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by Jeremy Earp
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
March 18, 2023
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen
As mainstream U.S. media outlets pause to remember the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s clear that there’s a lot they hope we’ll forget – first and foremost, the media’s own active complicity in whipping up public support for the war.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
August 9, 2017
Statement by David Swanson as Director of World Beyond War at DC press conference August 8, 2017.
I won’t have time to list all the reasons I want U.S. military planes and drones out of Syrian skies much less all the reasons people have noted in comments on our petition, but there’s no question what my first reason is, although it’s not a reason always given much weight here in Washington.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
August 3, 2017
Remarks on August 3 at Democracy Convention in Minneapolis.
It’s unusual on Kellogg Blvd. in St. Paul to encounter anyone who knows why it’s named that. A bunch of us are going to go over there with flyers Saturday morning and I hope you’ll join us.
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Originally posted June 15, 2011
rushingfan on Jan 29, 2007
Directed by Josh Rushing, a veteran Marine Corps media spokesman, “SPIN: The Art of Selling War” is an investigative documentary that looks at the standard justification for going to war by the American administrations of past and present.
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1 hr 10 min 15 sec – Aug 28, 2007
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