Things Congress Could Do for Peace, From Easiest to Hardest
Here’s a list of thing the US Congress could do if it wanted to help usher in an era of world peace, starting with the simplest.
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 | Jan 18, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Here’s a list of thing the US Congress could do if it wanted to help usher in an era of world peace, starting with the simplest.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Jan 7, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Occupying Okinawa with tens of thousands of armed US troops does nothing positive for peace and freedom; instead, it just threatens both.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Dec 28, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints |
The US has been helping Iraq into ever-worsening catastrophe for longer than almost anyone can remember, and just leaving would be a positive step.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Dec 28, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Does anything strike you as odd about exclamations that withdrawing U.S. troops from a war is a form of “isolationism”?
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Dec 6, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US |
What the US mainstream media won’t inform you in their ritualistic annual Pearl Harbor Day rites is that the Japanese attack was anything but a surprise.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Dec 6, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
Given how much time we have left, perhaps it’s just not realistic to imagine our society fully outgrowing that deepest of evil tendencies.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 24, 2018 | Culture, US, Viewpoints |
Of course white nationalism is a problem, but not just because it’s white — also because of the nationalism.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 6, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
It’s worrisome that instead of detailing positions and committing to actions, political candidates are campaigning only on the basis of self-identity.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Oct 1, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US |
A Congressionally approved attack on Iran would be exactly as catastrophic as a non-Congressionally approved attack on Iran.
Read MorePosted by David Swanson | Sep 29, 2018 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US |
The list of failed lessons from the US war on Afghanistan after seventeen years of incessant violence is a long one. Here are a few.
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