The City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and the University of Virginia, passed on Tuesday evening, January 17, 2012, a resolution believed to be a first in the country, opposing the launching of a war on Iran, as well as calling for an end to current ground and drone wars engaged in by the United States and urging Congress and the President of the United States to significantly reduce military spending.  Below is the text of the resolution,…

An upcoming Charlottesville conference highlights the importance of whistleblowers when addressing the corruption present in military contracting

By David Swanson

During the past five years since I moved back to Charlottesville, Virginia, I had yet to observe the slightest violent incident, prior to the recent spree of horrific mass murders. There was crime, but I

hadn't ever seen it. I had only heard about it in the local media.

First there was a young woman picked up hitch hiking and murdered. That

was many months ago now. Then there was a man from Charlottesville

attacked out of the blue up in the…