Author: David Swanson

David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a 2015, 2016, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.
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Talking with Russian Media About Iran

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The Wars Are Still Based on Lies

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 28, 2026

Excerpted from War Is Still A Lie.

Since I wrote War Is A Lie in 2010 and updated it in 2015, the lies used to prop up wars have varied but continued. My summary remains true:

Not a single thing that we commonly believe about wars that helps keep them around is true. Wars cannot be good or glorious. Nor can they be justified as a means of achieving peace or anything else of value. The reasons given for wars, before, during, and after them (often read more

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Have We Advanced Since Homer?

By David Swanson, Progressive Hub, July 27, 2026

I have no opinion on the casting or the acting or the straying from the original in the new Hollywood Odyssey. Here come some spoilers on what I do have an opinion on.

Christopher Nolan and whoever else had a role in this production obviously tried to improve on ancient morality in a particular way and not in another.

That is, Nolan de-glorified war. In this movie, we’re told that the Greeks were lied into the Trojan War for economic reasons. read more

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New Publication: War Is Still A Lie


War Is Still A Lie is an updated third edition of War Is A Lie and includes a new 90-page investigation of how lies about wars have changed.


War Is A Lie is a thorough refutation of every major argument used to justify wars, drawing on evidence from numerous past wars, with a focus on those wars that have been most widely defended as just and good. This is a handbook of sorts, an engaging, always informative manual that can be used to debunk future lies before the wars they’re deployed to justify have any chance to begin. This 2026 edition updates and expands on the 2015 second edition, which built on the 2010 original.

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Foreign Bases: Understanding the Backbone of Military Empires

The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence (Division 48 of the American Psychological Association) hosted this webinar — “Foreign Bases: Understanding the Backbone of Military Empires” — on July 8, 2026. Our speaker was David Swanson, author, activist, journalist, radio host, and executive director of World BEYOND War.

The webinar illuminated the role and prevalence of military bases on foreign lands, an obvious instrument of militarism. The presentation also included information read more