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Undoing the Imperial Presidency: David Swanson at U of Maine

Submitted by davidswanson on November 5, 2009 - 4:41pm.


Demanding Justice for Bush in Dallas!

Submitted by davidswanson on November 3, 2009 - 2:39pm.


David Swanson is a U.S. author, blogger, and activist. He is the author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" and of the introduction to "The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush," by Dennis Kucinich. He co-founded AfterDowningStreet.org and is the Washington Director of Democrats.com

http://www.davidswanson.org/

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/

http://www.democrats.com/

http://www.rationalradio.org/

Other Speakers at the Rational Radio Progress Forum:
Thom Hartmann
Cindy Sheehan
Jes Sprouse
Melissa Roddy
Nicole Torre
Steve Munson

and performances by

Code Red
Tunde Obazee
The Ackermans
David Rovics

Congress Must Stop Torture

Submitted by davidswanson on October 28, 2009 - 11:18am.

A Call for Congress to Take Action on Torture
October 28th, 2009

ADD YOUR NAME TO THOSE OF 83 HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND LEADERS AT
http://afterdowningstreet.org/stop

Whereas over seven years have passed since President George W. Bush fraudulently induced the U.S. congress, the American people, and the world into the illegal war in Iraq,

Whereas it is nearly five years since Specialist Darby revealed the photos of Abu Ghraib that showed us torture being committed by our government in our name,

Whereas further evidence of torture remains secret and has been hidden from the public, courts, and Congress to insulate the perpetrators from appropriate criminal liability,

Whereas over the past years we have campaigned about the illegality of this war and the need to prosecute the high-level civilian and military officials who put in place the torture,

Your Town Can Demand Justice More Powerfully Than You Can

Submitted by davidswanson on October 21, 2009 - 4:04pm.

By David Swanson

Most city council members take oaths to defend the Constitution. The Constitution makes the rights and standards in its amendments and in international treaties the supreme law of the land. Our nation has a rich tradition of local governments lobbying state and national governments through the passage of resolutions. Under Clause 3, Rule XII, Section 819, of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives local governments may petition Congress. Under the First Amendment, we all can.

Imperial Presidency 2.0

Submitted by davidswanson on October 15, 2009 - 11:28am.

TomDispatch

October 7th marked the eighth anniversary of the Bush administration's invasion of Afghanistan and so of the... well, can we really call it a war?... that won't end, that American commanders there now predict could last for another decade or more. And yet, here's the weird thing: because Congress no longer actually declares war, we officially must be fighting something else entirely. Put another way, we are now heading for the longest undeclared war in U.S. history (depending on how you count up the Vietnam years).

What Young People Can Do: David Swanson at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg (4 videos)

Submitted by davidswanson on October 14, 2009 - 11:10am.

On October 13, 2009, David Swanson discussed his new book "Daybreak" and US politics and took questions from students at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. Video shot by Leonard Schmiege, candidate for St. Petersburg City Council.



More below!

David Swanson Workshop on Holding High Officials Accountable

Submitted by davidswanson on October 11, 2009 - 10:47am.



This is 1 of 6 videos of a workshop I did in Santa Fe, N.M., on October 10, 2009, and the other 5 are at http://youtube.com/user/davidcnswanson along with videos of workshops by Elliott Adams, Ann Wright, Ray McGovern. Speeches in the evening even more worth watching and should be posted soon.

Bringing Oligarchs Under the Rule of Law

Submitted by davidswanson on October 7, 2009 - 11:41am.

By Charlotte Dennett

If there is one sentence in David Swanson’s remarkable book that bears repeating, it is this: “The first step in closing down an empire is bringing its emperors and oligarchs under the rule of law.”

I say this with the confidence that there are millions of Americans who are alarmed by Washington’s unconstitutional support for endless wars abroad and the accompanying erosion of democracy at home. David Swanson’s book ("Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidenct and Forming a More Perfect Union") provides an insight-packed roadmap on how to “undo the imperial presidency.” I’m going to use his book in my classroom and encourage others to do the same as we try to awaken a younger generation to the need to save our country from its seemingly inexorable slide toward fascism.

Dori Smith and David Swanson: great interview! 4 pm ET Today

Submitted by davidswanson on October 3, 2009 - 11:43am.

Listen here: http://www.whus.org

Watch for podcast to be posted later today if you miss the original.

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