
Talk World Radio: Ned Dobos on Reasons Not to Keep a Standing Military
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about whether it’s good or bad for a country to have a permanent military.
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about whether it’s good or bad for a country to have a permanent military.
This week on Talk World Radio, Lee Camp. He was the host, head writer, & creator of “Redacted Tonight” for 8 years, until it was canceled due to U.S. sanctions.
This debate was held online on February 23, 2022, and was co-sponsored by World BEYOND War Central Florida and Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 The Villages, FL. The debaters were:
It seems to me that we should talk about the surveillance of people separately from talking about international cyber-attacks and militarism.
The greater possible value of this gathering of 111 countries is that it could instead serve as an “intervention,” or an opportunity for people and governments around the world to express their concerns about the flaws in U.S. democracy and the undemocratic way the United States deals with the rest of the world.
We’ll hear testimonials from: John Kiriakou, Vijay Prashad, Sam Al-Arian, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, Assal Rad, David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Danny Sjursen, Kevin Danaher, Ray McGovern, Mickey Huff, Chris Agee, Norman Solomon, Pat Alviso, Rick Jahnkow, Larry Wilkerson, and Moustafa Bayoumi.