Best davidcnswanson Podcasts (2025)

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Talk World Radio: Greg Mello on Nuclear Testing, Disarmament, and the Trump Problem 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about the damage that's done when Donald Trump opens his mouth or uses social media, in this case to make confused and ignorant utterances about nuclear testing. Our guest, Greg Mello, is executive director of the Los Alamos Study Group.By David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: Luke Kemp on Goliath's Curse 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about the collapse of societies with the author of one of the best books I've read in a long time. The book is called Goliath's Curse. The author is Luke Kemp, who is also a Research Affiliate & Former Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.…

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Talk World Radio: Rising Violence in Cameroon 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking with Guy Feugap who is Africa Organizer for World BEYOND War. He is a secondary school teacher, writer, and peace activist, based in Cameroon. He has long worked to educate youths for peace and non-violence. His work has put young girls in particular at the heart of crisis resolution and awareness raising…

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Talk World Radio: They Demolished Part of the White House. Why Did They Stop There? 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking with Sam Husseini who writes at husseini.substack.com and one of whose recent articles was titled "They Have Torn Down the East Wing of the White House. They Should Keep Going."See https://husseini.substack.com/p/they-have-torn-down-the-east-wingYou can find all kinds of projects Sam is working on at http…

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Talk World Radio: The Illegality of Military Bases 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about military bases and the law with Martha Schmidt who is a co-chair of the Human Rights Framework Project and member of the Anti-Militarism Working Group of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). Martha Schmidt holds law degrees from the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin. She wrote a …

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Talk World Radio: What's the Matter with Authorizations to Use Military Force? 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about so-called authorizations to use force. Brett Heinz is a policy researcher and freelance writer based in Washington, DC, where his work focuses on economic justice, political inequality, corruption, and U.S. foreign policy. He is currently the Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justi…

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Talk World Radio: The Case for Open Borders 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about opening borders with John Washington, author of a terrific book called The Case for Open Borders. John Washington is a staff writer at Arizona Luminaria, a community-focused media outlet where he writes about the border, climate change, democracy, and more. He has written for The Atlantic, The Washi…

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Talk World Radio: Abby Martin on Earth's Greatest Enemy 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with Abby Martin about her new film, Earth's Greatest Enemy. Earth’s Greatest Enemy, the second feature film project by Abby Martin, is a groundbreaking anti-imperialist environmental documentary. Exempt from international climate agreements and rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting, the Pentagon i…

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Talk World Radio: Send Armed Troops to Gaza? Alfred de Zayas and David Swanson Disagree 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we are welcoming back Alfred de Zayas, who is a law professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and served as a United Nations Independent Expert on International Order from 2012 to 2018. He is the author of twelve books including “Building a Just World Order”, “Countering Mainstream Narratives”, and “The Human Rights…

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Kathy Kelly on Frontline Voices on WBAI Pacifica Radio 14:17

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Kathy Kelly on Frontline Voices on WBAI Pacifica Radio by David SwansonBy David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: Sam Rosenthal on the Occupation of DC and What's the Matter with Democrats 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about war, peace, and politics with RootsAction's Political Director Sam Rosenthal. Sam is an organizer and researcher based in Washington, DC. He recently served three years on the steering committee of the Democratic Socialists of America's National Electoral Commission.…

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Talk World Radio: Ray Acheson on Abolition 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about abolition -- of all things in need of it. Our guest, Ray Acheson is an organizer, activist, and writer. They are Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). They served from 2008–2024 on the steering group of the Int…

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Talk World Radio: Neelan: Unsilenced. Tragedy and Hope in Sri Lanka. 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about a new film called Neelan: Unsilenced. Our guest, Pitasanna Shanmugathas, is the director, writer, and producer. Shanmugathas was previously a guest on this program regarding his co-directed six-part documentary series titled "Truth to the Powerless: An Investigation into Canada's Foreign Policy," …

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Talk World Radio: Rachel Small on Stopping Arms Shipments 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about working to stop weapons shipments, in particular to Israel, and in particular from Canada. Our guest, Rachel Small, is the Canada Organizer for World BEYOND War, where I am the Executive Director.See also:https://armsembargonow.ca/reporthttps://worldbeyondwar.org/canada…

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Talk World Radio: Gerta Keller on What Really Killed the Dinosaurs 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about what actually killed the dinosaurs. Our guest, Gerta Keller, is Professor of Paleontology and Geology Emeritus in the Geosciences Department of Princeton University. Her new book is called The Last Extinction: The Real Science Behind the Death of the Dinosaurs.…

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Talk World Radio: A Victory for Students for Justice in Palestine 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about a successful lawsuit and impactful campus activism against genocide. Daniela Colombi is with Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization at the University of Maryland that views itself as part of the international movement for a free Palestine, working for collective liberation, justice, and…

