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Is War Beautiful?
29 Oct 2015; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
“War Is Beautiful” is the ironic title of a beautiful new book of photographs. The subtitle is “The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict”. There's an asterisk after those words, and it leads to these: “(In which the author explains why he no longer reads The New York Times)”. The author never explains why he read the New York Times to begin with.
Tags: anti-war, New York TimesWhen Peace Activists Met With the U.S. Institute of Peace
14 Oct 2015; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
I was part of a debate on Tuesday that involved a larger disagreement than any exhibited at the Democratic presidential candidates debate that evening. A group of peace activists met with the president, a board member, some vice presidents, and a senior fellow of the so-called U.S. Institute of Peace, a U.S. government institution that spends tens of millions of public dollars every year on things tangentially related to peace (including promoting wars) but has yet to oppose a single U.S. war in its 30-year history.
Tags: US Institute of Peace, anti-warAmnesty International Once Again Refuses to Oppose War
11 Oct 2015; posted by the editor - International
By David Swanson
In an online discussion I asked Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, a fairly straightforward question: "Will Amnesty International recognize the UN Charter and the Kellogg Briand Pact and oppose war and militarism and military spending?Tags: anti-war, Amnesty InternationalHow 'Anti-war' is the United Nations?
05 Oct 2015; posted by the editor - United States
In the week that marks the 70th annual general meeting of the United Nations, author and peace activist David Swanson speaks about the role of the UN to WHDT TV in Boston.
Tags: United Nations, anti-warWar Abolition Books Proliferate
01 Oct 2015; posted by the editor - Features
By David Swanson
When I wrote War Is A Lie in 2010 (second edition coming April 5th!) it was a condemnation of war, but not exactly a manifesto for abolishing it.Tags: anti-war
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