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https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-christopher-simpson-and-kathy-kelly-on-media-war-peace-and-imperialism Christopher Simpson is a professor of Journalism known internationally for his expertise in propaganda, democracy, and media theory and practice. He has won national

The U.S. government, for no stated reason, and after having approved his entry in the past, has denied Craig Murray the usual approval to enter

By Midge O’Brien, The Public Harold Hongju Koh, Hillary Clinton’s former legal advisor at the State Department  has been invited as an ‘endowed speaker’ at

David Swanson   https://s59.podbean.com/pb/6c0e0c77d203276488a0b9ab5a81aa16/57cc8ed2/data1/fs85/419776/uploads/GreenPower_090116_mp3_.mp3

By David Swanson This is our lucky day for quite a few reasons. We haven’t yet rendered the climate of this planet uninhabitable for our

Exclusive: Behind the U.S. media-political clamor for a new Cold War with Russia is a massive investment by the Military-Industrial Complex in “think tanks” and

By Linda Gunter, CounterPunch This month 71 years ago, the US cropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9 respectively. ‘Racism’

By Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini, Al Jazeera Human shields have been making headlines for some time. Before the recent fray between the Islamic State

When: Monday, September 19, 2016, from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.   What: A Nonviolent Vigil and Prayer Service for Peace during the AFA $300+ per plate banquet

By Dien Luong, The Huffington Post   HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam ― Fifty-five years ago this month, the U.S. Army began spraying millions of

By Gareth Porter, Middle East Eye The main criticism of US policy in Syria has long been that President Barack Obama should have used US

By  Sam Husseini As several writers have noted — before and after the furor surrounding quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s refusing to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner”

  https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-maurice-carney-and-harvey-wasserman-on-racism-environmentalism-and-ending-war Maurice Carney is co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo. He has worked with Congolese for two decades in their struggle

By Shirley Osgood This is a write-up of what was to be my trial after being arrested on April 1, 2016 for trespassing on federal

By David Swanson I recall five years ago listening to an arms dealer on NPR respond to a question of what he would do if

By Sibylla Brodzinsky, The Guardian Wars are easier to start than stop. So how did Colombia do it – and what can the world learn

By Washington’s Blog The mainstream press is accusing Russia of being behind the release of information on NSA hacking tools. Washington’s Blog asked the highest-level

Exclusive: A New York Times columnist writes Americans are so “dumbed-down” that they don’t know that Russia “invaded” Ukraine two years ago, but that “invasion”

STOP THE WAR IN SYRIA! Don’t be fooled by war propaganda! St. Louis, MO.  Recently, a compelling photo of a bleeding and seemingly confused young

By David Swanson The total acceptability of militarism extends well beyond the neoconservatives, the racists, the Republicans, the liberal humanitarian warriors, the Democrats, and the

By David Swanson ABC Television’s 20/20 will air a program on Friday called “The Girl Left Behind,” the main thrust of which is already apparent

By Brian Terrell “As a matter of fact, you have had a person attend your protests in Camp Douglas who has threatened to kill our

By David Cortright In June the influential Center for New American Security (CNAS) issued a report that urges greater U.S. military involvement in Syria to

By Adam Johnson, FAIR On Saturday’s episode of AM Joy with Joy Ann Reid, guest Malcolm Nance, a former Naval intelligence officer, summed up MSNBC’s

By Norman Solomon While Bernie Sanders was doing a brilliant job of ripping into the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the livestreamed launch of the Our Revolution

By Ann Wright As the Women’s Boats to Gaza prepares to challenge in September the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza, Greta Berlin, co-founder of the

By: Ashby McGowan   AFTERWORDS   And yes, afterwards Perhaps there shall be what the humans once called, “Weeds” Yet pretty in the ruins Green

The current wars and military confrontation with Russia compel us to take to the streets. Germany is engaged in war nearly every part of the

The U.S. Peace Movement Has to Decide Which Side It Is On — And Soon   An “Anti-Regime-Change” Position on Syria is NOT the same