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The Twentieth Century Reshaped the Monroe Doctrine
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 12, 2023
David Swanson is the author of the new book The Monroe Doctrine at 200 and What to Replace It With.
With the opening of the 20th century, the United States fought fewer battles in North America, but more in South and Central America. The mythical idea that a larger military prevents wars, rather than instigates them, often looks back to Theodore Roosevelt claiming that the United States would speak softly but carry a big stick — something that
Maryland, and Every Other State Should Stop Sending Guard Troops to Distant Wars
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 12, 2023
I drafted the following as testimony to the Maryland General Assembly in support of bill HB0220
A U.S. polling company called Zogby Research Services was able to poll U.S. troops in Iraq in 2006, and found that 72 percent of those polled wanted the war to be ended in 2006. For those in the Army, 70 percent wanted that 2006 ending date, but in the Marines only 58 percent did. In the reserves and National Guard, however, the numbers were 89 and
Through Cold and Snow, and Unarmed, People Try to Keep Their Mountain Out of War
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 12, 2023
When I tell some people that the inhabitants of certain mountains in Montenegro are trying to protect their home from being turned into a giant military training ground by NATO, they inform me that the training ground (which, up until that monent, they’d never heard of) in Montenegro (which they’d never heard of) is absolutely required because of Putin.
Needless to say, I think that Putin (and every living U.S. president, and quite a number
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Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm — except when it can’t be and then it’s Zoom. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube.
The Monroe Doctrine Is Soaked in Blood
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 5, 2023
David Swanson is the author of the new book The Monroe Doctrine at 200 and What to Replace It With.
The Monroe Doctrine was first discussed under that name as justification for the U.S. war on Mexico that moved the western U.S. border south, swallowing up the present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah, most of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. By no means was that as far south as some
Joe and Vlad in the Land of Stories
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 4, 2023
In a children’s book by Chris Colfer called The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning, a Napoleonic French army of soldiers, guns, swords, and cannons arrives in the fairy tale land where Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and all sorts of similar people and fairies dwell.
The girl in charge of the place immediately begins organizing armies to fight the invaders. What choice does she have? Well, there are a number of reasons, somewhat unique to the
AUDIO: David Swanson on Leaving WWII Behind with Donbass Devushka
By Donbass Devushka, February 4, 2023
Donbass Devushka and JM sit down with David Swanson, author, activist, journalist and radio host, to talk about U.S. misconceptions of WWII, manufacturing consent, the war in Ukraine, and the peace movement. Check out David’s book “Leaving WWII Behind” here: https://davidswanson.org/lwwiib