David Swanson

University of Virginia’s Miller Center Loves Killers

The University of Virginia’s Miller Center has appointed mass murderer John Negroponte as a “distinguished professor”. Shouldn’t morality matter?

Countries have rid themselves of U.S. bases in the past. Many desperately need to do so now, and we in the United States need them to.

Posted by David Swanson | Aug 16, 2018 | Viewpoints, Reviews, US |

Curing fascism can begin with understanding how one is manipulated into it and testing out the benefits of a richer, more encompassing worldview.

People will care if you show them what to care about and make clear that their political party identification need not conflict with caring.

Canada should lead by example and make peace at home rather than exporting violence in the name of its supposed “responsibility to protect”.

Bringing back the Russian menace is not working. Al Qaeda is the answer. If there were no Al Qaeda, the US government would have to invent one.

Russia must be a true friend indeed to have put up with the US government’s international aggression for all these years.

Let’s compare Russia’s “occupation” of Crimea with an occupation that the US is not demanding a swift end to: the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan.

Posted by David Swanson | Jul 26, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US |

If Russia is eventually proven to have done everything it’s been accused of, moving toward nuclear war would still remain unwise.

Israel’s new anti-free-speech law bars Israeli troops from speaking out about what it is they do, as well as prohibiting criticism of the government.