David Swanson

@davidcnswanson

Director of World BEYOND War. Most recent book: Curing Exceptionalism.

Charlottesville VA
Joined February 2009

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  1. 8 hours ago
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  2. 8 hours ago

    Not a single corporate or progressive report on yet another mass shooter being a veteran, but reports: "Navy Veteran Among 5 Victims of Wisconsin Shooting [by veteran]"

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    11 hours ago

    Love this book

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    12 hours ago

    I spoke with on Talk Nation Radio about , mobilizing labour movement opposition to the Canada-Saudi arms deal, and the need for a just transition for arms industry workers. Thanks David!

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    Remember when you cheered on these very same sanctions to grandstand before the Russiagate-crazed “resistance”? Cynical doesn’t even begin to describe it. https://t.co/MKQhoOx9gJ

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    12 hours ago

    "'War Is A Lie'... 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." cc

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    12 hours ago

    The way endless war (the maximum possible infliction of injustice) is so frequently dressed in the language of social justice, is the greatest proof for me that (as has said so many times including in the title of his book) "War Is A Lie"

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    Read the full reply of OPCW Inspectors A & B to their managers’ attempt to discredit them. They were on the ground in Syria to investigate Douma, found that the incident was staged to trigger war & are now pushing back against the campaign to destroy them.

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  9. 13 hours ago

    I know people waiting hours for a Bernie event in Virginia today and other people who stumbled across a Biden event in North Carolina today and got straight in and took pictures with Biden

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  10. 17 hours ago

    The war on Afghanistan is only the longest if the indigenous people of North America aren't real people. The war on Afghanistan is now supposedly ending in 14 months -- which is itself longer than 99% of wars. So, um, Longest War Is Ended, yay!

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    18 hours ago
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    Why don’t you invite on the people who got it right at the time?

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    Feb 28
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    20 hours ago

    WBW's 5th global convergence is May 29-30 in Ottawa. Join us for workshops & trainings on nonviolent tactics, divestment, media strategies & more. Stay for the whole week - May 26-31 - to join in the protests against CANSEC, Canada's biggest weapons expo.

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    20 hours ago

    . are you f-ing serious right now?

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    . needs to make it clear to NATO and Erdogan that the United States will not be dragged into a war with Russia by the aggressive, Islamist, expansionist dictator of Turkey, a so-called “NATO” ally.

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  16. 22 hours ago

    Bloomberg Has Spent Enough to Give a Nickel to Every Person Whose Life He's Ever Damaged via

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    Feb 28

    US sanctions have prevented Iran from buying Coronavirus testing kits, allowing the disease to spread unhindered. Sanctions are doing what they’re designed to do: kill.

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    A few weeks ago Warren said she'd never accept Super PAC money. Now she's got the biggest Super PAC after Trump. This is a stunning reversal from someone who - up until recently - regularly denounced dark money and corruption in politics. After this, how can anyone trust Warren?

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