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Talk World Radio: Norman Solomon on the State of the Genocide 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we welcome back RootsAction Co-Founder / National Director Norman Solomon, who founded the Institute for Public Accuracy in 1997 and is its executive director. Immersed in anti-war, social justice and environmental movements since the late 1960s, he is the author of a dozen books including "War Made Invisible," "War Ma…

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Talk World Radio: Kathy Kelly on Afghanistan and Gaza 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking with Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War, about a new book and an upcoming online book club, and about the latest developments in Gaza and what to do about it. The book is called Our Journey from Afghanistan: A Story of Survival and Hope.See book club:https://worldbeyondwar.org/book-club-our-journe…

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Talk World Radio: Jeff Cohen on Colbert and the Corporate Media 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Paramount cancelling Stephen Colbert's show, and the corporate media cartel generally bowing to Trump. Our guest, media critic Jeff Cohen was founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, where he was an associate professor of journalism. He founded the media watch gr…

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Talk World Radio: Why Is NATO Invading Classrooms? 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about NATO invading classrooms. Our guest Nolan Higdon is a political analyst, author, host of The Disinfo Detox Podcast, lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at University of California, Santa Cruz, and Project Censored Judge. Higdon’s popular Substack includes the bi-weekly Gasligh…

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Talk World Radio: India Walton on Zohran Mamdani and Freezing Out ICE 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about Zohran Mamdani and other topics with India Walton, a longtime community activist who emerged in 2021 as a powerful presence in the progressive movement after a stunning Democratic primary victory over a 16-year incumbent mayor of Buffalo, New York. Now a senior advisor at RootsAction, she has conti…

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Talk World Radio: What Wars and Militaries Do to the Climate 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about the climate destruction done by wars and militaries. Stuart Parkinson is Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility, which you can find at sgr.org.uk. He is the author of numerous reports related to the connection between militarism and environmental destruction. He is also co-autho…

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Talk World Radio: What Happened on the March to Gaza 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about peace activism and Gaza, and the recent global march to Gaza. Our Guest, Cymry Gomery, is a community organizer and activist who founded Montréal for a World BEYOND War in November 2021, after attending the inspiring WBW NoWar101 training. This fledgling Canadian chapter came into being just on the…

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Talk World Radio: Poems for Gaza 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are hearing and discussing poetry about Gaza. Our guest, Anita Barrows, is a poet, novelist, and translator from French, German and Italian. She has eighteen published books and a nineteenth on its way. She and Joanna Macy have translated four volumes of the work of Rainer Maria Rilke, and many of their translated p…

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Talk World Radio: Ann Wright on Gaza Flotilla 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about the Gaza Flotilla with Ann Wright who has spent 22 years as a leader in the peace movement.By David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: Mike Ferner on Fasting for Gaza 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about people in the United States who are fasting in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are being starved by the government of Israel and its supporters in the U.S. and other governments. We're talking with one person who is fasting, Mike Ferner, longtime member of and former President of Veterans Fo…

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Talk World Radio: Ulrike Guérot on How to Get Europe Back on Track 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about the past and future and design of Europe. Our guest Ulrike Guérot is Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the European Center Ernst Robert Curtius at the University of Bonn. Prior to 2021, she was a professor and head of the Department of European Politics and Democracy Studies at Dan…

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Talk World Radio: How Your Tax Dollars Kill 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about the single biggest and least mentioned place that U.S. tax dollars are going. Our guest Stephen Semler is a senior fellow at Center for International Policy and author of Polygraph, a newsletter on Substack, which you can find at stephensemler.comBy David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: Kathy Kelly on Palestine and Conscience 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Palestine with Kathy Kelly who is board president of World BEYOND War. From 2022 to 2024, she co-coordinated the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, she has co-coordinated an international network to assist young Afghans forced to flee their country. Sh…

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Talk World Radio: No, the U.S. Never Meant Well 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about a new book by Noam Chomsky and our guest Nathan J. Robinson titled The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World.By David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: The Revolving Door Project 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about the Revolving Door Project with Assistant Director Andrea Beaty. The Revolving Door Project tracks corporate influence in politics with a focus on the executive branch. Its website is https://therevolvingdoorproject.orgBy David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: No Cop City, No Cop World 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about Cop City with two organizers of the movement to prevent it and co-editors of the new book No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement. You can pre-order the book, and we'll have a link to it at TalkWorldRadio.org. Our guests are Micah Herskind and Mariah Parker.Pre-order the book: https://…

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Talk World Radio: Can U.S. Military Bases Be Kept Out of Ecuador? 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing efforts to prevent the United States from putting military bases back into Ecuador. Our guest Bosco Vera Delgado, speaking to us from Ecuador, was representative to the Cantonal Council of Manta until 2023 and deputy director of Heritage and Culture Management of the same city government. He chairs th…

