Best jim wohlgemuth Podcasts (2024)

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Veterans for Peace with Rory Fanning on the continuing price when your priority is genocide. 1:00:00

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Rory Fanning veteran, author, conscientious objector, activist, and more joins us to talk about Veteran and American healthcare debt while we spend billions on supporting Israel's genocide. We get the genocide update from Max Blumenthal on the Judge Napolitano show after a heart-wrenching speech to the UN Security Council by the Deputy Observer fro…

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Veterans for Peace: Our New Mexico Nuclear Nightmare goes nationwide. 1:00:00

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Greg Mello, Executive Director of the Los Alamos Study Group and John Wilks Vice President of the Albuquerque Chapter of Veterans for Peace join us to discuss how the EPA, DOE, NNSA, and DOD are continuing to spend money fouling New Mexico while aggravating a Nuclear Conflict and creating a national nuclear waste catastrophe. However, there might b…

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Can Our Policy Makers Really Be This Stupid 1:00:00

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Can our policymakers at the State Department, Defense Department, and the White House really be stupid enough to give Ukraine Missiles to knock out Russian early warning systems and at the same time put missiles in Germany? How is Putin going to feel with this nuclear threat right in his backyard and at the same time having his sight knocked out? D…

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Veterans for Peace with activists in belly of our Nuclear Industrial Complex, Oakridge, tn 1:00:00

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The Nuclear Facility in Oak Ridge Tennessee makes nuclear bombs. We talked to people from the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) who are trying to educate people as to the dangers of that facility in making weapons, the cost overruns at the facility, and the age and instability of this Manhattan-era facility. Tanvi Kardile, Coordinator,…

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Veterans for Peace talk Boycott, Divest, and Sanction, the time is NOW 1:00:00

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Dr. Javeria Farooqi joins us to talk BDS its importance, its successes, its impact, and how YOU can take part in ending apartheid, occupation, and genocide. Dr. Farooqi shows us specifically the tools we can use to Boycott. From Apps to Websites, you can view products, and stores to support or avoid. She also talks about how your investments can be…

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Veterans for Peace Members talk US culpability while one faces charges for trying to share 1:00:00

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Jack Gilroy faces jail time for trying to share Terry Lodge's VFP letter that outlines US culpability in genocide by supporting Israel. Terry Lodge drafted a letter which was signed by Susan Schnall, President and Mike Ferner, Executive Director of Veterans for Peace. The letter, addressed to the State Department, outlines the 5 laws and one Execut…

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Veterans for Peace: Nuclear Power and Weapons in a Time of Rising Tensions Webinar 1:00:00

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The Veterans for Peace Nuclear Abolition working group hosted an important webinar about Nuclear Power and Nuclear weapons with William Hartung of the Quincy Institute, Linda Pentz-Gunther of Beyond Nuclear, and Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group. In the show, Harvey and Jim abridged, discussed, and emphasized the topics discussed during the …

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Veterans for Peace: Veterans for Peace: VFP Members taking a stand with their feet Walking for Peace to DC 1:00:00

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Members of Veterans for Peace are once again not sitting idly by while the world devolves into calamity. Members Tarak Kauff, Ellen Davidson, and Anthony Donovan join us to talk about their peace walk which originated in Maine with a destination of Washington, D.C. on July 5, 2024. We caught up with them in Pennsylvania where they had just left Phi…

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Veterans for Peace each year the words of JFK become more important and more ignored, but at our own peril! 1:00:00

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As we remember President Kennedy's Peace Speech at American University on June 10, 1963, we realize that with each passing year, his words are more important and more recognized, but also more ignored by US leaders. This year we add the input of Dr. Jeffrey Sachs who reflects on how the last five presidents have specifically ignored President Kenne…

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Veterans for Peace: The US is developing a KILL CHAIN, WHY? KJ Noh has the answer! 1:00:00

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While all eyes seem to be on Gaza, we ignore what the US is doing in Asia at our own peril. Author, scholar, activist, and teacher K.J.Noh returns to the show to explain what the US is doing in the Pacific. He explains the Pentagon plan called "transnational kill chain" and why the US continues to try to generate alliances to encircle and threaten …

