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David Swanson's Radical Bay Area Message: War Is A Lie

Gar Smith
Thursday May 26, 2016 - 02:04:00 PM

Author, activist, journalist, and radio host David Swanson is coming to the Bay Area this weekend to promote the new second edition of his classic anti-war exposé, War Is a Lie. Swanson is the director of World Beyond War and the host of Talk Nation Radio. His other books include When the World Outlawed War and War No More: The Case for Abolition.

Swanson played a key role in exposing Britain's "Downing Street Minutes" and other bits of "dodgy evidence" used to justify the US/UK invasion of Iraq. He has been twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize—in 2015 and 2016.

The first edition of War Is A Lie, published in 2010, became a popular hit with readers in the US, Europe, and China. The new edition expands on Swanson's masterful debunking of all the familiar arguments trotted out to justify war and offers a toolbox of practical strategies for resisting—and abolishing—war.

Swanson—who will be joined at various events by Daniel Ellsberg, Cindy Sheehan and Norman Solomon—will be speaking about the latest developments in military mischief-making abroad and "perception management" at home. He will also be taking questions and dialoging with the audience before signing copies of his new book.

Daniel Ellsberg has praised War Is a Lie as "a terrific tool for recognizing and resisting war lies before it's too late." (You can read some other praise for the book at the end of this piece.)  

 

 

Scheduled Bay Area Appearances 

May 28, San Francisco, CA 

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., David Swanson interviewed by Daniel Ellsberg, at San Francisco Main Public Library, 100 Larkin Street. 

May 28, Marin County, CA 

4 to 6 p.m., David Swanson in conversation with Norman Solomon, at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 

May 29, Oakland, CA 

3 to 4 p.m., David Swanson interviewed by Cindy Sheehan, at Diesel: A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue at Kales (near Manila), Oakland, CA 

May 29, Berkeley, CA 

7:00 to 9 p.m., David Swanson "War Is A Lie", with Cindy Sheehan, at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee and Codepink Golden Gate. 1924 Cedar St. @ Bonita, Berkeley, CA Contact: Cynthia Papermaster, papermasterc@gmail.com 

More Praise for War Is a Lie: 

"David Swanson is a truth-teller and witness-bearer whose voice and action warrant our attention."  

— Cornel West. 

"The world needs more true advocates of democracy like David Swanson!"  

— Thom Hartmann, author, radio host. 

"David Swanson predicates his belief that nonviolence can change the world on careful research and historical analysis."  

— Kathy Kelly, author, peace activist. 

"David Swanson is a longtime friend and one of my personal heroes because he is relentlessly and uncompromisingly against war. This is an important book that dispels any myths about 'good wars.'"  

— Cindy Sheehan, peace activist, author, talk show host. 

"David Swanson's War Is A Lie should be required reading. It lays bare the hypocrisy of American 'do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do' foreign policy, exposing the lies and the deliberate glorification of military disasters. Swanson advocates for endless diplomacy rather than endless war, a much cheaper and less bloody alternative to present U.S. militarism. War Is A Lie gives you the arguments, outrage and inspiration you need to take action. Read it. 

— Medea Benjamin, author, peace activist. 

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