David Swanson

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David Swanson is an American anti-war activist, blogger and author. He currently resides in Virginia and is the Executive Director of World Beyond War.

Education

Swanson obtained a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Virginia in 1997.{{Cite web|title=Bloggers|publisher=Democrats.com|url=http://www.democrats.com/bloggers|access-date=31 Aug 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904014545/http://www.democrats.com/bloggers|archive-date=2011-09-04}}

Career

As an activist, Swanson co-founded the website After Downing Street (now WarIsACrime.org), based around the U.S. congressional concern of the Downing Street memo. Additionally, Swanson embarked on a campaign to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney through the now defunct website ConvictBushCheney.Org{{Cite web |url=http://warisacrime.org/cofounders |title=After Downing Street Co-Founders | War is a Crime .org |access-date=2013-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629202148/http://warisacrime.org/cofounders |archive-date=2013-06-29 |url-status=dead }} as well as contributing to the introduction of Dennis Kucinich’s The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush.{{Cite web| title=The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush| publisher=Feral House| url=http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/35_articles_of_impeachment_the.php| access-date=31 Aug 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218032405/http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/35_articles_of_impeachment_the.php| archive-date=2010-02-18}}

Swanson has also aided in the organization of campaigns such as Velvet Revolution's opposition of the United States Chamber of Commerce and Tom J. Donohue,{{Cite web | last=Swanson | first=David | title=WarIsACrime.Org: Tom Donohue and the Chamber of Open Secrets | work=Stop The Chamber | publisher=Velvet Revolution | url=http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/index.php?q=node/25 | access-date=31 Aug 2011 }} and October2011.Org's Occupy Washington movement.{{Cite web|title=About Us|publisher=October 2011.Org|url=http://october2011.org/about|access-date=31 Aug 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901031929/http://october2011.org/about|archive-date=2011-09-01}}

As an author, David Swanson has written several books; Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union{{Cite web | title=Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union - Published in 2009 | website=Davidswanson.org | url=http://davidswanson.org/book | access-date=31 Aug 2011 }} (2009), War Is a Lie (2010), When the World Outlawed War (2011) and War No More: The Case for Abolition (2013). Swanson is the host of the radio show Talk Nation Radio.

Swanson currently blogs through various political sites, including his own co-founded site, WarIsACrime.Org and Democrats.com, where he serves as the Washington Director.

In 2018, the US Peace Memorial Foundation awarded The US Peace Prize to Swanson "[w]hose inspiring antiwar leadership, writings, strategies, and organizations help to create a culture of peace{{cite web |title=Ann Wright Awarded 2017 US Peace Prize |url=https://www.https://www.uspeaceprize.org/ |publisher=US Peace Memorial Foundation |accessdate=1 February 2025}}

Writings

Kucinich, Dennis J., David C.N. Swanson, and Elizabeth de la Vega. The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush. Port Townsend, Washington, Feral House, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-932595-42-0}}
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. New York: Seven Stories Press. 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-58322-888-3}}
War Is A Lie (2010, 2016). Just World Books. {{ISBN|978-1-68257-000-5}}
Snippers Saves the World (2021). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-1-7347837-0-4}}
Leaving World War II Behind (2021). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-1-7347837-5-9}}
20 Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S. (2020). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-1-7347837-9-7}}
Curing Exceptionalism (2018). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9980859-3-7}}
War Is Never Just (2016). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9980859-0-6}}
Killing Is Not A Way of Life (2014). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9830830-6-1}}
War No More: The Case For Abolition (2013). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9830830-5-4}}
Tube World (2012). Illustrated by Shane Burke. David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9830830-4-7}}
The Military Industrial Complex at 50 (2011). Editor and contributor. David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9830830-7-8}}
When The World Outlawed War (2011). David Swanson. {{ISBN|978-0-9830830-9-2}}