David Swanson

Bern the Feel

Posted by David Swanson | Dec 30, 2015 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints |

Sanders is doing remarkably well, but when people’s televisions tell them they must vote against him, will they disobey?

Do Mass Killings Bother You?

Posted by David Swanson | Dec 4, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |

Exploiting one tragedy to fuel hatred toward a large segment of the human population of earth is madness.

Do War Makers Believe Their Own Propaganda?

Posted by David Swanson | Dec 1, 2015 | Reviews, US |

War advocates do not believe their own propaganda. They believe in their own greed and their own careers.

Why Allen Dulles Killed the Kennedys

Posted by David Swanson | Nov 13, 2015 | Reviews, US, Viewpoints |

There’s not nearly as much disagreement regarding what happened to John and Robert Kennedy as major communications corporations would have you believe.

US and Russian Militaries Compete for Darwin Award

Posted by David Swanson | Nov 13, 2015 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, US, Viewpoints |

Which world power can damage its own interests with the dumbest move? The contest will have you on the edge of your seats.

Why Do War Veterans Commit Suicide or Murder?

Posted by David Swanson | Nov 6, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |

You can’t kill and face death and return unchanged to a world in which you are expected to refrain from all violence and relax.

Is War Beautiful?

Posted by David Swanson | Oct 30, 2015 | Reviews, US |

David Shields’ “War Is Beautiful” captures a portrait a leading war propagandist: the New York Times.

Tony Blair Is Sorry, A Little

Posted by David Swanson | Oct 26, 2015 | Europe, Middle East, US, Viewpoints |

While defending his role in the Iraq war, Tony Blair acknowledges “elements of truth” that it resulted in the rise of ISIS.

When the War Machine Was Young

Posted by David Swanson | Oct 24, 2015 | Reviews, US |

The problems and trends described in the 1973 book Military Force and American Society have been worsening ever since, while interest in them lessening.