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Veterans for Peace profile Breaking the Silence is this a VFP counterpart? 1:00:00

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Harvey and Jim profile the Israeli organization of IDF Veterans called Breaking the Silence which, like VFP, is trying to get the word out to the public of the futility of war. We also have a clip of Ayman Mohyeldin criticizing his own MSNBC along with final reflections of Memorial Day. We finish up with a song from Maher Zain, Palestine Will Be Fr…

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Veterans for Peace with Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug on Memorial Day and Moral Injury 1:00:00

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Are Moral Injury and Memorial Day in the US intertwined? Does our war culture, supported by the church, the military, our education, our politics, our defense industry, silence our national need to grieve war? Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, author of "And Then Your Soul is Gone, Moral Injury and US War Culture, joins us to discuss that question and they…

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Veterans for Peace on the student protests, are they student or are they our teachers? 1:00:00

3M ago1:00:00

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Harvey and Jim discuss the student protests and the unconscionable lies coming from the speaker of the house and the president weaponizing the Holocaust. Using recent clips from Breaking Points, System Update, and Shahid Bolsen they look at the attempts of the government to manipulate and generate a narrative of anti-Semitism to demean and condemn …

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The Freedom Flotilla was stopped for now, get a personal update from two volunteers, and meet the new Executive Director of Veterans for Peace and join his new vision. 1:00:00

3M ago1:00:00

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Will Hopkins, the new Executive Director of Veterans for Peace joins Barry Riesch and Colleen Rowley Freedom Flotilla volunteers as we discuss today's VFP activism and tomorrow's activism. Will leads off by discussing how he went from combat to the peace movement and what he sees as vision and challenge for VFP. Then we turn to Barry and Colleen wh…

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Veterans for Peace with a Vet Health Care update, then updates from campus and the flotilla 1:00:00

3M ago1:00:00

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Bruce Carruthers our resident expert on VA Health Care updates us on a VA report that slams privatization, but can we get it released so that it can make a difference? Then we turn to Student protests with an update from the encampment at Vanderbilt. Then the Freedom Flotilla was blocked through the efforts of Israel and the US. Will another countr…

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Veterans for Peace: Criminality, Suppression, Capitalism and the right to resist 1:00:00

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Today Harvey and Jim catch up and follow up with the alumni and student involved in the protest on the Vanderbilt campus. Harvey targets Boeing putting profit over passenger safety. We also reflect on an interview between Aaron Mate and Norman Finkelstein from six years ago about the Palestinian right to resist, the right to defend themselves. Vete…

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Veterans for Peace: Vanderbilt University's assault on Free Speech and Freedom of the Press 1:00:00

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Vanderbilt University in Nashville is leading the way in the draconian responses against pro-Palestinian rallies and protests. Today we talk to a Vanderbilt Alumni, a Vanderbilt student who was suspended but now faces probation, and a Staff Writer for the Nashville Scene who was arrested. We find out what the students were protesting and why. We ta…

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Veterans for Peace with Larry Hebert, Active Duty Airman on Hunger Strike for Palestine, Ceasefire, US Foreign Policy and joining the Military 1:00:00

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Larry Hebert was able to join the show for this in-depth discussion of his hunger strike in support of Palestine and against the Biden foreign policy of Biden's unconditional support of Israel's genocide on Gaza. We missed our initially established interview time because Larry was directed to go to Walter Reed Army Hospital for blood work and a men…

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The US is criminally culpable as facilitator of Israel's genocide in Gaza and Veterans for Peace wants people to be held accountable. 1:00:00

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Veterans for Peace specifically documents the national and international laws that the US is violating in its facilitation of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Executive Director of Veterans for Peace Mike Ferner and VFP member Jack Gilroy join us to specifically go over that charges VFP alleges in a letter to Anthony Blinken and other senior members of t…

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Veterans for Peace: Israel claims to have an historical claim to Palestine but historian Krishna Madan discusses the history of the peoples of the area and comes to a different conclusion 1:00:00

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We know that Israel has made claims that it has a greater historical claim to the land than the people in the West Bank and Gaza. So what do the historical facts actually say? For that we turn to Middle East Historian, retired teacher, and activist Krishna Madan to trace the turbulent history of the people who lived on the land east of the Mediterr…

