Ajamu Baraka is National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace. He is a human rights defender whose experience spans four decades of domestic and international education and activism. He has provided human rights trainings for grassroots activists across the country, briefings on human rights
Talk Nation Radio: Ray McGovern on Russia and Syria
Ray McGovern has been studying/analyzing Russia for more than five decades, both in academe and government. A senior analyst at the CIA during the 80s, he also conducted early morning briefings, one-on-one, of the President?s Daily Brief for President Reagan?s most senior foreign
Talk Nation Radio: Lisa Ling on Killer Drones
Lisa Ling is one of the U.S. drone whistleblowers profiled in the terrific movie National Bird. Ling is a former technical sergeant on drone surveillance systems, grew up in California and initially joined the military as an army medic and nurse. When it became apparent
Suzie Dawson on Activism and Journalism in New Zealand and Russia
Suzie Dawson is an accomplished independent New Zealand journalist and activist. She specialises in writing about whistleblowers, intelligence agencies, and technology. She currently resides in Moscow, Russia, where she has applied for temporary asylum due to severe persecution she reports being
Talk Nation Radio: Charlotte Dennett on Origins of U.S. Obsession with Middle East
Charlotte Dennett is an attorney, author, and investigative journalist. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, she became a roving correspondent
Talk Nation Radio: Francis Boyle on How to Impeach Trump
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-francis-boyle-on-how-to-impeach-trump.
Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Professor Boyle has served as counsel
Talk Nation Radio: John Lindsay Poland on U.S. Guns in Mexico
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-john-lindsay-poland-on-us-guns-in-mexico.
NB: This is next week’s show posted here a week early.
John Lindsay-Poland is a writer, activist, researcher and analyst focused on human rights
Talk Nation Radio: Hyun Lee on Prospects for Peace in Korea
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-hyun-lee-on-prospects-for-peace-in-korea.
Hyun Lee is a New York City-based writer and activist. She is a member of the Solidarity Committee for Democracy and Peace in Korea. She is also a Korea Policy Institute fellow and a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. Find her work also at ZoomInKorea.org.
Total run time: 29:00
Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.
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Talk Nation Radio: John Washington: We Need a Whistle-Blower in U.S. Customs and Border Protection
John Washington is a writer and translator based in Arizona. His most recent translation, A History of Violence, about
Talk Nation Radio: Deirdre Enright on Freeing Innocent People from Prison
Deirdre Enright is director of investigation for the University of Virginia Law School’s Innocence Project Clinic. Enright previously worked at the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, where she represented clients and consulted on cases in all stages of capital litigation, with primary focus on federal and state post-conviction proceedings and Supreme Court certiorari review. After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1992, Enright worked as a staff attorney at the Mississippi Capital Defense Resource Center. We discuss the work of freeing innocent people from prison.
See: http://www.innocenceprojectuva.org
Total run time: 29:00
Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.
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