Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Alice Slater, she is on the boards of World BEYOND War and the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. As a member of the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, she travelled to Russia and China on numerous delegations engaged in ending the arms race and banning the bomb. The topics of discussion include Ukraine War,
World Peace and Security Require a Stronger United Nations
Addressing the UN Security Council on September 20, 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a heartfelt plea “to update the existing security architecture in the world, in particular, to restore the real power of the UN Charter.”
This call for strengthening international security under the aegis of the United Nations makes sense not only for Ukraine―a country suffering from brutal military invasion, occupation, and annexation by its much larger, more powerful neighbor, the
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On Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Professor Emeritus from Bowling Green State
University, Ohio and from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is an author, blogger and a geopolitical analyst. They discuss anti-imperialism from Ukraine to West Africa. You can access his blogs at https://oliverboydbarrett.substack.com
Speaking Truth to Empire with Cindy Sheehan
Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Cindy Sheehan, one of America’s leading antiwar and anti-Empire activists. They discuss “the Ukraine War as the beginning of the end of American/Western Imperialism”. Her website is
J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy–and Ours
The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Oppenheimer, focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind us of how badly the development of modern weapons has played out for individuals and for all of humanity.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Prometheus, written by Kai Bird and the late Martin Sherwin, the film tells the story
Two Ways That the Ukraine War Could Have Been Prevented and Might Still Be Ended
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the immensely destructive Ukraine War lies in the fact that it could have been averted.
The most obvious way was for the Russian government to abandon its plan for the military conquest of Ukraine.
The problem on this score, though, was that Vladimir Putin was determined to revive Russia’s “great power” status. Although his predecessors had signed the UN Charter (which prohibits the “use of
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“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Kathy Kelly, a peace and justice activist; and a 3 times Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. She cofounded and coordinated Voices in the Wilderness and Voices of Creative Nonviolence. She has helped organize and participated in nonviolent direct actions in many cities in the United States and in many other countries. She is board president of World BEYOND War,
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rated in Fresno since 1975, Dan Yaseen interviews Jodie Evans, she has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for over forty-five years. She is the co-founder of CODEPINK. She has traveled extensively to war zones promoting and learning about peaceful resolutions to conflicts. Jodie has produced several acclaimed documentary films. They discuss CODEPINK, BRICS, China’s brokered
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“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated in Fresno since 1975, Dan Yaseen interviews Christian Sorensen a former U.S. Air Force Arabic linguist, novelist, military analyst, and independent journalist. His work mainly focuses on the U.S. defense industry and war profiteering. The topic of discussion is Military Industrial Congressional Complex. His website is www.warindustrymuster.com
Speaking Truth to Empire with Regis Tremblay
“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated in Fresno since 1975, Dan Yaseen interviews Regis Tremblay, an independent filmmaker. He is currently living in Yalta, Crimea of the Russian Federation. Topic of discussion will be Ukraine War and its geopolitical consequences. His website is: www.registremblay.com