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World Beyond War


    • May 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    A Talk With CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 39:50


    We talk to CODEPINK's National Co-Director Danaka Katovich about recent events including a drone attack on the Freedom Flotilla for Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea and slanderous attacks on peace activists by corrupt US Senators opposed to CODEPINK's "China Is Not Our Enemy" campaign. Musical excerpt: "Sirens of Titan" by Al Stewart.

    Speechless About Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 80:34


    How do we even speak about genocide and apartheid in Gaza and Palestine? Words are not enough, and are too often a substitute for action. Three members of World BEYOND War's global community, Mohammed Abunahel, Maria Santelli and Marc Eliot Stein converge to share our frustration and agony and hear an update from Mohammed about his family which has been living under violent seige in Gaza for the past year and a half.

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    How To Unplug An Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 33:46


    We live in revolutionary times, whether we're ready or not. Marc Eliot Stein urges peace activists around the world to find common ground and act decisively against the rising toxicity of the international war machine. We talk about South Africa, Ireland, Mikhail Gorbachev and the shocking arrest of student protestors all over the USA in March 2025. Musical excerpt: "Broken English" by Marianne Faithfull.

    Fetch the Bolt Cutters: Brian Terrell on Military Bases

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 52:55


    Brian Terrell speaks about the Global Day of Action to Close Bases, his life of protest and his upcoming imprisonment in Germany.

    Blessed Are The Peacemakers: A Talk With Oseremen Irene

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 56:08


    Nigerian peace studies professor and writer Oseremen Irene talks to Marc Eliot Stein about antiwar movements, structural violence, wealth inequality and leadership challenges facing the world in 2025.

    A Relational Model For World Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 41:39


    Let's take a fresh look at how peace movements are changing to keep up with fast-evolving cultural trends. Online communities provide one useful model of peaceful coexistence that people intuitively and immediately understand. World BEYOND War's technology director Marc Eliot Stein proposes a new approach to the pursuit of world peace inspired by the decentralized, peer-to-peer methods of emerging communities.

    Three Questions for Antiwar Activists

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 51:51


    Marc Eliot Stein urges the antiwar movement to avoid complacency, dare to imagine positive sudden societal change, and answer three difficult questions about border policies, wealth inequality and the concept of national identity.

    A Levitation with Ed Sanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 68:19


    "Out demons out!" On October 21, 1967, poet, activist, singer and DIY publisher Ed Sanders led an exorcism of the Pentagon in USA's capital city to protest the disaster in Vietnam. Coincidentally on the same day 57 years later, Ed Sanders talks to Marc Eliot Stein from his home in Woodstock about nuclear madness, the deep state, the disasters in Ukraine and Gaza, the absurdities of USA's looming Harris vs. Trump election, and the antiwar inspiration of Allen Ginsberg, Dorothy Day, Phil Ochs, Abbie Hoffman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso. Music: "Dover Beach" by the Fugs.

    Vanessa Fox: Understanding Moral Injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 69:45


    Moral injury is a trauma that occurs when we are forced to act against our moral values, World BEYOND War's organizing intern Vanessa Fox tells us. With wars raging from Gaza to Ukraine to Sudan to the US/Mexico border, we are all suffering from moral injury right now. This is one of many topics Vanessa Fox and Marc Eliot Stein wander through in a conversation about religion, flowerness, empowerment and community.

    NoWar2024 From Okinawa to Sydney

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 83:59


    World Beyond War's annual conference #NoWar2024 takes place in Sydney, Wanfried, Bogata, Washington DC and online next month. Introducing some of our upcoming guests, Marc Eliot Stein talks to Kazuyuki Nakazato and Katsuya Tamaki from the Okinawa Prefectural Government and Lilli Barto, an activist from Wage Peace 2 Disrupt Wars in Australia.

    Thank You For Your Awareness: A Talk With Robert F. Keeler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 86:45


    Robert F. Keeler's new book "Sacred Soldier: The Dangers of Worshipping Warriors" is a tough indictment of USA's inane militarism, emphasizing recruitment horrors, rampant sexual abuse and corrupt leadership in today's armed forces. Marc Eliot Stein interviews Keeler about his Catholicism, his pacifism, his award-winning career as a journalist for Newsday, and his own life as a military veteran who refuses to pretend USA's war system deserves respect.

