David Swanson
Posts by David Swanson (page 3)
Drones in U.S. Flight Paths: What Could Go Wrong?
On February 14 President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 into law, authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate unmanned... Read More
Torture on Trial
Cases come in by the thousands from all over the world. A man was beaten and whipped. A woman was beaten and raped. A boy was... Read More
SPECIAL BOOK EXCERPT: War is A Lie
War Is a Lie is the 2010 self-published book by Humanist contributor David Swanson, in which he attempts a comprehensive refutation of all the... Read More
No, We’re Not a Broken People
In 2004 I began speaking at rallies and forums around the country on issues of peace and justice, something I’ve done off and on... Read More
The Army Experience Center’s Bad Experience: Turns out Training Kids to Kill Not Popular with Public
“This is so cool! This is so cool!” a thirteen-year-old boy repeated as he squeezed rounds from a real M-16, picking off “enemy combatants”... Read More
Torture Probe: Who’s Being Protected under the Searing Bright Light?
A reporter recently asked me when activists would consider the struggle to hold torturers accountable to be over. I replied that it wasn’t a... Read More
What Distracts Us from Impeachment?
In July 2007 a polling company called American Research Group conducted the first and only poll asking whether the American public wants to impeach... Read More