Pax Americana

Award winning author and foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer joined us in front of live audience at Boston University for Human Rights Day. The discussion was entitled Questioning the U.S.-Saudi alliance: Yemen and the politics of Famine. He was joined on the panel by Ryan Costello, Ana Milosavljevic, and

Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror: A Primer, spoke at Massachusetts Peace Action's Annual Meeting on March 12, 2016. Her talk is on The Syrian War, ISIS, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio by Maria Battaglia.

Will Hopkins is the executive director of New Hampshire Peace Action and Arnie Alpert is a member of the American Friends Service Committee and governing director of the Influence Project. Will and Arnie did a skit at the Building Sustainable Security Conference November 21st to illustrate how to question politicians -- and how they wiggle out of answering overly general, "softball" questions. Music by Pat Scanlon; audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Jamie Eldridge, Massachusetts State Senator, spoke at the Building Sustainable Security Conference November 21st. Jamie focused on the need to reverse budget priorities and getting the People’s Budget supported. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Chung- Wha Hong is the executive director of Grassroots International; she recently spoke at the Building Sustainable Security Conference November 21, 2015. Chung- Wha Hong spoke on movement building in the global context, telling the story of Honduran indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres. Caceres was murdered in March 2016; read Grassroots International's report and appeal at http://masspeaceaction.org/9562. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Michael McPhearson, executive director of Veterans For Peace and co-chair of St. Louis Don't Shoot Coalition, spoke at the Building Sustainable Security Conference November 21st. Michael McPhearson focused on taking the initiative to make peace possible. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio by Werner Grundl.

Barbara Madeloni, president of Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) spoke at the Building Sustainable Security November 21st. Barbara focused on the need for sustainable education. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Cassandra Bensahih, Co-Director of Ex prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA) spoke at the Building Sustainable Security Conference, November 21st. Cassandra focused on the need for jobs and not jail, as well as community advancement. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Susan Redlich, 350 Massachusetts, divestment core team spoke at the Building Sustainable Security November 21st. Susan focused on the climate justice movement. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Carl Williams, Staff Attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts spoke at the Building Sustainable Security November 21st. Carl spoke on the new Black liberation struggles and the need for change in the modern space. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recorded by Werner Grundl.

Harris Gruman, Co-chair of Raise Up Massachusetts and the executive director of SEIU Massachusetts State Council, spoke at the Building Sustainable Security Conference November 21st. Harris talks about income inequality in Massachusetts. Music by Pat Scanlon and audio recording by Werner Grundl.

Chuck Collins, senior scholar at the Institute of Policy Studies, introduced the Building Sustainable Security Conference on November 21st by speaking about the world that is dying and the new world that is being born. This is segment 1 of 10 of the conference presentations. Chuck is introduced by Newton North High School student Jenny Horsburgh. Audio recording by Werner Grundl and intro music by Pat Scanlon.

Stephen Kinzer and Valentine Moghadam analyze US foreign policy in the Middle East conflict. Stephen Kinzer is an award winning foreign correspondent who spent more than 20 years working for The New York Times. Valentine Moghadam is Professor of International Affairs and Sociology, at Northeastern University and director of Northeastern's International Affairs Program and Middle East Studies program. The program is introduced by Suffolk University professor Rachel Cobb and Peace Action's Jeff Klein. Audio recording by David Goodman; musical intro by Pat Scanlon.