Articles by: David Swanson

Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned

Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned

The peace movement did a great many things right in the first decade of this millennium, some of which we’ve forgotten. It also fell short in many ways. I want to highlight the lessons I think we’ve most failed to learn and suggest how we might benefit from them today. We formed uncomfortably large coalitions. We brought together war abolitionists[Read More…]

by 18/03/2023 Comments are Disabled World
 Things to Learn from Daniel Ellsberg

 Things to Learn from Daniel Ellsberg

I don’t want any new monuments to individuals to replace any ripped down for racism or other offenses. Individuals are deeply flawed — every single one of them, and morality changes with the times. Whistleblowers are by definition less than divinely perfect, as their service is revealing the horrors of some institution they’ve been part of. But when you look[Read More…]

by 09/03/2023 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
The Monroe Doctrine Is Soaked in Blood

The Monroe Doctrine Is Soaked in Blood

The Monroe Doctrine was first discussed under that name as justification for the U.S. war on Mexico that moved the western US border south, swallowing up the present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah, most of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. By no means was that as far south as some would[Read More…]

by 07/02/2023 Comments are Disabled Imperialism
Militarism Mapped

Militarism Mapped

World BEYOND War has just released an updated 2018 mapping of militarism in the world. The map system can be explored and adjusted to display what you’re looking for, as well as display precise data and its sources at http://bit.ly/mappingmilitarism Here are some examples of what it can show:   Where wars are present that directly and violently killed over 1,000[Read More…]

by 16/05/2018 1 comment Imperialism
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