David Swanson

David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org

Articles by Author

02 December 2008
As Congress lay dying
David Swanson
The debate among progressive activists and commentators in recent weeks has tended to range from the leave-Obama-alone-and-he'll-fix-everything position to the...
28 November 2008
You cannot pardon a crime you authorized
David Swanson
Statement from the Steering Committee for the Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates

Never before has a president...
16 November 2008
What if labor opposed war?
David Swanson
I think the peace movement and every justice movement in the United States should simply overwhelm Congress members during the next two months with one and...
13 November 2008
What does Iran have to do with your town? Here's what it has to do with mine
David Swanson
At the Charlottesville City Council's October 6th meeting, a group of citizens organized by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, urged the...
09 November 2008
Obama cabinet good and bad news
David Swanson
Labor Reborn: A Department of Labor Worthy of the Name

According to news reports, president elect Obama is considering for Labor Secretary three...
09 November 2008
Recount fictions in Virginia's Fifth
David Swanson
As of about 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, 316,476 votes had been counted in Virginia's Fifth District congressional race between incumbent bigotted xenophobe Virgil...

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