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Vets for Peace revisit discussions with Ellen Davidson/Apartheid, Dr. Walter Hixson/AIPAC 1:00:00

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In this show we revisit our discussions with Ellen Davidson of Veterans for Peace on her discussion of Apartheid and the clear case of Israel/Gaza. Then we turn to Dr. Walter Hixson, author and historian on the dangers of the Israeli Lobby on our own democracy. Yes AIPAC and others threaten our democracy. We then finish up with a wonderful song fro…

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Veterans for Peace, why did we join Tik Tok and much more 1:00:00

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The Congress wants to ban Tik Tok so that is a good reason for Harvey and Jim to join Tik Tok to see why and we think we found out. It is all about the young people getting their news. Nothing is going to freak Congress out more than young people getting independent news. Then we talk about an article from Al Jazeera relating Rachel Corrie to Aaron…

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Veterans for Peace: Aaron Bushnell's Divine Violence, dying for our sins 1:00:00

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In this heart-wrenching show, we discuss Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation or as Chris Hedges characterizes it, his divine violence. We use several clips to explain better and characterize his sacrifice, including Caitlyn Johnstone and Ann Wright. We also discuss mainstream media's predictable failure in reporting on Aaron. We hear from veterans dur…

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Veterans for Peace welcome staff from the Highlander Center combating fascism one workshop at a time for over 70 years. 1:00:00

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Two staff members of the Highlander Center join us to talk about their work to derail fascism in the South. Emma Cager Robinson and Denzel Caldwell discuss the challenges in the South and the workshops, training classes, video screenings, and camps offered by the Highlander Center to combat the movement toward fascism in the South. This is critical…

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Veterans for Peace Remember Black History with Activist and Organizer Amber Sherman highlighting Septima Clark the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement 1:00:00

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Today we try to remember Black History and at the same time, we talk to a Black lady trying to make history. Amber Sherman, activist, and organizer, joins us to talk about local, national, international, and political issues facing us today. We also remember Septima Clark, referred to as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Septima Clark taught…

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Veterans for Peace on the dangers of the Nuclear Industrial Complex 1:00:00

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The Summit on Nuclear Deterrence was just last week and "WE" were there to witness the insanity and the "evil." Harvey Bennett joined Greg Mello, Executive Director of the Los Alamos Study Group, and journalist Jim Carrier, who attended the three-day "summit" to hear members of the nuclear industrial complex and the Federal Government talk about nu…

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Veterans for Peace: AIPAC and the Israel lobby are dangerous to our democracy 1:00:00

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Dr. Walter Hixson, historian, author, commentator, and Middle East Scholar, joins us to discuss the Israel lobby and it's negative/dangerous influence in the United States. Dr. Hixson discussed the Israeli lobby anchored by the American Israeli Political Action Committee, (AIPAC) and identifies its influences not only on our federal representatives…

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Veterans for Peace Helping Veterans through Pancakes and the cutting edge ETMS 1:00:00

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We start the show by hearing from two activists in the cause of helping Veterans meet the challenges they face returning to civilian life. Susan Combs talks about the program, Pancakes for Roger, inspired by her father, the late General Roger Combs, and the foundation she is building to support Veterans in his name. She includes the University of M…

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Veterans for Peace with VFP Member Paul Gingras on his documentary about Tom Lewis, Draft Cards are for Burning 1:00:00

7M ago1:00:00

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Veterans for Peace Member Paul Gingras is the executive producer of a new documentary about Catonsville 9 Member Tom Lewis. Paul talks about his friendship with Tom, Tom's activism and connection with the Berrigans and of course Tom's art. All these experiences combined with Tom's early death led to Paul committing to create a documentary to ensure…

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Veterans for Peace Cindy Piester/Omar Clay Part Two on Climate, Gaza and what you can do 1:00:00

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Part two: After hearing Dr. King talk directly to us about the issues we face today with regard to racism, militarism, and capitalism, we bring back Climate and Peace Activists Cindy Piester and Dr. Omar Clay to complete their discussion from last week. They also give us assignments on what WE can do and what lots of people are doing to address the…

