Speaker sensing danger

By Lee Shearer, Athens Banner-Herald

Humanity seems bent on destroying itself, according to David Swanson, the featured speaker for this year's 33rd annual Athens Human Rights Festival.

"I think our country and our world are headed in very dangerous directions," said blogger, author and anti-war activist David Swanson - growing ill-will, resentment and antagonism among peoples, continuing proliferation of deadly weapons, and humanity's seeming march toward extinction through environmental destruction.

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