David Swanson on NATO, BRICS, and Anti-War Activism

By Kiannistan, November 10, 2024

In this compelling interview, activist David Swanson joins us to delve into pressing issues surrounding global conflicts. We explore NATO’s role in modern warfare, how consent for wars is manufactured, and the challenges faced by anti-war movements in today’s climate. David offers insights into the impact of color revolutions, the Ukraine conflict, and the complex realities of war, where no side holds moral superiority amidst ongoing violence. We also examine read more

Apartheid Nuclear Island

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 9, 2024

Good people in California protested on election night — not the election but the practicing of nuclear war in the form of launching a missile loaded with dud nukes from the California coast. The few people who even knew such madness was happening were likely to have heard about it from reports that explained very little about where such ICBMs read more

Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

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I’ve lived through 15 presidencies so far, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (not that I would remember him, since I was born in July 1944, and he died in April 1945) to Joe Biden’s. The first president I remember was former World War II general Dwight D. Eisenhower (whose vice president, god save us all, was future Watergate President Richard Nixon). In fact, I can still read more

Plans Are Shaping Up for Events in Norway and Sweden, November 10, 11, 12

I’m looking forward to speaking at peace events in Norway and Sweden in November. All the events are free and open, and I hope you can be there. You can also watch live video from anywhere.

Here’s the schedule:

OSLO, NORWAY

I will be accepting the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation.
When: November 10, 2024, Prize session; 12:00 – 13:30, then lunch, then Round table 15:00 to 17:00 with invited peace activists, organizations,  read more

Tomgram: Clarence Lusane, The Black-Lives-(Don’t)-Matter President

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At this moment, we’re less than a week away from… who knows what? Knowing only that the first Black woman — or, for that matter, woman — may enter the White House as president (she’s been there before, of course, as vice president) or that Disintegrating Donald, the guy who sounds read more