    How Six Years in Washington DC Changed Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 56:10


    Before becoming technology director at World BEYOND War, podcast host Marc Eliot Stein endured three mind-blowingly bad contract positions with three departments of the federal government in a row during the years of the Obama administration. Here's a personal tale of a strange journey into deep mediocrity at the Department of Labor, Postal Regulatory Commission and the Center for Disease Control, and a harsh look at a capital city still haunted by a legacy of racism.

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    A Long Road to Peace Activism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 45:49


    Podcast host Marc Eliot Stein explores his own past to uncover why he once believed in American exceptionalism and thought it would be a good idea to work for weapons manufacturers, Wall Street banks and media brands like Foreign Policy magazine - all steps on the path to the realization that he doesn't need to support the USA war machine to make a living. A surprising personal tale and a plea for wisdom by our regular podcast host - Part one of two. Musical excerpt: "Dead and Gone" by T.I. and Justin Timberlake

    The Palaver Tree: Peacebuilding in Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 74:03


    Guy Feugap joined World BEYOND War as a volunteer, founded WBW's Cameroon chapter, and is now our organizer for the entire continent of Africa. Marc Eliot Stein interviews Guy about his beginnings as a peace activist in Cameroon, about working with fellow organizers in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Burundi, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Togo, Zimbabwe and more, and the outlook for the movement all over Africa and the world. Music: "No To War" by Blaze Weka.

    Bridges and Boycotts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 54:25


    What does the antiwar movement recognize when a bridge collapses in Baltimore? Why have container ships replaced the Titanic as the world's biggest metaphor, and what does the new "BDS the US" movement think we should do about it? We dive into all of these questions, plus a poem from Rainer Maria Rilke, as World BEYOND War's technology director Marc Eliot Stein ponders various big questions.

    Peace Fighter: A Talk With Crystal Zevon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 74:32


    Crystal Zevon travelled from Vermont to Washington DC to join protestors from Code Pink and elsewhere in confronting cowering politicians and diplomats in Washington DC about Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. We talked to Crystal about her unique life story, including her marriage to late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, her past struggle with alcoholism, the meaning of forgiveness, the reflections of a politically engaged life, and the condition of the antiwar movement in 2024.

    WBW at 10: A Look Inside

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 60:12


    This special episode honors World BEYOND War's 10 years of global antiwar organizing and action. Guest host Maria Santelli takes us inside WBW's day-to-day operations as we talk to founder and executive director David Swanson, education director Phil Gittins, technology director Marc Eliot Stein, Latin America organizer Gabriel Aguirre, Canada organizer Rachel Small, and Africa organizer Guy Feugap. End music: "Cyclone/Candles in the Rain" by Melanie.

    Just Human: A Conversation With Jamelah Vincent

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 66:10


    Two and a half months of brutal and senseless slaughter in Gaza have shattered souls all over the world. This month's episode of the World BEYOND War podcast is a free-flowing, no-agenda conversation between Jamelah Vincent, a Yemeni-American in Michigan, and Marc Eliot Stein, our Jewish-American host in New York. We talk about social media, cognitive dissonance, rampant ethnic prejudices in our own troubled country, Martin Luther King, how islamophobia and antisemitism are exploited by war profiteers, and finally about our mutual lost friend Judih Weinstein Haggai, who stands today as a symbol of peace-loving humanity destroyed by inhumane war. Music excerpt: "Blackbird" by Sarah McLachlan.

    Call to Conscience: Maria Santelli and Kathy Kelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 74:30


    As the world roils with war from Gaza to Ukraine, organizations built around idealistic foundations are doing great work in every part of the world. In this roundtable chat, Maria Santelli of the Center on Conscience and War talks about her work with conscientious objectors in the US military and in Kyiv, and Kathy Kelly talks about the important Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal which is serving the public with an honest accounting of the crimes of major global military corporations. Musical excerpt: “I Ain't Marchin' Anymore” by Phil Ochs.

