Last night, I attended a local event for DavidSwanson, who is currently touring with his new book Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union , sponsored by Winograd for Congress 2010, Progressive Democrats of America, Code Pink, Westside Progressives & Ilene Proctor's Great Mind Series. Lila Garrett from KPFK's "Connect the Dots" and Marcy...
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By DavidSwanson One of the best features of a visit to Los Angeles is the opportunity to hang out with the guy who put Charles Manson in prison, the most successful criminal prosecutor we're ever likely to see, Vince Bugliosi (105 convictions in 106 felony jury trials, 21 convictions in 21 murder trials). I spoke with him on Tuesday about his forthcoming documentary film (pre-order...
By DavidSwanson Congratulations are in order for Congressman and senate-candidate Mike Capuano of Massachusetts for openly acknowledging that Dick Cheney should be prosecuted for his crimes. Calling Dick Cheney a vampire recently helped Congressman Alan Grayson raise over 1/2 million dollars in a day. But for Capuano to light the sort of fire needed for him to win (or for Grayson to...
November 22, 2009, Bay Area, CA * 10-11 a.m. protest at John Yoo's (Torture Professor) house, 1241 Grizzly Peak Blvd., Berkeley, CA Followed by events on DavidSwanson's book tour: "Daybreak, Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" * 12:00 p.m. in downtown Walnut Creek Community Center 1375 Civic Drive (in Civic Park) Walnut Creek 94596 925-933-7850...
