6:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A McClendon Group Event
The McClendon Room
The National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
Open to the Public
David Swanson is the author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial
Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" by Seven Stories Press
(2009). He holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University
of Virginia. Swanson has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a
communications director, with jobs including press secretary for
Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, media coordinator for
the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as
communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now. More about him:
http://davidswanson.org/about
Swanson will speak and take questions on the subject of war funding,
where it comes from, how we keep producing it, how long it can
continue, and how it relates to other public spending, borrowing, and
debt. The latest supplemental war spending bill passed by the House
on July 1st is awaiting action in the Senate. Here are a few recent
articles by David Swanson:
When Teachers Unions Back War Escalations
http://davidswanson.org/node/2810
The Peace Movement's Progress
http://davidswanson.org/node/2802
Democrats Forced to Cheat to Fund War
http://davidswanson.org/node/2800
Bruce Fein Schools Henry Kissinger
http://davidswanson.org/node/2794
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