WORT 89.9FM — A Conversation with David Swanson on Peace

By WORT Community Radio in Madison, Wisconsin, November 3, 2023

During this time of global unrest, violence, and clashing opinions, we spend an hour with peace activist David Swanson. He joins Esty Dinur to discuss a path to peace in Palestine-Israel and Ukraine, the impact of the military–industrial complex, and why the suggestion of peace seems to outrage many.

They also speak about Esty’s recent read more

Tomgram: Arnold Isaacs, War in a Post-Fact World

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Honestly, you know you’re in a new world when the Republicans in the House of Representatives, after a three-week slugfest, finally elect as speaker Mike Johnson, who backed Trump election denialism in a big-time way. (Keep in mind that the House will have the job of certifying the winner of election 2024!) As CNN read more

Tomgram: Andrea Mazzarino, The Russian Nightmare and Us

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I began TomDispatch a century or so ago (just kidding!) in response to a piece I read in the mainstream media soon after the Bush administration launched its post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan. The reporter — and I no longer remember who it was — pointed out that U.S. air power was starting to bomb places the Russians had turned into rubble in their Afghan War late read more

Video: Are We in World War III?

Chair: Rita Payne, President Emeritus, Commonwealth Journalists Association

Speakers:

Vijay Mehta, Chair, Uniting for Peace, Author, How Not To Go To War, Board Member, GAMIP (Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace) (UK)

Medea Benjamin,  Political Activist, Co-Founder of CodePink, Author, War in Ukraine (USA)

Tony Robinson, Editor, Pressenza – An International News Agency and Author, Coffee with Silo and the quest for meaning in life (UK)

Joseph Gerson, Peace read more