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Veterans for Peace with Cindy Piester and Dr. Omar Clay on the good and bad of COP28 1:00:00

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COP 28 was not all bad news. VFP's Cindy Piester is back to give us a rundown about the good, the bad, and the ugly of COP 28 and this year she brought along Dr. Omar Clay to break the science down into scary details. Yes, there were major issues but the activists and delegates managed to make enough people mad that progress was actually made, desp…

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Veterans for Peace Discuss Genocide and much more 1:00:00

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Harvey and Jim discuss a variety of clips from some of their best sources Democracy Now, Breaking Points, and Counter Points. They specifically define genocide and terrorism and show that what Israel is doing is genocide while what Hamas did was terrorism in killing civilians in Israel. We also hear the pastor in Bethlehem calling our Christian Chu…

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Veterans for Peace with Ellen Davidson who defines and explains Apartheid and more 1:00:00

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Ellen Davidson, VFP Board member, editor of Peace and Planet News, and activist, compares what is going on in Israel to what went on in South Africa and definitively makes the case that Israel is an apartheid state. She also talks about anti-Semitism and how Israeli actions are exacerbating anti-Semitism in the US and elsewhere. Harvey then reflect…

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Veterans for Peace and NOT ANOTHER EXISTENTIAL THREAT, YEP! 1:00:00

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Pat Elder of Military Poisons dot Org joins us to talk about PFAS the threat that is silent, under the radar but could drastically alter humanity if not dealt with. And guess where a lot of PFAS in the US comes from, the US Military of course. Pat discusses the origins, the dangers, the overwhelming spread, and actions we can take just like Hawaii …

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Veterans for Peace: Free Julian Assange and drop the charges 1:00:00

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Today we realize just how important it is that the Biden Administration drop the charges against Julian Assange and not set a precedent that could undermine journalism worldwide. Today we share with you portions of the Belmarsh Tribunal which was convened by Democracy Now, The Intercept, and others as great minds from journalism, international poli…

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Veterans for Peace with Anthony Donovan on the 2nd Meeting of States Parties of the TPNW 1:00:00

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You will not hear this story anywhere else but here. The Second Meeting of States Parties of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons just finished and VFP Member Anthony Donovan was there. He joins us to give his reflection on the meeting and his perspective on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. While the news is dominated b…

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Veterans for Peace US/Israel 'shared values'- War crimes, occupation, racism and impunity 1:00:00

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We share several important clips that link Israeli atrocities with US atrocities that you may have missed while celebrating Thanksgiving. We share the voices of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michelle Alexander, and Rashid Khalidi from a show aired on Democracy Now and then Norman Finkelstein from an interview he did with Krystal Ball on Breaking Points. All re…

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Veterans for Peace: Educator, Activist, Author Krishna Madan joins the show to further explain more of the hidden history (hidden from Americans) of Israel 1:00:00

9M ago1:00:00

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Krishna Madan educator, activist, and member of VFP joins Harvey and Jim to discuss a number of issues but primarily it is the Middle East. Krishna points out the history of Israel that Americans have been denied showing that the US public has been manipulated for more than 70 years to generate our un-questioning support for Israel. He turns the ta…

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Veterans for Peace: A People's War Crimes Tribunal Investigates US Weapons Industry 1:00:00

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The MerchantsofDeath.org has initiated a people's war crimes tribunal against key weapons manufacturers. Harvey and Jim share this abridged version of the first session in this gripping show by highlighting the need, the precedent, and the facts about these war criminals. In this first session Merchantsofdeath.org concentrate on the US weapons make…

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Veterans for Peace Reclaiming Armistice Day with VFP member Dave Logsdon 1:00:00

9M ago1:00:00

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Dave Logsdon joins the show to talk about the Veterans for Peace project to reclaim Armistice Day a day to celebrate and work for peace. November 11 used to be Armistice Day but that was changed in 1954 when it became Veterans Day and since then it has been a holiday to celebrate war and militarism. VFP is trying to bring back that sentiment of pea…

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Vets for Peace with co-founder Doug Rawlings on War, Peace, Poetry, and Children 1:00:00

