Talk World Radio: Kathy Kelly on Ending Wars
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re discussing the state of war and peace in the world with peace activist Kathy Kelly.
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re discussing the state of war and peace in the world with peace activist Kathy Kelly.
Almost 800 previously secret US airstrikes in Afghanistan during 2020 and 2021 are revealed, as US military declassifies data.
David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host and author of the book “Curing Exceptionalism,” talks to us about how the Pentagon “cover-up” in the Kabul drone killing of a family continues, with the news that no US troops will be punished for deadly Kabul strike, how impunity is rampant in the military, and war crimes accusations only apply to our opponents.
Trouble is, the two options under consideration — extending the life of the currently deployed Minuteman III missiles or replacing them with a new missile system — do nothing to reduce the escalating dangers of nuclear war, whereas eliminating the nation’s ICBMs would greatly reduce those dangers.
CODEPINK and World BEYOND War join the Global Center for Climate Justice to teach audience members and answer questions about: Finding your local government’s budget & divestment resources, checking their investments for fossil fuels and the war machine, and the power of cities to re-invest our money in a climate-just-peace economy.
This week on Talk World Radio: We’re all going to die. Our guest, Helen Caldicott, is founder and president emeritus of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
The undersigned, representing a cross-section of Canadian labour, arms controls, antiwar, human rights, international security, and other civil society organizations, are writing to reiterate our continued opposition to your government’s issuance of arms exports permits for weapons destined to Saudi Arabia.
Though teetering on the brink of collapse, talks resumed again this week.
Speakers included: Gareth Porter, Dr. Assal Rad, Richard Broinowski , and Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani.
