Audio: David Swanson on Talk Radio Europe Discussing War
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Memorial Day is nice, I suppose. Veterans Day is all right. Patriots Day can be fun. Yellow Ribbon Day’s not bad. But you will be pleased to hear that on Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted, in pure bipartisan harmony, to add the following gem to the big war-funding, war-expanding, bill that now goes to the Senate:
“The President shall designate a day entitled a National Day of Honor to celebrate members of the Armed Forces who are returning from deployment
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May 26, 2011
Media Roots Radio Interview with David Swanson by Media Roots
MEDIA ROOTS- This is an exclusive Media Roots Radio interview with David Swanson conducted on May 19, 2011. David is the co-author of “The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush”. He was press secretary for Dennis Kucinich’s 2004 presidential campaign, and is the co-founder
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On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives backed eternal worldwide war and imprisonment powers for all future presidents, but blocked any ground troops in Libya (except for the ones already there, since the measure included no consequences for its violation). The House also unanimously created a new national holiday to celebrate the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. It defunded the US Institute for Peace (saving the cost of 5 hours in Afghanistan). And it required that all suspected
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The White House has put out a statement expressing its disapproval of various bits of H.R.1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Here’s the most interesting, if not the most adamant, objection:
“Detainee Matters: The Administration strongly objects to section 1034 which, in purporting to affirm the conflict, would effectively recharacterize its scope and would risk creating confusion regarding applicable standards. At a minimum, this is an issue that
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A veces me pregunto si el norteamericano común se detiene por un momento, ve el caos en el que está el mundo; y se pregunta: ¿Cómo llegamos a ésto?
¿Ella simplemente no le da importancia, lo atribuye al “destino”, se deshace rápido del pensamiento; y, esclavizada por lo nuevo, se va de compras a los supermercados?
¿Lo toma él como una expresión moderna del proverbio bíblico, “habrán guerras y rumores de guerras;” sintonizará el último partido de fútbol
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