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  • Justice Department Asks Spain Not to Prosecute U.S. Torturers
    by davidswanson April 13, 2011 - 9:12am
    Spain is pursuing a case against former top U.S. officials who authorized the use of torture, including David Addington, Jay Bybee, Douglas Feith, William Haynes, John Yoo, and Alberto Gonzales. U.S. activist groups have been encouraging Spain in …more

  • U.S. Thanks and Encourages Spain to Prosecute Bush Officials
    by davidswanson February 10, 2011 - 9:39am
    If you've wanted to be part of a powerful effort to bring Bush-era officials to justice for their crimes, now is your chance. We've joined a national effort to reach out to the people of Spain, whose courts are considering prosecuting six of Bush's …more

  • This New 1994 Could Have Been 1974
    by davidswanson October 29, 2010 - 10:53am
    If the Democrats had used 2009 and 2010 to end the wars and prosecute Bush and Cheney, not to mention Wall Street, for their crimes; put prisoners on trial or free them; expose and hold accountable those behind the torture, warrantless spying, …more

  • Only in America Can Blair Go Out in Public
    by davidswanson September 14, 2010 - 8:34am
    By David SwansonWhen U.S. media pundits claim that every other nation on earth honestly believed the absurd lies George W. Bush told about Iraqi weapons and ties to terrorism, the grain of truth is that one leader of one foreign nation went along …more

  • Withdraw the Last Combat Politicians from Washington
    by davidswanson August 29, 2010 - 1:24am
    By David SwansonPretending to end a war and occupation, while stationing 50,000 soldiers, 18,000 mercenaries, and 84,000 support contractors in massive and permanent military bases in Iraq is a far cry from what candidate Barack Obama described as …more

  • Six Generations of US War Opposition
    by davidswanson July 28, 2010 - 3:17pm
    By David Swanson The United States today may be the planet's greatest ever war maker, but the wars are fought, the bases maintained, and the weapons manufactured against the will of the majority of U.S. citizens. We express our opposition to wars …more