Here’s Statement Made to Judge Who Set Drone Protester Free
Last night Mark Colville was sentenced to a one year conditional release, $1000 fine, $255 court costs, and has to give a DNA sample for
Celebration erupts outside DeWitt Town Court when drone protester receives conditional release
Luz Catarineau had to walk outside Wednesday to be heard above the cheering and singing in DeWitt Town Court. She punched in the phone number
Israel’s Secret
Here in Virginia, U.S.A., I’m aware that the native people were murdered, driven out, and moved westward. But my personal connection to that crime is
Talk Nation Radio: Stephen Nash on Climate Disruption in Virginia
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-stephen-nash-on-climate-disruption-in-virginia Science now allows studies of climate change thus far and predictions of what is to come in specific areas. Stephen Nash’s new book Virginia
Hancock Drone Resister to be Sentenced Wed, Dec. 3
Press Conference at 3pm, Sentencing at 4 pm Mark Colville of New Haven CT will be sentenced on Wednesday December 3, 2014 in DeWitt Town
Climate Change Challenges: Support the Environment or the U.S. Military?
By Kathy Kelly Having lived through the 1991 Desert Storm bombing and the 2003 Shock and Awe bombing in Iraq, I tread carefully when speaking
Wear the Movement
Limited time: special edition shirts to benefit WorldBeyondWar. Variety of colors available here.
What you need to know about terrorism and its causes: a graphic account
John Rees says it’s the ‘war on terror’ that produces terrorism and the government exaggerates the threat and demonises UK Muslims to win acceptance for
WRI: Prisoners for Peace Day
1st December is Prisoners for Peace Day. For over 60 years, War Resisters’ International have, on this day, made known the names and stories of
There Goes Virginia’s Climate
A snowstorm is the ideal time to write about climate disruption, as it allows us to immediately set-aside the cartoonish claim that if any spot
Talk Nation Radio: Mike Gravel Advises Mark Udall on How to Make Torture Report Public
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-mike-gravel-advises-mark-udall-on-how-to-make-torture-report-public Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel explains how he put the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and gave them to the media in 1971,
Ransom Payment for Beau Bergdahl
A few thoughts on this. Bergdahl had a legal responsibility to walk away from an illegal war. It’s not completely confirmed that he did so,
Obama Extends War in Afghanistan
By Kathy Kelly News agencies reported Saturday morning that weeks ago President Obama signed an order, kept secret until now, to authorize continuation of the
Audio: Katherine Gun on Why We Should Support WorldBeyondWar
Above is audio of Katherine Gun answering a question at a forum in London. She was asked what people should do. Of course, we love
Are there 100 people on Planet Earth who believe all of these 10 truths?
World Peace is highly desirable. World Peace is possible. There’s a law against war. Everyone should know the law against war. The public is almost
David Swanson to Speak in Michigan
Coming Events! Announcing our 2015 Annual State Conference WAR NO MORE, WAR NEVER AGAIN!: PEACE AS POLICY featuring DAVID SWANSON Author and activist David
The Outpost That Doesn’t Exist in the Country You Can’t Locate
A Base Camp, an Authoritarian Regime, and the Future of U.S. Blowback in Africa By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Admit it. You don’t know where Chad
FERGUSON AND THE ‘US VS. THEM’ ILLUSION
By Robert C. Koehler As the grand jury’s decision on whether nor not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson loomed, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
US Prepares to Sell Saudi Arabia Warships to Help Take Down Iran
By Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space The American revolution was supposed to have happened because of the
Who Says Ferguson Can’t End Well
Just as a police officer in a heightened state of panic surrounded by the comfort of impunity will shoot an innocent person, the Governor of
No Anti-War Voices on TV — Well, Sort of
Here’s FAIR’s excellent report on pro-war bias in the corporate media, and here’s Peter Hart describing it well on Democracy Now: I’d love to see
Watch Schooling the World, Stop Schooling the World
It’s becoming slightly more common in the Western industrialized world to propose radical cultural change away from consumerism and environmental destruction. It’s not hard to
ISIS, Ebola, Ferguson (nukes?)
By Patrick T. Hiller Did you notice? Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel just announced plans to massively “upgrade” the US nuclear arsenal. It might have