    Hostages to Trauma: A Letter to Judih Weinstein Haggai

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 60:12


    Poet, teacher, mother, grandmother and pacifist Judih Weinstein Haggai has been missing since the attack on her kibbutz near Gaza on October 7, 2023. Her two friends Anemone Achtnich in Germany and Marc Eliot Stein in New York City talk about Judih's life and her ideals, and express their hope for a safe return of all hostages, and for ceasefire, peace, diplomacy, negotiation, compromise and eventual healing between the people of Israel and Palestine and Gaza and many other tragic war zones around the world.

    A Journey From Gaza City

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 96:18


    Mohammed Abunahel, World Beyond War's researcher and expert on military bases, tells Marc Eliot Stein the incredible story of the efforts he had to go through to gain a higher education and build a meaningful life with his family from his beginnings in Gaza City. Music: "Dammi Falestani" by Mohammed Assaf.

    Unarmed Resistance at NoWar2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 66:15


    Randy Janzen and Rachelle Friesen join Rachel Small and Marc Eliot Stein to talk about unarmed resistance, a broad nonviolent practice that is being used in war zones all over the world today. Nonviolent resistance is the theme of #NoWar2023, World BEYOND War's upcoming annual virtual gathering of peace activists from all over the world. In this conference preview, we talk about the work of organizations like Unarmed Civilian Protection, Community Peacemaker Teams and Nonviolent Peaceforce who have been quietly discovering new paths and routes to conflict resolution in a meaningful grasp for hope as the world burns. Music: "Hummingbird" by Dinah Thorpe.

    When Bots Can't Handle The Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 40:17


    What are antiwar activists saying about artificial intelligence? A whole lot. World BEYOND War's technology director Marc Eliot Stein walks through the political, economic, moral and philosophical questions that popular new AI tools like DALL-E and ChatGPT raise. We also talk about Marshall McLuhan, "Oppenheimer" and the history of neural networks. Musical excerpt: "The Healing Room" by Sinead O'Connor.

    When Bots Can't Handle The Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 37:55


    What are antiwar activists saying about artificial intelligence? A whole lot. World BEYOND War's technology director Marc Eliot Stein walks through the political, economic, moral and philosophical questions that popular new AI tools like DALL-E and ChatGPT raise. We also talk about Marshall McLuhan, "Oppenheimer" and the history of neural networks. (Music removed.)

    Crisis in Peru

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 63:39


    Ricardo Antonio Soberon Garrido and Gabriel Aguirre join Marc Eliot Stein for a virtual conversation about the urgent governmental legitimacy crisis in Peru, the problematic rise to power of Dina Boluarte, and USA's plans to exploit the country's crisis, ignore the needs of a diverse population struggling with climate change, and further divide Peru for its own geopolitical advantage with military displays like Resolute Sentinel. Musical excerpt: Dame Pa' Matala.

    Nazir Ahmad Yosufi: War is a Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 74:25


    Educator and peacebuilder Nazir Ahmad Yosufi was born in 1985 in Afghanistan, and has persisted through decades of Soviet war, civil war and US war to devote his life to helping people see a better way. Along with his academic work, he's a marathon runner and environmentalist, and runs World BEYOND War's Afghanistan chapter from Hamburg, Germany. We talk about history, the war economy, the poetry of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rum, the ideas of Carl Jung and much more in this fascinating interview. Musical excerpt: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan based on Rumi.

    Buried Giants in Japan: A Talk with Joseph Essertier

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 71:28


    Joseph Essertier is a peace activist who has lived and organized in Japan for 30 years, and is World BEYOND War's chapter coordinator in Japan. We talk about Japan's remilitarization, G7 in Hiroshima, Japan's military partnership with USA, military bases in Okinawa, and several writers from Natsumi Soseki to Yukio Mishima to Kazuo Ishigoru.

    No Exit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 34:21


    In an impassioned plea for greater public resistance to rotten governments, Marc Eliot Stein talks about an empowering tweet by Caitlin Johnstone, a play by Jean-Paul Sartre, the hopes for a popular move towards decentralized and human-scaled governance, and the urgent need for peaceful revolutionary change in USA and around the world today.

