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By David Swanson Back in 2010 I wrote a book called War Is A Lie. Five years later, after having just prepared the second edition

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-peter-werbe-on-radical-independent-media  Peter Werbe is a radio host in Detroit. He discusses his long involvement with The Fifth Estate, which has been publishing radical ideas for

Great new short report on interlocking of twin thrreats: PDF.    

By Gareth Porter, Middle East Eye The data supports Putin’s assertion that the shoot-down was prepared in advance due to Russian bombing of Turkey-linked rebels

From Huffington Post COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN RIGHTS Research Paper: ISIS-Turkey Links By David L.

By David Swanson Imagine an alcoholic who managed every night to get ahold of and consume huge quantities of whiskey and who every morning swore

Our central focus will always be advancing the ending of all war, through education and action, but we want to put some effort globally into

Robert Reich’s website is full of proposals for how to oppose plutocracy, raise the minimum wage, reverse the trend toward greater inequality of wealth, etc.

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-johan-galtung-on-isis-and-alternative-to-war  Johan Galtung is the founder of the discipline of peace studies. He founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959 and the

By John Hanrahan By now you know the drill: The CIA or U.S. military forces unleash a drone strike or other aerial bombardment in Afghanistan,

By Giles Hewitt, AFP Seoul (AFP) – North and South Korea agreed Friday to hold rare talks next week, aimed at setting up a high-level

Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and 14 delegates from Australia, Belgium, Canada, India, Ireland, Poland, The Russian Federation, The United Kingdom and the United

The world is wracked with shock, anger, and a deep sadness following the attacks in Paris last week.  No one should go through that kind

From UPP (Italy), NOVACT (Spain), PATRIR (Romania), and PAX (Netherlands) While we mourn for Paris, all our thoughts and sympathy are with all victims of

Toward the end of altering our idea of what counts as “doing something,” I offer this composite representation of numerous media interviews I’ve done. Interviewer:

By Dr Hakim The sea shells I picked some sea shells at Henoko in Okinawa. Henoko is where the U.S. is relocating their military base

By David Adams As the culture of war, which has dominated human civilization for 5,000 years, begins to crumble, its contradictions become more evident. This

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-husain-abdulla-on-americans-for-democracy-and-human-rights-in-bahrain  Husain Abdulla, originally from Bahrain, is the founder and Executive Director of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain. As Executive Director, Husain

If U.S. President were not a mythical position but a serious job, the job interview would include asking the candidates their basic plans of action.

by Joe Scarry David Swanson struck a nerve with his post about empathy. Apparently. Clearly many people are troubled by the inconsistency: “We are all

By Ann Wright A 26 person delegation from the All Okinawa Council will be in Washington, DC November 19 and 20 to ask members of

We are all France. Apparently. Though we are never all Lebanon or Syria or Iraq for some reason. Or a long, long list of additional

By Herbert J. Hoffman, Ph.D., Member VFP National, Maine and New Mexico It was my senior year in high school — many years ago —

By John Ketwig, Roanoke Times Ketwig is a Bedford resident, a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and a member of Veterans For Peace

By David Swanson By now there’s not nearly as much disagreement regarding what happened to John and Robert Kennedy as major communications corporations would have

By David Swanson, for teleSUR John Ketwig was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1966 and sent to Vietnam for a year. I sat down

By Brian Terrell When I arrived at the Kabul International Airport on November 4, I was unaware that the same day the New York Times