Podcasts about reaching critical will

In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk with Ray Acheson. Ray is Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). They provide analysis and advocacy at the United Nations and other international forums on matters of disarmament and demilitarization. Ray served on the steering group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work to ban nuclear weapons, and is also involved in organizing against autonomous weapons, the arms trade, war and militarism, the carceral system, and more. They are author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) and Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages (Haymarket Books, 2022). Ray is a regular columnist at CounterPunch+. Two of their most recent articles are “Solidarity to Stop AUKUS: Saying No to Nuclear Subs” and “Divest from Death: Resisting the Complexes of Empire.” More The post Ray Acheson appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Khoi Nguyen is the Community Engagement and Legal Education Officer at Q+Law, a specialist LGBTIQA+ peer-led legal service operating in Victoria in partnership with Fitzroy Legal and Queerspace. Q+Law provides a free state-wide access to legal assistance over the phone, online or in person for anyone who identifies as part of LGBTIQA+ communities. Today Khoi joined us to speak about an interactive workshop happening this Saturday, where queer folks can learn about their rights and obligations when interacting with police at protests.// We hear an excerpt from 3CR's Radioactive Show where Crunch spoke with Ray Acheson, who's a writer, activist, director of Reaching Critical Will and a steering member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Ray discussed the strength of First Nations organising against all things nuclear, police repression, organising against cop cities, mutual aid and solidarity. You can listen to the full interview that aired on Saturday 13th of April, and catch the Radioactive Show on 3CR Saturdays 10-10:30AM.// Deena is a Masters of Public Health student and member of the grassroots coalition Unimelb for Palestine. Today, Deena spoke to us about the Gaza Solidarity Encampment starting today, Thursday 25th of April at 10AM. The encampment is the latest organising effort by Unimelb for Palestine, again calling on the university to cut all ties with weapons manufacturers. Drawing on inspiration from student protests at Columbia University in the US, the action states ''Disclose, Divest, We Will Not Stop, We Will Not Rest!''// Professor Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, last surviving member of the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy's founding four, and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic joins us to discuss the importance of commemorating the Frontier Wars on this date of colonial military remembrance. The March on ANZAC, which has been held on April 25th in Canberra for over a decade now, highlights the vital resistance of Aboriginal people who lost their lives in the Frontier Wars fighting against colonial invasion.//Bill Abrahams is a primary school teacher and member of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine VIC. Today Bill discussed the coalition's recent resource Teaching for Palestine: Challenging Anzac Day, australia's historical and ongoing repression of Palestinians, how official remembrance obscures the realities of war and promotes imperialism and militarisation, and the role of teachers and school staff in dismantling these myths.//

An in studio conversation with Ray Acheson, a writer and activist, visiting from their current home of New York. Ray is the director of Reaching Critical Will, a member of the ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons steering committee, which is the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. We discuss the strength of First Nations' organising on all things nuclear in 'Australia', the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, AUKUS, police repressiong, organisin against 'cop cities' in the US, and the hope of mutual aid and solidarity. They are the author of ‘Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy' published in 2021 and ‘Abolishing State Violence: a world beyond bombs, borders and cages'. Ray has returned to so called ‘Australia' to attend the 2024 Australian Nuclear Free Alliance conference, as well as reconnect with struggles and community here.ANFAReaching Critical WillICAN AustraliaAbolishing State Violence by Ray Acheson Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy by Ray AchesonArticle about Australia-Israel FOI request mentioned in interview

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We hear a replay from Wednesday Brekky where Jean and Dale from 3CR's DOGS programme discuss how affordability of uniforms and school supplies impacts children as they return to school in 2023. This excerpt first aired on 28 January and you can listen to the full discussion on 3CR's DOGS programme. The Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) looks at public education and separation of church and state.// It's been almost 32 years since the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) were handed down, but the current prison healthcare system is still failing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and contributing to deaths in custody. Last week,VALS, the Victorian Legal Service, brought together a panel of experts discussing the need for a reformed prison healthcare system so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are incarcerated can access culturally-safe, trauma-informed healthcare that is of equal adequacy to what they would receive in the community. The panel featured Nerita Waight, Sarah Schwartz and Megan Williams. Megan and Sarah both gave evidence in the coronial inquest into the death of Veronica Nelson who died in custody in 2020. The inquest found among other failures of care that Veronica's treatment was “cruel” and “inhumane”, and her death was preventable. In this excerpt, Wiradjuri healthcare advocate Megan Williams speaks about what cultural safety means in the context of Prison Health care. Listen back to the full recording here.// Crunch and Michaela from 3CR's Radioactive Show recently caught up with Ray Acheson from Reaching Critical Will to discuss strategies to counter militarism. RCW are an organisation working towards disarmament and arms control - they are the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. You can tune into the Radioactive Show on 3CR Saturdays from 10AM.// Janelle, from Queensland-based peer sex worker organisation Respect Inc, joined us to discuss the campaign to decriminalise sex work in the state and to report on the Queensland Law Reform Commission's ongoing review of the sex industry. Sex workers in the state have long raised concerns about the circuitous legislation that currently regulates the industry, as well as its enforcement by the Queensland Police Force. Find out more about the campaign by heading to @DecrimQLD on Instagram.//  Songs// Lupa - King Stingray// Get Inspired - Genesis Owusu// Don't Really Care - Djanaba// Fly - Birdz ft. Ngaiire// Closure - RONA. ft Helena//