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Talk World Radio: The Making of Busboys And Poets 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking with Andy Shallal about his new book, A Seat at the Table: The Making of Busboys and Poets.See https://orbooks.com/catalog/A-seat-at-the-tableBy David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: Susan Polgar, Chess Grandmaster 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we are speaking with one of the greatest chess players ever and the author of the new book Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster. Our guest, Susan Polgar, started winning chess tournaments at age 4 in Hungary, won the top female player in the world ranking at age 15, was the first woman …

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Talk World Radio: A Russian and An American Talk Peace 29:00

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This week on Talk Word Radio we are speaking with Dmitry Babich in Russia about U.S.-Russian relations. Dmitry Babich is a journalist who has focused on Russian politics. He has been a senior correspondent at the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, RIA Novosti, and Russia Profile magazine. Between 1999 and 2003 Babich was foreign editor at The Moscow News …

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Talk World Radio: Mimi Healy on the Militarization of Movies 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about how popular culture fuels war. Our guest Mimi Healy is an Associate with the Costs of War project where she provides research assistance and editing. Most recently, she is one of the co-editors on Costs of War's latest research series "Consuming War." Costs of War’s Consuming War research series sho…

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Talk World Radio: Jeff Cohen on the Trumpy Media 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about the corporate media with Jeff Cohen who was an associate professor of journalism at Ithaca College. He founded the media watch group FAIR in 1986, and cofounded the online activist group RootsAction.org -- where I work -- in 2011. He is the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Cor…

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Talk World Radio: I Debate Gaza with AIPAC Executive Committee Member 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking with Harley Lippman, an Executive Committee member on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC. He serves by Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation as a member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. He is a board member of the Yale School of Manag…

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Talk World Radio: Rehearsing for Nuclear War on the Coast of California 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about U.S. foreign policy and starting with a little test the so-called Space Force recently did that you probably heard nothing about, preparing for a nuclear war. Our guest, returning to the program, is our friend the terrific peace activist Elizabeth Murray who was once the U.S. Deputy National Intell…

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Talk World Radio: Craig Unger on How Reagan's Election Was Stolen from Carter 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are speaking with Craig Unger. He is the New York Times bestselling author of six books on the Republican Party’s assault on democracy, including House of Bush, House of Saud; House of Trump, House of Putin; and now Den of Spies, a real life political thriller about how master spy William Casey put together a treaso…

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Talk World Radio: Another World Is Possible 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are speaking with Natasha Hakimi Zapata, the author of the new book Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe. Natasha Hakimi Zapata, who is joining us from London, is an award-winning journalist, university lecturer, and literary translator. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Los Angele…

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Talk World Radio: Annelle Sheline on Gaza 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with Annelle Sheline, a research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute who was previously a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. State Department, where she worked on human rights in the Middle East but resigned over the genocide in Gaza. Her most recent work for Quincy has focused on…

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Talk World Radio: Scott Horton on How Washington Started the New Cold War 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we welcome back Scott Horton, whose new book is called PROVOKED: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and po…

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Talk World Radio: John Paul Lederach on Facing Down a Civil War 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with John Paul Lederach, author of The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence.By David Swanson

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Talk World Radio: Shutting Down Military Air Shows 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about shutting down military air shows. We have two guests who are working together on this project. Taylor Smith-Hams is U.S. Senior Organizer with 350.org, a global climate justice organization, and Gary Butterfield is Treasurer with San Diego Veterans For Peace. He is a Vietnam-era draftee veteran, a …

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Talk World Radio: Close Guantanamo While Its Victims Are Still Alive 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Guantanamo with Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files. Worthington has worked with the United Nations and WikiLeaks, runs two websites, andyworthington.co.uk and closeguantanamo.org and also has a band, The Four Fathers, playing protest music: https://thefourfathers.bandcamp.comWhat's ha…

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Talk World Radio: U.S. Government Funds Other Nations' Militaries More Than It Funds Climate Protection 28:59

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This week on Talk World Radio, a new analysis finds that over the past decade the U.S. government has given to foreign nations' militaries 40 times the money it has paid into the Green Climate Fund. We have two guests from the Institute for Policy Studies. Aspen Coriz-Romero is the 2024-25 IPS New Mexico Fellow. And Hanna Homestead is a Research An…

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Talk World Radio: Al Mytty on Acting for Peace 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about peace activism in the United States with Al Mytty who has been involved in a variety of social justice and peace programs including Pax Christi, Just Faith, Veterans For Peace, and World BEYOND War. He has been an active supporter of World BEYOND War since 2015 and now serves as the Co-Coordinator …

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Talk World Radio: The Green New Deal From Below 29:00

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This week on Talk World Radio, we welcome back Jeremy Brecher whose latest book is called The Green New Deal From Below.By David Swanson

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