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By David Swanson There just might be a big boost in government honesty soon, as both houses of Congress have now passed with two-thirds votes

By David Swanson A powerful new film on what’s wrong with the U.S. media is now being screened around the country. It’s called Shadows of

By John LaForge NEW YORK, NY – Here at the United Nations, talk is focused on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (N-P.T.). At about 11 a.m.

By Art Laffin   On April 28, as the United Nations sponsored Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review conference was beginning its second day, 22 peacemakers from

National Guard Members Encouraged to “Listen to Community” Two national veterans organizations, Veterans For Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War, are calling for the

By David Swanson Reading Nick Turse’s new book, Tomorrow’s Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa, raises the question of whether black lives

Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment, a new book by Burt Neuborne, at first appears an unlikely work to serve much purpose today. Who

By Nick Mottern As the Obama government attempts to justify its drone program, Staff Sergeant Shane R. Owens, a drone sensor operator suffering from PTSD

By Joy First  As I traveled to DC to risk arrest in an action organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) I was

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-sarah-thompson-on-christian-peacemaker-teams/ Sarah Thompson is executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams. She talks about their work. See http://cpt.orgSee upcoming event in Detroit here: http://www.cpt.org/PeacemakerCongressDetroit Total run

Remarks by David Swanson at Houston Peace and Justice Center Conference on April 25, 2015. I hope to be brief enough to leave lots of

Members of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR] have been active in challenging U.S. invasions and attacks of Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries.  Frequently

By David Swanson Chris Woods’ excellent new book is called Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars. The title comes from a claim that then-President George

By Brian Terrell On March 26, I was in Nevada in my role as event coordinator for Nevada Desert Experience, preparing for the annual Sacred

By David Swanson Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those

By Matthew Hoh If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure,

By David Swanson “It’s bad enough to be creating more profit incentive for war,” I told former head of Blackwater Erik Prince, “but you recycle

Join us Thursday April 16th 4:00 – 4:30 EST Join Tom Hayden, Heather Booth, and Jonathan Hutto Sr for a report on the organizing of

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-sheila-carapico-stop-the-saudi-and-us-war-on-yemen Sheila Carapico is a Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va. She discusses the state of

source On April 12, 2015, the student-organizers of the Statement of No Confidence in Harold Koh drafted the following letter in response to faculty intimidation:

Jim Haber of World Beyond War explained their project, Mapping Militarism.  They have created a series of interactive maps that show military actions and preparations around

Remarks at Michigan Pax Christi annual state conference, April 11, 2015. Video. How might we get to a world that doesn’t plan and produce wars