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David Swanson: How Broke Do We Have to Be To Stop Trillion Dollar Pork?

by Lisa Savage and Janet Weil The omnibus military spending bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) rolled out of the House Armed Services Committee pulling a trailer load of amendments and barreling down an increasingly potholed road. In the same week as news broke of massive school closings in Chicago and Philadelphia …

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David Swanson: Not Impeaching Bush Is Sure Paying Off!

Not Impeaching Bush Is Sure Paying Off! Many loyal Republicans opposed impeaching George W. Bush.  So did most liberal and progressive activist groups, labor unions, peace organizations, churches, media outlets, journalists, pundits, organizers, and bloggers, not to mention most Democratic members of Congress, most Democrats dreaming of someday being in Congress, and — toward the …

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David Swanson: “Dirty Wars” An Anti-War Blockbuster

An Anti-War Blockbuster There’s no end to the pro-war movies we’re subjected to: countless celebrations of bombs, guns, and torture.  They come in the form of cartoons, science-fiction, historical fiction, dramas, and reenactments pre-censored by the CIA.  Movies show us the excitement without the suffering.  War in our theaters resembles almost anything else more than …

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David Swanson: Shattered Hopes in Palestine — Boycott Israel is People’s Solution

An Endless “Peace Process” for Palestine By davidswanson – Posted on 27 May 2013 The United States balances its endless war of terrorism with the institution of an endless “peace process” for Palestine, a process valuable for its peaceyness and interminability. Josh Ruebner’s new book, Shattered Hopes: The Failure of Obama’s Middle East Peace Process, …

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David Swanson: US Census Identified & Catalogued “Anti-Government” Respondents

The Government’s List of “Anti-Government” People Should the U.S. government be building a list of people whom a stranger has concluded based on as little as a moment’s interaction are “anti-government”?  Look at this photo of a U.S. Census laptop.  There’s a box to check if a respondent is reluctant to participate in the census. …

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David Swanson: Connecticutt Takes First Step Toward Peace Economy

Connecticut Advances Conversion from War to Peace Economy The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things: “the diversification or conversion of defense-related industries with an emphasis on encouraging environmentally-sustainable and civilian product manufacturing. On or before December 1, …

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David Swanson: CIA – An Idea Whose Time Has Gone with Comment from Robert Steele

CIA: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone By David Swanson There’s a contradiction built into every campaign promise about transparent government beyond the failure to keep the promises.  Our government is, in significant portion, made up of secret operations, operations that include warmaking, kidnapping, torture, assassination, and infiltrating and overthrowing governments.  A growing movement is …

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