In the Words of War Expert George W. Bush, Is Our Children Learning?

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 19, 2023

Remarks on October 19 at Uniting for Peace Conference

Likely place to find video: https://unitingforpeace.com

For Western media consumers, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Azerbaijan, and various other ongoing wars might as well not exist. But Joe Biden is seeking money from the U.S. Congress for four wars at once, so that he can pay the world’s largest merchants of death to ship massive piles of free weapons to Ukraine, Israel, and (even if it’s not a read more

Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, A Major Empire Falls Unnoticed

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Imperial powers — and so empires — have always been with us. They’ve been part and parcel of history forever and a day. However, in this country, though it should be difficult to deny that the United States is just such a power, most Americans remain remarkably oblivious not just to the phenomenon, but to the very idea of it. No matter that, in this century, their country read more

My Upcoming Events in Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin

November 9, 2023: Columbus, Ohio

The Columbus Free Press Annual Awards Dinner
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St, Columbus, OH 43215
Free – all are welcome

Featuring peace activist David Swanson on “War Abolition and the Ukraine Problem”

Honoring local community activists:
2024 Free Press “Libby” Award for lifetime achievement in Community Activism – Cynthia Brown of the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity
2024 Free Press Activist Artist Award – read more

Tomgram: Juan Cole, An Inflection Point in the Battle over Climate Change?

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If you want to be convinced that we now live on a different planet, just focus for a moment on those Canadian wildfires. Yep, them! You remember, right? Back in early June, more than 400 of them were burning out of control across that country and their smoke had drifted over read more