On “Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Scott Ritter, he is a former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control treaties, in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm and in Iraq overseeing the disarmament of WMD. He is an author, his most recent book is Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika. Topic of discussion is ongoing Ukraine war.
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“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, a women led peace group working to end US wars and militarism. Medea is an author and a peace & justice activist. She has worked for social justice and human rights in Asia, the Americas, and Africa for over 30 years. Topics of discussion include worsening U.S. – Russia relations; War
Bye-Bye World: While Nuclear Weapons and Wars Exist, Annihilation Beckons
It’s been a long time since the atomic bombings of August 1945, when people around the planet first realized that world civilization stood on the brink of doom. This apocalyptic ending to the Second World War revealed to all that, with the advent of nuclear weapons, violent conflict among nations had finally reached the stage where it could terminate life on earth. Addressing a CBS radio audience in early 1946, Robert
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Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM, Dan Yaseen interviews Cindy Sheehan, one of America’s leading antiwar and anti-Empire activists. They discuss the US/NATO provocations leading up to Ukraine War and the existential threat of a nuclear war. Her website is https://cindysheehan.substack.com
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Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Jeff J. Brown; he is a geopolitical analyst, journalist, lecturer and the author of The China Trilogy, which consists of “44 Days Backpacking in China”, “China Rising – Capitalist Roads, Socialist Destinations” and “China Is Communist, Dammit! – Dawn of the Red Dynasty”. They
discuss the Ukraine crisis, Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan and the end
Russia’s Justifications for Its War in Ukraine Don’t Hold Up
The Russian government’s justifications for its war in Ukraine―the largest, most destructive military operation in Europe since World War II―are not persuasive.
Although, in defending the Russian invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s primary emphasis has been on the threat of Ukraine joining NATO, that action, had it occurred, would have been perfectly legitimate under international law. The UN Charter, which is an instrument of international law, does not
War Secretary Austin Wants a Long War in Ukraine, Not a Quick Peace
By Dave Lindorff
‘We want to see Russia weakened’
— War Secretary Lloyd Austin
We’ve moved into crazy town, with President Biden, who cannot get Congress or even his own Democratic Congressional caucus to back continued aid to families with children through the expanded child tax credit, now asking Congress to provide another $20 billion in military aid to Ukraine (part of a $33-(billion aid package to the war-torn country).
That $20 billion,
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“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews John V. Walsh, until recently a Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. He writes about issues of war, peace, empire, health care and geopolitics for Antiwar.com, Consortium News, Asia Times, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Times, San Jose Mercury News, LA Progressive and other websites. They discuss Ukraine
Who Speaks for the World?
Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies.
Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s military intervention in the Middle East and Africa, the Soviet Union’s military conquest of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Afghanistan, China’s invasions of Tibet and Vietnam,
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“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Oliver is Professor Emeritus of Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He has published widely on issues to do with international journalism and propaganda. They discuss his recent article, “The Crisis in Ukraine is a Planetary Crisis Provoked by the U. S. that Threatens Nuclear War”.