David Swanson Speaks @ NO WAR NO WARMING Action, Washington
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October 2007
Obama Comes to Virginia
By David Swanson
I’m live-blogging an Obama rally here in Charlottesville VA. I just wrote 10′ tall in chalk on the Charlottesville “Freedom of Expression Wall” the following: “Hey, Barack, If you’ll filibuster the spying, why won’t you filibuster the war funding?” I’d love to actually ask him, but I couldn’t afford the $1,000 for the small gathering that is just ending. Instead, I’m at the big outdoor gathering for the masses
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Jonesborough Justice
By David Swanson
Of the eleven major peace rallies organized around the country by United for Peace and Justice last Saturday the smallest and most unusual took place in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Jonesborough is a town of about 4,000 people in the northeast corner of Tennessee, within a couple of dozen miles of both Virginia and North Carolina. The people of Jonesborough can imagine the number of U.S. troops who have died in Iraq by imagining their entire local population dead.
Rallying for peace
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Edwards and Trade
David Sirota and Jonathan Tasini both have blogs out this morning celebrating John Edwards’ denunciation of corporate trade agreements and opposition to new ones. Both paint Edwards as a ferocious opponent of NAFTA. But neither of these bloggers mentions the fact that Edwards stood on stage in Soldier Field and joined every other candidate except Dennis Kucinich in affirming that he would NOT end NAFTA. He would try to “fix it.” Now, you can try to make an argument for prefering
David Swanson at Jonesborough
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David Swanson, cofounder of AfterDowningStreet.org spoke in Jonesborough, Tenn., on October 27, 2007, preceding a march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons. The text of Swanson’s remarks is at http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/28066 , a newspaper story is here http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/28121
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Who Killed the Constitution?
An interactive exploration of what went wrong, who is responsible, and how to fix it.
http://www.btc-usa.org
Join John Nichols and David Swanson in Colorado
WHERE:
First Plymouth
Congregational Church
3501 S. Colorado Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80118
303-988-1295
WHEN:
November 17, 2007
3:00 pm Registration
3:30 pm Panel Discussion: How Can a Citizen Work to Throw the Bums Out
5:15 pm Murder-Mystery Dinner Theater
6:30 pm Evening Speakers
Speakers:
John Nichols, Washington Correspondent to The Nation,
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Depleted Uranium and Depleted Democracy
By David Swanson
Remarks at October 27, 2007, rally in Jonesborough, Tenn., preceding march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons.
There are those who think Congress should keep shelling out our grandchildren’s money to continue our occupation of Iraq, and there are those who think Congress should pass a bill opposing the occupation. And they are both wrong. Any decent bill on any issue, much less this one, will be vetoed. The way to stop funding the occupation
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What Is Rahm Emmanuel Talking About?
By David Swanson
Here’s a recent transcript
Congressman Rahm Emanuel is chairman of the Democratic Caucus. Congressman, people out there are wondering why did they elect the Democrats to end the war in if the war is still going?
REP. RAHM EMANUEL, (D) DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: First of all, they elected – first of all, let’s go to the presumption of the question, Chris. They elected the democrats for a host of reasons, including the war but also to change things that were happening
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Lt. Governor John Garamendi, SB City Councilmember Helene Schneider, AfterDowningStreet.org's David Swanson
Until 2005 multimillionaires could make the Forbes 400 richest Americans, but for 2006 it took $1.3 Billion. The economy’s doing great for a few folks. Cheney says the US won’t let Iran “go nuclear” and we accuse them “directing missions in Iraq.” The run-up to the Iran War is the same as the Iraq War and we buy it. Sen. Chris Dodd calls for new leadership in the Senate, and Verizon and AT&T give over $42,000 to Sen. Jay Rockerfeller to buy legal immunity
We're Sorry Too, Pete
By David Swanson
We’re at least as sorry as you are, Pete. You can be sure that your apology hurts us more than it hurts you. And it’s a safe bet it’ll hurt Iraqis and Iranians even more.
On Monday a big group of us packed into your DC office, Pete, and presented your Chief of Staff Debra Curtis with a Spine Award to present to you. We discussed scheduling a time to present you with a full blown backbone statue from the Backbone Campaign, an award given out only to those in public
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