Peace and War

Talk Nation Radio: Ben Norton on the CIA Escalating Tensions With Iran

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Ben Norton is a journalist and writer whose work primarily focuses on U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, media criticism, and movements for economic and social justice. He lives in New York City. One of his recent articles at Alternet is called “How Trump’s CIA Used Bin Laden Files and a Neocon Think Tank to Escalate Tensions With Iran.”

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Talk Nation Radio: Nick Buxton on Climate Chaos and Militarism

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This week on Talk Nation Radio: Climate chaos and militarism. We’re joined by Nick Buxton, who is the co-editor of an important book called The Secure and the Dispossessed – How the military and corporations are seeking to shape a climate-changed world. Nick Buxton is a communications consultant, working as a publications editor and supporting online learning and support of activist scholar communities for Transnational Institute. He works read more

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Oh Canada, Why Can’t You Shelter War Resisters?

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Deb Ellis’ and Dennis Mueller’s film Peace Has No Borders tells the story of U.S. war resisters in Canada in opposition to the 2003-present war on Iraq, and the efforts of the War Resisters Support Campaign to win them the right not to be deported.

Many members of the U.S. military in recent years have deserted and moved to Canada, where they have in some cases spoken out against the U.S. war on Iraq. This film shows us a bit of some of their stories.

Jeremy Hinzman was the first.

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Associated Press Associates Itself With War

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Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington of the Associated Press tell us:

“U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a momentous juncture in the faltering effort to persuade Pyongyang to halt and dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Ominous questions hang in the air.”

Why momentous? North Korea has in the past been successfully so persuaded. And it’s subsequently been antagonized and threatened until it recommenced. This has gone on for decades, while it’s read more

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UVA’s Miller Center Plans Three Days of Russophobia

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Even as some Democrats are at long last growing frustrated with the lack of actual evidence for the past several months of stories about Russia stealing a U.S. election, Russiagate has penetrated so deeply that Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations has declared Russia’s alleged crimes to be acts of war. That Russia’s fictional actions being warfare read more

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Where the New York Times Fails to Understand War

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Let’s read a New York Times editorial from Monday:

“The United States has been at war continuously since the attacks of 9/11 and now has just over 240,000 active-duty and reserve troops in at least 172 countries and territories. While the number of men and women deployed overseas has shrunk considerably over the past 60 years, the military’s reach has not. American forces are actively engaged not only in the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen that have dominated the news, read more

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Talk Nation Radio: Blaine Harden on The Dark Reign of America’s Spy Master in Korea

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This week on Talk Nation Radio, a new book called King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America’s Spy Master in Korea by Blaine Harden.

Blaine Harden served as The Washington Post‘s bureau chief in East Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. He also worked as national correspondent for the New York Times and has contributed to The Economist, PBS Frontline, Time, and Foreign Policy. He is the author of The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot; Escape read more

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People Don’t Kill People, Americans Kill People

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Yes, of course, every day that Congress goes on refusing to ban guns is more blood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. It’s immoral, disgraceful, embarrassing, and in large part a function of financial corruption. But it’s also in part a government operating within a culture of violence — albeit one that the same government plays a huge role in creating.

U.S. movies, tv shows, video games, music, news, and schools are uniquely and increasingly violent. Primates’ chief form read more

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I’ll Be Speaking in Los Angeles on November 4 and 5, 2017

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You are invited to the following two free events:

Saturday, November 4th – 7:00 PM, Doors Open at 6:30 PM
The Peace Center, 3916 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City 90230, Located Between Washington & Venice Blvds, Next Door to The Ramada Inn, Plenty of Parking Behind the Building
David will be Introduced by KPFK’s Lila Garrett. The Event will be Hosted by Frank Dorrel. read more

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