    No Exit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 33:25


    In an impassioned plea for greater public resistance to rotten governments, Marc Eliot Stein talks about an empowering tweet by Caitlin Johnstone, a play by Jean-Paul Sartre, the hopes for a popular move towards decentralized and human-scaled governance, and the urgent need for peaceful revolutionary change in USA and around the world today. (Music removed.)

    A Peacekeeper in Limerick

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 54:21


    Edward Horgan began his determined life of peacekeeping as a member of the Irish Defense Forces, serving with the United Nations in conflict zones in Cyprus, the Sinai peninsula and the Middle East. Today, he works to recognize the names of war victims at Naming the Children, and was recently arrested and tried for protesting US military aircraft at Shannon Airport near Limerick, Ireland. Meet Edward Horgan, an antiwar activist giving it all he's got. Musical excerpts: "Working on a World" by Iris Dement, "Wooden Ships" by Crosby Stills Nash and Young.

    We Shall Overcome Was Not Just Words: A Talk with David Hartsough

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 68:09


    David Hartsough began his amazing life of determined activism as a teenager joining the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama alongside Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy, and kept up the struggle through more than 50 years of protest, organized resistance and nights in jail. The author of "Waging Peace" was also the co-founder of World BEYOND War in January 2014, and he joins us for a wide-ranging interview in January 2023.

    Faith Comes Through: An Interview with Maya Garfinkel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 70:48


    Montreal-based activist and student organizer Maya Garfinkel spent 2022 working with World BEYOND War while completing her college degree at McGill University. As they prepare for the next steps in a life dedicated to the struggle against war, exploitation, extractivism and injustice, Maya spoke to Marc Eliot Stein about Canada's expanding militarism, Montreal's activist culture, protesting for climate justice alongside indigenous nations, queer identity and how the Jewish faith and heritage has informed her own awareness of social justice. Song excerpts: "The War Racket" by Buffy Sainte-Marie and "Train Comes Through" by Ezra Furman.

    A Peace Mission in Romania and Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 60:05


    Antiwar activist John Reuwer joined a peace mission in Romania in 2022 with the goal of organizing nonviolent resistance to the raging war that began in February of this year. Visiting refugees outside Ukraine and working with pacifists in Kyiv and elsewhere, John found the best hope for healing in the cooperative movement to prevent nuclear meltdown in Zaporizhzhia. An extensive interview about a month in war-ravaged Europe with podcast host Marc Eliot Stein.

    Art, Healing and Truth in Colombia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 58:46


    Did you know that Colombia has a truth commission working in rural areas to heal the proud country after 75 years of brutal civil war? This truth commission is only one of many far ranging topics we talk about with Maria Antonia Perez, a visual artist, graphic designer and peace activist in Medellin, Colombia who worked for humanitarian causes from Sri Lanka to Cambodia to Haiti before returning to her home country.

    Human Beings Without Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 60:41


    Robert Fantina's new book “Settler-Colonialism in Palestine and Kashmir” breaks down the massive human rights violations in two regions where populations are manipulated to remove people from their longtime homes, or to make life unlivable in their homes. Marc Eliot Stein talks to Robert Fantina about Kashmir's unique crisis, about Hindutva and Modi, and about his beginnings as a peace activist.

    Human Beings Without Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 59:56


    Robert Fantina's new book “Settler-Colonialism in Palestine and Kashmir” breaks down the massive human rights violations in two regions where populations are manipulated to remove people from their longtime homes, or to make life unlivable in their homes. Marc Eliot Stein talks to Robert Fantina about Kashmir's unique crisis, about Hindutva and Modi, and about his beginnings as a peace activist. (Music removed.)

    Timi Barabas: Hungary to Aotearoa to New York for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 57:01


    At the age of 16, Hungarian-born Timi Barabas heard a song that inspired her to become an activist. Today, at the age of 20, she has founded organizations for climate awareness, anti-bullying, suicide prevention and poverty relief, and with her team at Rise For Lives led a large protest in New Zealand to raise awareness of the war in Yemen. We caught up with this amazing and unstoppable youth leader in New York City where she is working to find and discuss possible solutions for the war in Ukraine.

