, guest Malcolm Nance, a former Naval intelligence officer, summed up MSNBC’s
The Debut of Our Revolution: Great Potential. But.
By Norman Solomon While Bernie Sanders was doing a brilliant job of ripping into the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the livestreamed launch of the Our Revolution
From Gaza—Does Anyone Care About Us?
By Ann Wright As the Women’s Boats to Gaza prepares to challenge in September the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza, Greta Berlin, co-founder of the
Poem: AFTERWORDS
By: Ashby McGowan AFTERWORDS And yes, afterwards Perhaps there shall be what the humans once called, “Weeds” Yet pretty in the ruins Green
Nationwide Demonstration in Berlin / October 8, 2016 – Lay Down Your Arms! Cooperation Instead of NATO Confrontation, Disarmament Instead of Social Service Cuts
The current wars and military confrontation with Russia compel us to take to the streets. Germany is engaged in war nearly every part of the
Pentagon and State Department, or the People of Syria?
The U.S. Peace Movement Has to Decide Which Side It Is On — And Soon An “Anti-Regime-Change” Position on Syria is NOT the same
The Unbearable Awesomeness of the U.S. Military
By David Swanson Unrepentant, always wrong, U.S. warmongers Michael O’Hanlon and David Petraeus have authored “America’s Awesome Military: And How to Make It Even Better,”
War, What is it Good For?
By Al Markowitz Recently, a letter by Shari Harter of Portsmouth, published as a guest column in the Virginian Pilot caught my attention. It called
US To Push for UN Security Council Ban on Nuclear Tests
By Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service Nuclear Security has been a priority for U.S. President Barack Obama. / Credit:Eli Clifton/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 2016
Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
By Dan Elliott, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking
NYT Touts Honduras as Ad for ‘American Power’–Leaving Out Support for Murderous Coup Regime
By Jim Naureckas, Fair & Accuracy in Reporting “How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer” was the headline over the lead article in
ANTIDRONE PROTESTOR ON TRIAL IN WISCONSIN
ANTIDRONE PROTESTOR ON TRIAL IN WISCONSIN SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATES NONVIOLENT DEMONSTRATORS WITH “HATE GROUPS” PATTERN OF POLICE HARASSMENT ALLEGED FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1:00 pm
Worst Human Being Alive: Tony Blair?
By David Swanson I realize that, living here in the United States, the nation doing the most in the world to create wars, proliferate nukes,
The Saudi 203 Pages
By David Swanson For years and years, activists demanded that the U.S. government make public 28 (turned out to be 29) pages it had censored
How to Get Yourself Named “Pro-Assad”
By David Swanson It’s not hard to do. You can probably accomplish it at home quite easily. In These Times just published an article, for
Talk Nation Radio: Judy Bello on Syria, Gar Alperovitz on Ending War
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-judy-bello-on-syria-gar-alperovitz-on-ending-war Judy Bello (pictured) is on the Administrative Committee of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and is a founding member of the Upstate
US War Crimes or ‘Normalized Deviance’
The U.S. foreign policy establishment and its mainstream media operate with a pervasive set of hypocritical standards that justify war crimes — or what might
Campaign Nonviolence Week Of Actions
Popular Resistance TAKE ACTION SEPTEMBER 18-25, 2016! United States – Campaign Nonviolence is a long-term movement for a culture of peace and nonviolence free from
Mass protests in China put nuclear reprocessing plans on hold
The Nuclear Resister Compiled from reports in the South China Morning Post and Globaltimes.cn Thousands of residents of Lianyungang, a port city in China’s eastern