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Veterans for Peace co-founder comes back to the show to share his experience in his recent trip back to Vietnam this time with his son. Doug relates and connects his experiences from 53 years ago with post-911 veterans and today's possible recruits through poetry and the work of Vietnam Veterans in Vietnam to help heal that country and themselves.…

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Veterans for Peace Israel's Dilemma and US Complicity, Looking at history to understand now 1:00:00

10M ago1:00:00

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Harvey and Jim listen to and discuss the interview on Al Jazeera's The Bottom Line with host Steve Clemmons and guest Daniel Levy. They talk about the history of mistakes, ignored agreements, and broken promises that have led us to this moment of destruction and despair. After that, we hear the desperate words calling for a ceasefire from Rashida T…

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Veterans for Peace on Israel/Hamas 1:00:00

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Today we are going to try to talk about and be relevant about the very fluid and disastrous situation in Gaza. We are going to share the VFP statement, hear from Caitlin Johnstone, Al Jazeera, Krystal, and Saagar from Breaking Point with a dire warning, and try to give our take on our own United States inability to help this by negating UN calls fo…

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Veterans for Peace share the Peace in Ukraine Forum with Dr. Cornell West and others 1:00:00

10M ago1:00:00

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Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, and many other organizations sponsored a forum in Washington, DC on Peace In Ukraine. The forum was facilitated by Eugene Puryear and Media Benjamin with speakers Lee Camp, Claudia DeLa Cruz, and Cr. Cornell West. The facilitators and speakers reflect the sentiment of the people of the world and the US in calling for …

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Veterans for Peace tell you why the F-35 is not only dumb but DANGEROUS 1:00:00

10M ago1:00:00

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Harvey lives within miles of where the F-35 crashed and the pilot ejected, so we will talk about the F-35 and Harvey's efforts to reach out to his elected officials to get them to pay attention. Then we discuss a recent GAO study of the F-35 and we hear the words from the past of John McCain and Pierre Sprey. From that, it is clear the F-35 is expe…

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Veterans for Peace defusing Nuclear War, Peace in Ukraine and an update on the VA 1:00:00

11M ago1:00:00

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Bruce Carruthers of Save our VA (SOVA) working group updates us on their efforts to halt efforts to privatize the VA and identifies two bills that must be stopped, S1316 and S2649. Then Ryan Black of DefuseNuclearWar.org and Marcy Winograd of Code Pink and Peace in Ukraine joined the VFP No Nukes Working group to promote two weeks of action to push…

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Veterans for Peace ask why is militarism often left out of climate discussions 1:00:00

11M ago1:00:00

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In the wake of the nationwide actions on ending fossil fuels, Steve Morse of the Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project joins the show to discuss why the biggest polluter is often ignored when we discuss our climate catastrophe. Steve also talks about the work of the Climate Crisis and Militarism Project and how you request their …

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Veterans for Peace We return to VFP convention for more voices including Kathy Kelly 1:00:00

11M ago1:00:00

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After a quick recognition of Labor Day and the UAW efforts to help the big three automakers support their workers, we return to our coverage of the VFP convention. We talk nukes in Europe, democracy in the US (or lack thereof), where VFP has been to help us be inspired on where we are going and then Kathy Kelly gives us inspiration and remembers Da…

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Veterans for Peace: Standing Up, Speaking Out, Choosing Peace 1:00:00

12M ago1:00:00

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Veterans for Peace held its 2023 Conference with a dynamic set of speakers and impactful schedule of webinars/workshops. Harvey and I only touch on the importance of this conference and how it demonstrates the effective and important work of Veterans for Peace. We honored the memory of Daniel Ellsberg which was reflected in the conference theme of …

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Veterans for Peace and yes more Oppenheimer as Pete Kuznick weighs in on the good and the missing. 1:00:00

12M ago1:00:00

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Professor Peter Kuznick joined the Veterans for Peace No Nukes group to discuss the movie Oppenheimer. Professor Kuznick provided the most in-depth analysis we have heard so far pointing out the many important and factual parts of the movie and the deficiencies, Professor Kuznick also provides a great history lesson about those times including a br…

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