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Talk Nation Radio: Curing the Twin Crises of War and Climate Change

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War and greed, militarism and extreme materialism, killing and consuming — these two threats play off each other, and both can be cured by similar means.  In this week’s show we hear an audio message from a newly forming movement called World Beyond War: http://worldbeyondwar.org

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Talk Nation Radio: Portland Oregon Supports Its Teachers and Students

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Portland Oregon is sitting on a budget surplus while overworking and undersupporting its teachers. And it’s not just the teachers who aren’t going to take it anymore.

Eric MacCartney is a member of the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT). He has been teaching for over six years, and now teaches fifth grade at Kelly Elementary, a Title I school in Portland’s Lents neighborhood. Before that he taught read more

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Talk Nation Radio: The Congo and the U.S.-Backed Deadliest Conflict Since WWII

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Maurice Carney is cofounder and executive director of the Friends of the Congo ( http://www.friendsofthecongo.org ). He discusses the history of the Congo and its abuse and exploitation by Belgium and the United States. If the worst conflict on earth is off our radar screens, it’s not because our government isn’t involved. Also watch this film: http://congojustice.org

Total run time: 29:00

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Talk Nation Radio: After the Legalization of Marijuana

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Jon Walker is a writer and a senior policy analyst at FireDogLake.com and the author of the new book After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy in America. We look into his crystal ball.

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.

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Talk Nation Radio: Edward Herman on the International Criminal Court (for Africa)

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This show opens with an awesome poem about drones by Misty Rowan.

Edward S. Herman says that Desmond Tutu is wrong to support the International Criminal Court, given its bias for prosecuting only Africans and only those Africans not working with the United States. Herman is a Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he gave courses in micro- and macro-economics and financial regulation for read more

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What Your Local Radio Stations Could Be Airing

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Talk Nation Radio is a 29-minute program available every Wednesday for free to any radio station that wants to air it. Dozens are airing it now, and your local stations would probably be happy to do the same if they knew about it. Please let them know. It’s syndicated by Pacifica Network. It’s available at https://davidswanson.org/talknationradio and it’s FREE.

Think how many people would then hear shows like these!

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Talk Nation Radio: Robert Parry on Syria in Reality and in the New York Times

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Robert Parry reports that the New York Times has finally, and quietly, admitted that a key claim pushed in September by the New York Times and Human Rights Watch that nearly took the United States to war in Syria is false. Parry has been the editor of ConsortiumNews.com read more

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Talk Nation Radio: Doug Fry: Humans Have Not Evolved for War

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Douglas Fry administers the Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research program between the University of Tampere and Åbo Akademi University in Finland. He is the author of Beyond War and War, Peace, and Human Nature. He discussed the evidence that war is a new and eliminable development in our species.

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.

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Talk Nation Radio: Andy Shallal on Why He Should Be Mayor of Washington D.C.

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Andy Shallal is running for mayor of Washington, D.C. Learn more and support him at http://andy4dc.com

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.

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