# David Swanson

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Swanson
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Swanson.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Swanson
> Source revision: 1338559625
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

For the Illinois politician, see [David Ivar Swanson](/source/David_Ivar_Swanson).

**David Swanson** is an [American](/source/United_States_of_America) anti-war activist, blogger and author. He currently resides in Virginia and is the Executive Director of [World Beyond War](/source/World_Beyond_War).

## Education

Swanson obtained a [Master of Philosophy](/source/Master_of_Philosophy) degree from the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) in 1997.[1]

## 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](/source/Downing_Street_memo). Additionally, Swanson embarked on a campaign to impeach President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) and Vice President [Dick Cheney](/source/Dick_Cheney) through the now defunct website ConvictBushCheney.Org[2] as well as contributing to the introduction of [Dennis Kucinich](/source/Dennis_Kucinich)’s *The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush*.[3] Swanson has also aided in the organization of campaigns such as [Velvet Revolution](/source/Velvet_Revolution_(organization))'s opposition of the [United States Chamber of Commerce](/source/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce) and [Tom J. Donohue](/source/Tom_J._Donohue),[4] and October2011.Org's *Occupy Washington* movement.[5]

As an author, David Swanson has written several books; *Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union*[6] (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[2] and Democrats.com,[1] where he serves as the Washington Director.

In 2018, the [US Peace Memorial Foundation](/source/US_Peace_Memorial_Foundation) awarded [The US Peace Prize](/source/The_US_Peace_Prize) to Swanson "[w]hose inspiring antiwar leadership, writings, strategies, and organizations help to create a culture of peace[7] In 2021, Swanson's organization [World Beyond War](/source/World_Beyond_War) was also awarded The US Peace Prize.[8]

On November 10, 2024, Swanson was the first-ever recipient of the Real Nobel Peace Prize awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation in [Oslo](/source/Oslo), [Norway](/source/Norway).[9]

## Writings

- [Kucinich, Dennis J.](/source/Dennis_Kucinich), 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](/source/Port_Townsend,_Washington), [Feral House](/source/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](/source/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

## See also

- [Anti-war movement](/source/Anti-war_movement)
- [Peace movement](/source/Peace_movement)
- [List of peace activists](/source/List_of_peace_activists)
- [Civil disobedience](/source/Civil_disobedience)
- [World Beyond War](/source/World_Beyond_War)

## References

1. ["Bloggers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110904014545/http://www.democrats.com/bloggers). Democrats.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.democrats.com/bloggers) on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011.

1. ["After Downing Street Co-Founders | War is a Crime .org"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130629202148/http://warisacrime.org/cofounders). Archived from [the original](http://warisacrime.org/cofounders) on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

1. ["The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100218032405/http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/35_articles_of_impeachment_the.php). [Feral House](/source/Feral_House). Archived from [the original](http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/35_articles_of_impeachment_the.php) on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011.

1. Swanson, David. ["WarIsACrime.Org: Tom Donohue and the Chamber of Open Secrets"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111007114846/http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/index.php?q=node/25). *Stop The Chamber*. Velvet Revolution. Archived from [the original](http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/index.php?q=node/25) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011.

1. ["About Us"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110901031929/http://october2011.org/about). October 2011.Org. Archived from [the original](http://october2011.org/about) on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011.

1. ["Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union - Published in 2009"](https://davidswanson.org/book). *Davidswanson.org*. Retrieved 31 Aug 2011.

1. ["Ann Wright Awarded 2017 US Peace Prize"](https://www.https://www.uspeaceprize.org/). US Peace Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

1. [https://popularresistance.org/us-peace-prize-awarded-to-world-beyond-war/](https://popularresistance.org/us-peace-prize-awarded-to-world-beyond-war/)

1. [https://www.pressenza.com/2024/11/remarks-upon-acceptance-of-real-nobel-peace-prize/](https://www.pressenza.com/2024/11/remarks-upon-acceptance-of-real-nobel-peace-prize/)

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.davidswanson.org/)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Swanson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Swanson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Swanson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.