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. Additionally, Swanson embarked on a campaign to impeach President
George W. Bush and Vice President
Dick Cheney through the now defunct website ConvictBushCheney.Org as well as contributing to the introduction of
Dennis Kucinich’s
The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush. Swanson has also aided in the organization of campaigns such as
Velvet Revolution's opposition of the
United States Chamber of Commerce and
Tom J. Donohue, and October2011.Org's
Occupy Washington movement. As an author, David Swanson has written several books;
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union (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 In 2021, Swanson's organization
World Beyond War was also awarded The US Peace Prize. 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,
Norway. ==Writings==