September 2006

By David Swanson

Some say the globe will end by warming,
Some say nuclear war.
At the risk of being too alarming,
I hold with those who favor warming.
But if religious feuds can’t wait
I think I know enough of hate
To say that just a few more missiles
Could end us first
While Dubya whistles.

Apologies to Robert Frost, and to you, and your family, and what would have been your great grandchildren. We are sending missiles to Iran on a ship departing my home state of Virginia next week, and read more

VIDEO 1: Panel discussion with John Nichols, author of “The Genius of Impeachment”; Marcus Raskin, member of the special staff of the National Security Council in President Kennedy’s Administration, and author of “Liberalism,” and co-editor of “In Democracy’s Shadow”; Elizabeth de la Vega, former federal prosecutor, and author of “United States v. George W. Bush et al.”; Dave Lindorff, co-author of “The Case for Impeachment”; read more

Video of Bush Crimes Commission Forum at Camp Democracy: WMV.

Video of Bush Crimes Commission march from Camp Democracy to White House to deliver guilty verdict: WMV.

By David Swanson
Remarks from delivery of Bush Crimes Commission Verdict, Camp Democracy, September 13, 2006

The testimony that I presented in January to the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration was related to the evidence found in the Downing Street Memos. This evidence is connected to Count 1 in the Wars of Aggression Indictment being delivered today, which reads: “The Bush Administration authorized a war of aggression against read more

This new video includes highlights of the Center for Constitutional Rights’ film “Articles of Impeachment” and commentary from Steve Cobble, Carrie Biggs-Adams, Jamie Raskin, David Waldman, and David Swanson.

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By David Swanson

George W. Bush is an ordinary human being, in fact a quite stupid one. So are all of his handlers. They are ordinary people, and we have the power, should we choose to use it, to throw them out of our public housing.

This simple fact is hidden from us not just by the media constantly instructing us that we can make no difference, not just by lies connecting the crimes of 9-11 to Iraq, or Iraq or Iran to weapons they do not have, and not just by the deference to power of the devoted read more