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Stealing Palestine, Stealing Enlightenment

Yoav Litvin and Ilan Pappé’s Wired to Steal includes a history of European anti-Semitic horrors and the development of Zionist propaganda,...

19.10.2026 10

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David Swanson

Trump’s Offer to Sell Weapons to China Is Wonderful

30.09.2026 10

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David Swanson

Silence = Death

When important, serious, respectable people wouldn’t even mention that AIDS was killing on a major scale, their silence meant that not enough would...

26.08.2026 20

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David Swanson

For U.S. Schools, A Lie That Lasts 50 Years Is No Longer a Lie

I mention schools because something bothers me the most there, but I could mention newspapers or talk shows or Wikipedia — in any of these fora,...

24.08.2026 20

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David Swanson

For U.S. Schools, A Lie That Lasts 50 Years Is No Longer A Lie – OpEd

Key Takeaways: I mention schools because something bothers me the most there, but I could mention newspapers or talk shows or

24.08.2026 20

Eurasia Review

David Swanson

The U.S. State Department Is Celebrating Lies About The Monroe Doctrine – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The U.S. State Department has shamelessly published a video celebrating “imperialism” and “dominance” of the Western hemisphere...

19.08.2026 20

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David Swanson

The Wars Are Still Based on Lies

Excerpted from War Is Still A Lie. Since I wrote War Is A Lie in 2010 and updated it in 2015, the lies used to prop up wars have varied but continued....

28.07.2026 30

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David Swanson