    The Lines on the Map

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 28:12


    Podcast host Marc Eliot Stein talks about his path to antiwar activism, the Holocaust, his grandmother's family and the awareness of generational collective trauma that eventually led him to work for a global grassroots peace organization. Also featuring Marc's blog post welcoming songwriter/activist Roger Waters to a webinar in August 2022 and discussing the deep connections to social justice activism in Pink Floyd's long musical legacy.

    Medea Benjamin Never Gives Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 60:19


    Medea Benjamin is one of the most dynamic and dedicated antiwar activists in the world today. In this interview with World BEYOND War's Marc Eliot Stein, Medea talks about recent progressive wins in Colombia and all over Latin America, the tragedy of the brutal but profitable proxy war in Ukraine and the many ways peacebuilders and hardworking organizations are keeping the international struggle for a livable, humane planet alive. Musical excerpt: Emma's Revolution.

    Alison Broinowski: From Diplomat to Activist in Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 60:29


    Alison Broinowski is an author, diplomat and global peace activist with an amazing career calling attention to the corruption and dysfunction motivating Australia's past military leadership. This month, in May 2022, Alison is bringing good news to the world as Australia mobilizes woman power to turn an election. Alison talks about this and more - including Australia's risky brinksmanship against China - in a freewheeling conversation with Marc Eliot Stein. Also featuring Greta Zarro with a preview of this year's upcoming World BEYOND War conference #NoWar2022.

    Future Technology for Today's Activists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 81:54


    Stakes are high for activists and advocates for a humane world to catch on to the shockingly rapid pace of change in the field of advanced technology. What is blockchain, and how can it help protect our freedom of speech? How do we monitor military spending in an age when bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies defy monitoring? What about artificial intelligence and cloud computing in the hands of monopolistic, US-centric tech giants? And is the world's cooperative open source software community staying healthy through all these paradigm shifts? Tech innovator and artist Robert Douglass joins Marc Eliot Stein for an in-depth discussion of futuristic topics that are already changing the landscape of progressive activist movements.

    Kathy Kelly and the Courage for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 67:52


    Peace activist Kathy Kelly has crossed borders into dangerous war zones and been arrested more than 80 times to help refugees and victims and gain an understanding of the true nature of war, sanctions, structural violence, imprisonment and injustice. In episode 34 of the World BEYOND War podcast, Anni Carracedo and Marc Eliot Stein talk to Kathy Kelly about her life of fearless activism and welcome her into the new role of Board President for this organization. Musical excerpt: "Para la guerra nada" by Marta Gomez.

    Peace Education and Action for Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 98:50


    We're joined by four peace students on four continents: Iryna Bushmina of Ukraine, Stephanie Effevottu of Nigeria, Brittney Woodrum of USA and Anniela Carracedo of Venezuela. These students led creative projects as part of the new Peace Education and Action for Impact program, along with Dr. Phill Gittins who founded this educational program along with World BEYOND War and Rotary International. Including musical excerpts from two of the projects, as well as a preview of the Water & War Film Festival with Greta Zarro and Rachel Small.

    Escalation in Europe: The Guns of January

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 56:28


    Peace activist Koohan Paik-Mander joins Marc Eliot Stein to talk about the crisis of military escalation in Europe and the specter of superpower proxy wars in Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran, Venezuela. Koohan talks about her life's work as an environmental and antiwar activist, and how a significant protest movement to stop the construction of a US military base in Korea's Jeju Island revealed to her the deep power of solidarity. We also talk about biodeiversity, anarcho-pacifism, white nationalism in US military and police forces, Xi Jinping's appearance at Davos, massive whale deaths in the Pacific ocean from military actions, the place of technology and social media in the lives of activists, the parallels between today's Ukraine/Russia buildup and Europe's collapse into the first world war in 1914, and what must be remembered from Barbara Tuchman's history book “The Guns of August”. Musical excerpt: Youn Sun Nah.

    Dispatches From Amman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 74:30


    Marc Eliot Stein talks to Matthew Petti, an up-and-coming journalist studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan. The wide-ranging conversation covers the politics of water, the credibility of journalism, the status of refugee communities in Jordan from Palestine, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, the outlook for peace in an age of imperial decline, empires from USA to Russia to China to Iran to France, "middle east" vs. "west asia" vs "holy lands", Saddam Hussein nostalgia and much more. Musical excerpt: "Yas Salam" by Autostrad.

