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Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa
24 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States, Japan
By David Swanson
A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa. Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors, of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, and of city governments in Okinawa, as well as leading protest organizers and the heads of several important organizations opposed to the ongoing U.S. military occupation of Okinawa.The Cancer of Western Civilization
23 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Features
By Luke Eastwood
At the present time western style civilization or what is more commonly called western culture seems to be sweeping into every corner of the globe. Since the demise of Communism, as the main ideological alternative to western Capitalism, it has become increasingly pervasive to the point that it appears to be unstoppable.Tags: Capitalism, western cultureWar and Being and Nothingness
22 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Features
By David Swanson
The best book I've read in a very long time is a new one: "The End of War" by John Horgan. Its conclusions will be vigorously resisted by many and yet, in a certain light, considered perfectly obvious to some others. The central conclusion—that ending the institution of war is entirely up to us to choose—was, arguably, reached by (among many others before and since) John Paul Sartre sitting in a café utilizing exactly no research.How Newt Gingrich Saved the Military Industrial Complex
22 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
The idea of economic conversion, of retooling and retraining pieces of the military industrial complex to build what other wealthy nations have (infrastructure, energy, education, etc.) converged with the end of the Cold War two decades back. It was time for a peace dividend as well as a little sanity in public spending. Among the cosponsors of a bill to begin economic conversion in the late 1980s was a guy by the name of Leon Panetta.Lucid Derangement
21 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Features, United States
By David Swanson
One would think that if condemned to lose sanity it would be preferable not to be aware of what was happening. On the contrary, as in lucid dreaming, there is something empowering and even comforting in lucid derangement, particularly national as opposed to personal derangement.Tags: Arab Spring, Tom EngelhardtThe Internet Spoke and, Finally, Congress Listened!
21 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Internet news
By Corynne McSherry
The misguided proponents of the disastrous Internet blacklist bills have blinked. Today, Senator Harry Reid announced he would postpone a cloture vote on PIPA scheduled for next Tuesday, which means, as a practical matter, that the bill is dead for now. Shortly after that announcement, Representative Lamar Smith issued a statement conceding PIPA's evil House stepsister, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also wasn't ready for prime time.Tags: SOPAConstitutional Amendment to Create Public Financing Introduced by Kucinich
19 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
I recently recommened a comprehensive Constitutional amendment addressing the corruption of our elections. The largest piece of it, largely inspired by an amendment drafted by Russell Simmons, had not been introduced in Congress . . . until now.Booing the Golden Rule
19 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Features, United States
By David Swanson
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. An important rule to live by. So is this corollary: Friends don't let friends watch presidential primary debates.Tags:Charlottesville, Va., City Council Passes Resolution Opposing War on Iran
18 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
The City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and the University of Virginia, passed on Tuesday evening, January 17, 2012, a resolution believed to be a first in the country, opposing the launching of a war on Iran, as well as calling for an end to current ground and drone wars engaged in by the United States and urging Congress and the President of the United States to significantly reduce military spending. Below is the text of the resolution, followed by an account of how it came to be. As other towns and cities have been inquiring about how they can do the same, this may prove helpful.Tags: Iran, anti-war resolutionWho Does Our Government Represent?
17 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Opinion, Ireland
By Declan Cullen
Could someone please tell me who the present government serves? They have attacked people on social welfare, on low pay, the middle class, small businesses, the blind, the old and their pensions and carers, the disabled, children with special needs, old folks homes. They have closed and degraded Hospitals.Tags: Declan CullenCorporate Personhood Cannot Withstand Organized Persons
17 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
There are many schemes now for undoing the doctrines under which corporations claim constitutional rights and bribery is deemed constitutionally protected "speech." Every single one of these schemes depends on a massive movement of public pressure all across the homeland formerly known as the United States of America. With such a movement, few of the schemes can fail. Without it, we're just building castles in the air. Nonetheless, the best scheme can best facilitate the organizing of the movement.Tags: corporate personhoodHow Much Is an Earth, and Do You Have One in Extra Large?
17 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Features, Environment
By David Swanson
A new book suggests that "It's the economy, stupid," may be more than political strategy; it may also be the key to environmental sustainability. The book is "Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet," by Kendra Pierre-Louis. The argument developed is not just that the consumer choices of an individual won't save the planet without collective action, but also that the only collective action that will save us is abandoning the whole idea of consumer choices.Tags: Kendra Pierre-LouisWhat We Owe to Bertha von Suttner
17 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - Features
By David Swanson
Just saying her name sounds like a joke: Baroness Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner, Gräfin, née Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. And when she began talking about ending war in mid-nineteenth century Austria it wasn't her name that was treated as a joke. Yet by the turn of the century, her idea seemed to be one whose time had come.Tags: Bertha von SuttnerCorporate Personhood Worse, Ending It Easier, Than You Think
12 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Don't take it from me. Take it from the book being published today that will mainstream the movement to end corporate personhood: "Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do, And What You Can Do About It," by Jeff Clements with foreword by Bill Moyers.Tags: corporate personhoodWhy Not Attack Iran?
12 Jan 2012; posted by the editor - United States, Iran
By David Swanson
The push to attack Iran has been on for so long that entire categories of arguments for it (such as that the Iranians are fueling the Iraqi resistance) have come and gone. At DontAttackIran.org we've been collecting the arguments for and against attacking Iran for years. We've campaigned against an attack, but never been able to claim a success, because decisions not to launch wars are never announced, because those pushing for wars never give up, and because those believing what their government tells them think the Pentagon never campaigns for wars but is forced into them defensively on short notice by attacks from evildoers.Tags: Iran
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