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Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union Paperback – September 1, 2009
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- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSeven Stories Press
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 2009
- Dimensions6 x 1.03 x 9.02 inches
- ISBN-101583228888
- ISBN-13978-1583228883
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“Daybreak urgently reminds us that good political intentions are not sufficient to ensure the continuation of our democracy; informed vigilance is vital to that task.” —Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash
“David Swanson's Daybreak impressively exposes all the ways our government has changed for the worse under the Bush administration, and makes clear that we need to do far more than elect a new president to see our tattered Democracy restored.” —Vincent Bugliosi
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- Publisher : Seven Stories Press (September 1, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1583228888
- ISBN-13 : 978-1583228883
- Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.03 x 9.02 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,508,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,855 in Political Freedom (Books)
- #5,411 in United States Executive Government
- #7,694 in Political Conservatism & Liberalism
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David Swanson's books include:
War Is A Lie: Second Edition (2016)
War No More: The Case for Abolition (2013)
Iraq War Among World's Worst Events (2013)
Tube World (2012)
The Military Industrial Complex at 50 (2012)
When the World Outlawed War (2011)
War Is A Lie (2010)
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union (2009)
The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush (2008)
Swanson contributed a chapter to "Why Peace" edited by Marc Guttman, January 2012.
Swanson wrote the foreword to "Another Life" by Karen Malpede, 2011, and contributed two chapters to Fix America, 2011.
Swanson hosts Talk Nation Radio.
Swanson was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 and 2016.
He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works as Campaign Coordinator for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org
"David Swanson is a truth-teller and witness-bearer whose voice and action warrant our attention." —Cornel West, author.
"David Swanson is the most consistently great writer of this generation." —Jean Athey.
"The world needs more true advocates of democracy like David Swanson!" —Thom Hartmann, radio host.
"David Swanson will be remembered and well recognized as the citizen who held up a lamp in the darkness and cried, as did good Tom Paine: 'We have it in our power to begin the world over again.'" —John Nichols, columnist, The Nation.
"David Swanson predicates his belief that nonviolence can change the world on careful research and historical analysis." —Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
"David Swanson’s War Is A Lie may be the most comprehensive antiwar statement available in the English language." —Kevin Young, Znet.
"Our times cry out for a smart, witty and courageous Populist who hasn’t forgotten how to play offense. Luckily we have David Swanson." —Mike Ferner, President of Veterans For Peace.
"David Swanson, who has been a one-man wonder leading the charge for accountability, writes a compelling narrative that inspires not just outrage, but ACTION." —Medea Benjamin, Code Pink and Global Exchange.
“David Swanson despises war and lying, and unmasks them both with rare intelligence. I learn something new on every page.” —Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR.
"David Swanson's book is a masterful exposure of the emergence of a monarch-like president coupled with an effete, irresponsible, and constitutionally ignorant Congress." —Bruce Fein, former Associate Deputy Attorney General.
“David Swanson has written a fascinating account of how peace once became the law of the land. It is particularly pertinent in the era of the Endless War, by giving encouragement and suggestions of a path forward to those who want to give peace a chance.” —Liz Holtzman, former member of the U.S. Congress.
"Swanson's book is far more uplifting and inspiring than virtually any other book in its genre, as it devotes itself to laying out a detailed plan for how American citizens — through the activism to which he has devoted himself — can bring about a rejuvenation of our political values." —Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com.
“David Swanson is an antidote to the toxins of complacency and evasion. He insists on rousing the sleepwalkers, confronting the deadly prevaricators and shining a bright light on possibilities for a truly better world.” —Norman Solomon, author of War Made Easy.
Swanson joined the board of the National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy in December 2011.
Swanson is Secretary of Peace in the Green Shadow Cabinet.
Swanson received a Beacon of Peace award from the Eisenhower Chapter of Veterans For Peace.
Learn more at http://davidswanson.org/about
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I saw David Swanson in action last July when we each attended a political gathering where House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers opined that his friend President Obama was heading toward a political disaster on health care. "There is no one more disappointed than I am in Barack Obama," Conyers told the Progressive Democrats of America, which he and David co-founded. "I've told him that to his face," Conyers continued in recalling his conversation with the president. The reason? "Buddy, you are wrong on health care, and it's going to cost you big time," Conyers continued. "We've got to tell Obama now, or he'll be a one-term president."
David reported the remarks thoroughly that evening on his blogs, the only one to do so. Later, I met at least one Conyers aide who felt that reporting such controvesial remarks in a small group setting among political allies wasn't appropriate, particularly if it might create tensions among Democrats. But that's David Swanson: Tireless, prolific, friendly but tough-minded with a dedication to helping the public make decisions based on the best information available, even if there's fallout some dislike.
That perspective pervades his book, whereby his seeks to address the decision-making gridlock of our political system from a constitutional perspective, albeit without the many years on a faculty, court or elective office typical of one suggesting major changes. One of the few previous reviewers here to provide less than four stars to this book seemed to react negatively to the author's temerity in suggesting solutions without such experiences. My reaction is to judge the material on the quality of thought matched with societal need, not the author's ascent through institutions that inevitably acquire gatekeeper characteristics in a mature society.
Rebels, after all, founded the U.S. and wrote its original constitutions. And momentum to create a new nation was influenced by "Common Sense," reputed to have sold 120,000 copies in just three months after its publication in 1776 by Tom Paine, another author whose message fit the times.
That hearing, initiated by Swanson, along with a coalition of activists, was held in a basement room of the Capitol--more like a large closet. The phonies in the Establishment media either totally ignored, marginalized or mocked it. This, sadly, was their M.O. during most of the reign of the Bush-Cheney Gang.
Swanson details how Dubya enlarged the powers of presidency way beyond the original intent of "The Founders." He rightly labels it a "power grab." With respect to the battle for Impeachment, Swanson spotlights the laudable efforts of House member, Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH).
Moving on, it will just break your heart to read how the Congress could have ended the blood bath in Iraq. As Swanson underscores--and this was in 2007 when the Democrats held a majority in the House--all they had to do was simply to "stop passing bills to fund it."
Finally, Swanson writes with urgency. Let his call for the full utilization of "Citizen Power," echo throughout the land. The people need to take their country back before it is too late. Wake-up, America!
