Halloween Is Coming, Vladimir Putin Isn’t
The demonization of Russian President Vladimir Putin by the government and mainstream media distract from the US’s own threats and crimes.
Read MoreDavid Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is 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 Nation Radio and is a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Follow him on Twitter @davidcnswanson and Facebook.
Posted by David Swanson | Oct 24, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints |
The demonization of Russian President Vladimir Putin by the government and mainstream media distract from the US’s own threats and crimes.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 18, 2016 | Africa, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US |
Why it doesn’t matter whether the USS Mason was actually fired upon by Yemenis.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 18, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
It’s fascinating that even the bankers in whom Clinton confides her militarist mania ask her identical questions to those I get asked by peace activists.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 14, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Wars murder extensively, immorally, counterproductively, and illegally with immunity. There can be good policing. But there cannot be good war making.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 12, 2016 | Science, US, Viewpoints |
If the US government wasn’t spending so much money on war and destruction, it could do something more productive like bringing America electric railroads.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 12, 2016 | Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints |
Disturbing the Peace presents a view of the Israel-Palestine conflict most Americans have never seen, but should familiarize themselves with.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 6, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
The Russia-did-it stories are being used to bury the DNC-rigged-its-primary stories.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 4, 2016 | Africa, Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints |
Samantha Nutt in her book Damned Nations describes a root cause of war that the wealthy of the world could easily eliminate.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Sep 16, 2016 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints |
U.S. officials, too, should find that they must constantly be looking over their shoulders to make sure they aren’t going to be taken to court.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Sep 16, 2016 | Reviews, US |
Snowden is the most entertaining, informing, and important film you are likely to see this year.
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