Listen to "Finding Ways to Speak the Truth: Simone Bitton and Mary Wind"
In her new documentary film titled "Rachel", Israeli-French filmmaker Simone Bitton tries to get at the truth of 23-year-old Rachel Corrie's death on August 16, 2003. That day, US-made Israeli-driven bulldozers arrived to demolish the Nasrallah house in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Rachel Corrie refused to move out of the path of the bulldozer and was run over and crushed to death.
Mary Wind of Teach Peace is a member of a growing segment of the American population that continues to engage with the truth as we know it. Mary openly challenged her own assumptions and brought them to bear on the issues facing our world.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
People Supporting People -- from Iran to Nevada
Listen to "People Supporting People -- from Iran to Nevada"
The underlying theme of this show is about citizens of the world working to empower themselves for action in the world, actions that, perhaps taking a long time to come to full fruition, empower individuals to really change the world.
First up is the story of an entire country undergoing a major shift: Iran and the worldwide support for its people.
At the community and individual level of empowerment Xan Sam Joi and Janet Weil present updates on the protests against drones that was held outside Creech AFB and in Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 10 - 13.
We end the show on a high note talking with Molly Burke, a life coach and executive director of the organization Life Purpose Works.
Includes the story and music of United Airlines passenger Dave Carroll who had his Taylor guitar destroyed by the airline's baggage handlers during a flight to Nebraska last year; he uses his musical talents to great effect.
The underlying theme of this show is about citizens of the world working to empower themselves for action in the world, actions that, perhaps taking a long time to come to full fruition, empower individuals to really change the world.
First up is the story of an entire country undergoing a major shift: Iran and the worldwide support for its people.
At the community and individual level of empowerment Xan Sam Joi and Janet Weil present updates on the protests against drones that was held outside Creech AFB and in Las Vegas, Nevada, from July 10 - 13.
We end the show on a high note talking with Molly Burke, a life coach and executive director of the organization Life Purpose Works.
Includes the story and music of United Airlines passenger Dave Carroll who had his Taylor guitar destroyed by the airline's baggage handlers during a flight to Nebraska last year; he uses his musical talents to great effect.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Perspectives from Veterans: Reverend Susan Turley and Tyler Boudreau
Listen to "Perspectives from Veterans: Reverend Susan Turley and Tyler Boudreau"
Reverend Susan Turley is a board certified chaplain of the National Association of Veterans Affairs and presently directs the clinical pastoral education program at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. She is also the mother of Keith Jesse Moore who killed himself in Yusifiyah Iraq in 2006 and most recently is a filmmaker reaching out to other bereaved mothers.
Former US Marine Corp Captain Tyler Boudreau is cycling across the US as a unique route to healing himself from war and rewiring his brain for civilian life. He is also author of Unpacking Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine. I interviewed him by cell phone on the road in Helena, Montana.
Reverend Susan Turley is a board certified chaplain of the National Association of Veterans Affairs and presently directs the clinical pastoral education program at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. She is also the mother of Keith Jesse Moore who killed himself in Yusifiyah Iraq in 2006 and most recently is a filmmaker reaching out to other bereaved mothers.
Former US Marine Corp Captain Tyler Boudreau is cycling across the US as a unique route to healing himself from war and rewiring his brain for civilian life. He is also author of Unpacking Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine. I interviewed him by cell phone on the road in Helena, Montana.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Patriotism - What is It? With Dr. Michael Parenti and others
Listen to "Patriotism - What is It? With Dr. Michael Parenti and others"
A look at definitions of patriotism, militarism, and the pledge of allegiance with Dr. Michael Parenti.
Also Cynthia McKinney, Mairead Maguire from prison in Ramle, Israel after being arrested on the high seas by the Israeli Navy.
A look at definitions of patriotism, militarism, and the pledge of allegiance with Dr. Michael Parenti.
Also Cynthia McKinney, Mairead Maguire from prison in Ramle, Israel after being arrested on the high seas by the Israeli Navy.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Court Case Dismissed Against Activists
Listen to "Court Case Dismissed Against Activists"
A review of something new possible in Israel and Palestine mediated by Egypt and brokered by US, EU, and UN?
On January 20, 2009 seventy people came to Washington DC with a message for the 111th Congress: End the war. End the Killing. They were referring to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and US sanctioned bombings of Gaza. The group marched in a solemn procession which ended in the atrium of the Hart Senate Building, where they respectfully spoke the names of those who had perished prematurely and unnecessarily.
Police disrupted this Constitutionally protected speech on the grounds of illegal assemble and disorderly conduct.
The court case was dismissed on June 22. On the phone are three activists Pete Perry, Michelle Grise, and Robert Diesu who were in the courtroom.
Also, a brief look at Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, "drones" and what they promise for the future of war.
A review of something new possible in Israel and Palestine mediated by Egypt and brokered by US, EU, and UN?
On January 20, 2009 seventy people came to Washington DC with a message for the 111th Congress: End the war. End the Killing. They were referring to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and US sanctioned bombings of Gaza. The group marched in a solemn procession which ended in the atrium of the Hart Senate Building, where they respectfully spoke the names of those who had perished prematurely and unnecessarily.
Police disrupted this Constitutionally protected speech on the grounds of illegal assemble and disorderly conduct.
The court case was dismissed on June 22. On the phone are three activists Pete Perry, Michelle Grise, and Robert Diesu who were in the courtroom.
Also, a brief look at Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, "drones" and what they promise for the future of war.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Policy Analyst Conn Hallinan on US in Afghanistan and Central Asia
Listen to "Policy Analyst Conn Hallinan on the US in Afghanistan and Central Asia"
Conn Hallinan is a policy analyst with Foreign Policy in Focus, an arm of the Institute for Policy Studies. He is also a lecturer in journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a columnist with city of Berkeley Ca's newspaper The Daily Planet. In this wide ranging conversation he discusses US policy in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Conn Hallinan is a policy analyst with Foreign Policy in Focus, an arm of the Institute for Policy Studies. He is also a lecturer in journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a columnist with city of Berkeley Ca's newspaper The Daily Planet. In this wide ranging conversation he discusses US policy in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Monday, June 15, 2009
People Power: Sustainability and Activism
Listen to "People Power: Sustainability and Activism"
Lisa Di Piano is a member of Northampton MA's business Pedal People, a municipal trash collection effort powered by people on bicycles.
Francis Crow has been an activist for peace all her adult life. At 90, she talks about her life: US culture during the atomic bomb testing and after dropping the bomb on Japan, her early efforts to counsel Vietnam era troops about the draft, and how she brought Amy Goodman's show Democracy Now to Northampton MASS. (This involved pirate radio on a local hilltop and, eventually, raising funds that would normally have gone to a local radio station.)
Lisa Di Piano is a member of Northampton MA's business Pedal People, a municipal trash collection effort powered by people on bicycles.
Francis Crow has been an activist for peace all her adult life. At 90, she talks about her life: US culture during the atomic bomb testing and after dropping the bomb on Japan, her early efforts to counsel Vietnam era troops about the draft, and how she brought Amy Goodman's show Democracy Now to Northampton MASS. (This involved pirate radio on a local hilltop and, eventually, raising funds that would normally have gone to a local radio station.)
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