    Glasgow and the Carbon Bootprint

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 59:22


    An interview about the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow with Tim Pluta, World BEYOND War's chapter organizer in Spain. Tim joined a coalition to protest COP26's weak stance on the “carbon bootprint”, the disastrous abuse of fossil fuels by military forces that USA and other nations refuse to acknowledge. Host Marc Eliot Stein talks to Tim about his experience on the streets of COP26 along with Nancy Mancias and Greta Thunberg, about his life as a veteran turned peace activist, and about the mood of political conservatism in Spain. Musical excerpt: "La Rata" by Mala Rodriguez.

    Glasgow and the Carbon Bootprint

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 58:03


    An interview about the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow with Tim Pluta, World BEYOND War's chapter organizer in Spain. Tim joined a coalition to protest COP26's weak stance on the “carbon bootprint”, the disastrous abuse of fossil fuels by military forces that USA and other nations refuse to acknowledge. Host Marc Eliot Stein talks to Tim about his experience on the streets of COP26 along with Nancy Mancias and Greta Thunberg, about his life as a veteran turned peace activist, and about the mood of political conservatism in Spain. (Music removed.)

    War Abolishers of 2021: Yoshioka Tatsuya, Mel Duncan, Petra Glomazic, Milan Sekulovic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 77:25


    On October 6, 2021, World BEYOND War presented the first War Abolisher awards to Peace Boat, Mel Duncan and Save Sinjajevina. This episode brings us into the ceremony where Peace Boat founder Yoshioka Tatsuya, nonviolent defense pioneer Mel Duncan and Save Sinjajevina activists Milan Sekulovic and Petra Glomazic talk about their inspiring achievements, introduced or joined by friends and allies Ann Wright, John Reuwer, Rosemary Kabaki, Leah Bolger, Pablo Dominguez and Persida Jovanovic. With live music by Ron Korb. Also including a chat with World BEYOND War's development director Alex McAdams about the organization's exciting growth.

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    The Life of Activism with Jodie Evans

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 61:05


    Jodie Evans learned about civil disobedience from Jane Fonda as a teenage activist in the late 1960s, and is still being arrested with Jane Fonda in 2021. Along the way, she worked on the disruptive presidential campaign of Jerry Brown, co-founded CODE PINK with Medea Benjamin, and travelled on peace delegations to North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. Today she is leading “China is Not Our Enemy”, with an urgent message of cross-cultural bridge-building as a remedy for insane hyper-militarism. For the 28th episode of the World Beyond War podcast, Marc Eliot Stein interviews Jodie Evans about her remarkable life of peace activism. Musical excerpt: George Harrison.

    The Life of Activism with Jodie Evans

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 59:20


    Jodie Evans learned about civil disobedience from Jane Fonda as a teenage activist in the late 1960s, and is still being arrested with Jane Fonda in 2021. Along the way, she worked on the disruptive presidential campaign of Jerry Brown, co-founded CODE PINK with Medea Benjamin, and travelled on peace delegations to North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. Today she is leading “China is Not Our Enemy”, with an urgent message of cross-cultural bridge-building as a remedy for insane hyper-militarism. For the 28th episode of the World Beyond War podcast, Marc Eliot Stein interviews Jodie Evans about her remarkable life of peace activism. (Music removed.)

    High Tech Weapons and Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 53:30


    USA's investment in high-tech weapons and military artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating, as Microsoft and Amazon enter the top ranks of corrupt military profiteers. The people are completely left out of the conversation as our governments devote billions of dollars to the grotesque science of mass murder, and our familiar tech giants betray our trust. Jan Weinberg of Show Up America joins Marc Eliot Stein to talk about Project JEDI, Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), killer robots, “Black Mirror”, facial recognition, surveillance clouds, autonomous nuclear weapons triggers, the Senate Armed Services committee and the need for greater investigative journalism on this topic. Musical excerpt: “American Idiot” by Green Day.

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