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24 October 2013
Drone Island in the East River
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David Swanson
Remarks at New York University forum with NYACT.net
The primary problem with weaponized drones is that the weapons murder people. And they murder people in a way that looks more like murder to a lot of observers than other forms of...
21 October 2013
Making Peace with War
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Robert Koehler
What if we had politicians who believed in the abolition of war with as much passion as the Republican right believes in the abolition of taxes?

For me, the question that immediately follows is: What kind of politics draws...
20 October 2013
If Hitler didn't exist the Pentagon would have to invent him
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David Swanson
When video of the October 14th edition of Thom Hartmann's TV show appears online (here) it will include him asking me to justify not attacking Hitler. Thom has asked me this repeatedly during multiple appearances on his show, each time a...
14 October 2013
t’s time to stop abusing America’s public employees
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Jesse Jackson
The government shutdown engineered by the Republican tea party zealots in the House of Representatives is headed into its third week. The damage is spreading. Infants go without nutrition. Children are locked out of pre-school programs....
14 October 2013
Slavery was believed permanent longer than war has been
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David Swanson
This article is excerpted from the new book War No More: The Case for Abolition.
In the late eighteenth century the majority of people alive on earth were held in slavery or serfdom (three-quarters of the earth's population,...
10 October 2013
A rationality shutdown
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Robert Koehler
In an agony of stupidity, the government shuts down.

Only some of it shuts down, of course. The part that stays open is the part that’s at war. “Those of you in uniform will remain on your normal duty status,” the president...

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