David Swanson

https://davidswanson.org/the-regular-army/

The Regular Army Trump is eager to steal a pile of government money and hand it out to people who tried to overthrow the U.S. government. In the first round of prosecutions of those people, 20% of them were in or h…

https://davidswanson.org/talk-world-radio-abolish-police/

Talk World Radio: Abolish the Police AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube.

The largest civilian flotilla in the history of support for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank was intercepted beginning at 10:30am Turkiye time, Monday, May 18, 2026, 250 nautical miles from Gaza.

2026 Gaza Flotilla Intercepted by Israeli Military - World BEYOND War The largest civilian flotilla in the history of support for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank was intercepted beginning at 10:30am Turkiye time, Monday, May 18, 2026, 250 nautical miles from Gaza.

https://davidswanson.org/governments-love-secrecy-but-the-worlds-major-problems-are-not-secret/

Governments Love Secrecy, But the World’s Major Problems Are Not Secret I’ve been reading Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope. It’s a collections of things Daniel Ellsberg wrote and didn’t publish. I come to i…

Oh God of Oil We Have Offended You

The Sacred Oil Leak in Pearl Harbor By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 30, 2022 Stephen Dedalus believed the cracked lookingglass of a servant made a good symbol of Ireland. If you had to name a symbol of the United States,…

A Congress and Media willing to pretend that Trump can do an illegal war for 60 days ( https://davidswanson.org/the-war-powers-resolution-is-not-what-youve-been-told/ ) is of course going to be willing to let him pretend that changing the name of the war every 60 days let's it go on forever.

The War Powers Resolution Is Not What You’ve Been Told According to The Hill, in an article typical of U.S. media, Trump’s war on Iran is totally legal for 60 days if Congress does nothing, after which it becomes illegal, unless Congress has expl…

Book Club: The True Price of War - World BEYOND War Not the cost counted in budgets, headlines, or maps—but the cost paid in homes, in classrooms, in hospital rooms, and in the quiet lives of people who never chose to be part of history.

Climate crisis: toxic ‘rain’ and surge in carbon emissions show environmental impact of Iran war War in the Middle East has caused significant environmental damage and led to, in the International Energy Agency’s words, the ‘largest supply disruption’ to oil markets in history. Attacks have also damaged energy and water facilities in numerous countries.

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