A conversation with Ray Acheson in the 3CR studios, visiting from New York. We discuss cultures of militarism, patriarchy and militarism, nuclear submarines and AUKUS, and how to build an alternative to the 'inevitability' argument around war between the US and China. Ray is an organiser with Reaching Critical Will, author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy (2021) and Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders and Cages (2022). Ray has written extensively on disarmament issues through a feminist and abolitionist lens.   Reaching Critical WillInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear WeaponsJeff Sparrow, The Aukus deal is a crime against the world's climate future. It didn't have to be like this, Guardian Australia, 20 March 2023Stop cop city 

A discussion from one of ICAN's Nuclear Ban hubs, an event featuring experts from on the ground at the landmark first meeting of states parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.This one was hosted by Womens International League for peace and freedom or WILPF, in Meanjin / Brisbane on June 22nd. The event was facilitated by ICAN Australia Director Gem Romuld, Campaigner Jemila Rushton and ICAN Founder Dimity Hawkins, who spoke with Ray Acheson, the director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and Rico Ishii Robertson, a third generation hibakusha, or nuclear bomb survivor, from Peace Boat Japan.A recording of the full event can be watched here: https://youtu.be/wwGcERbyuKY

Welcome back to the Community Podcasts, a mini-series on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. Joining me again as our co-host for this series is Anastasiya Kazakova, a Senior Public Affairs Manager who coordinates global cyber diplomacy projects at Kaspersky. As a reminder, the Community Podcasts is a short series of podcasts featuring frank cyber diplomacy conversations with cyber-heroes who unite people despite everything – growing fragmentation, confrontation, and cyber threats – there are people who build communities and unite people to work together for the common good. Why are they doing this? And are their efforts working? For our 4th episode, by Allison Pytlak, the Program Manager for Reaching Critical Will. Reaching Critical Will is the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the oldest women's peace organization in the world. Reaching Critical Will works for disarmament and arms control of many different weapon systems, the reduction of global military spending and militarism, and the investigation of gendered aspects of the impact of weapons. Allison contributes to the organization's monitoring and analysis of disarmament processes and its research and other publications, as well as liaises with UN, government, and civil society colleagues. Over the course of our conversation, we discuss the importance of gender in the international cybersecurity landscape, working with the UN, what the future holds for her and WILPF and more.

On today's show, we share the 4th session of ICAN's Ban School. This time featuring Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of Women's International League for peace and freedom (or WILPF) and Scott Ludlum, former Greeen senator. They will both be speaking about their recently published books - Ray's book is called "Banning the bomb, smashing the patriarchy", and Scott's book is called "Full Circle".You can watch the full Ban School session here: https://youtu.be/LfKMvm5j-cQ

Internationally-known activists will join PeaceWorks-Kansas City board members Kristin Scheer and Ann Suellentrop to discuss this historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which activists believe is the beginning of the end of nuclear weapons. Ray Acheson is the director of the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women’s International League for Peace and […] The post Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons appeared first on KKFI.

UN Nuclear Weapons Ban – The inside scoop from Ray Acheson,Director of Reaching Critical Will, Women’s International League for Peace and FreedomShe was in ALL the rooms where it happened! This Week’s Featured Interview: UN Nuclear Weapons Ban:  Ray Acheson is Director of the Disarmament Programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom...

Ray Acheson is the Director of Reaching Critical Will, the Disarmament programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. In the show we dive into her recent article ‘COVID-19: Divest, Demilitarise and Disarm.’ We explore how now is the time to expose the grave injustice of military spending, while health care systems around the world are ill-equipped to cope with a pandemic, military spending continues unabated. Yet a ‘culture of militarism’ is embedded in our political and economic systems, Ray highlights Amazon as an example of a corporation eyeing ‘defence’ dollars.  Read 'COVID-19: Divest, Demilitarise and Disarm' by Ray Acheson Explore the work of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

CHEF FÖR ICAN, JURIST, 35 år. Född i Göteborg, bosatt i Genève. Debuterar som Sommarvärd. Beatrice Fihn fick, som chef för ICAN, ta emot Nobels fredspris 2017. I sitt Sommar berättar hon hur hon blev intresserad av mänskliga rättigheter och om kampen mot kärnvapen. Beatrice Fihn växte upp i Angered i Göteborg och träffade tidigt i sitt liv människor som upplevt krig. Hon blev intresserad av mänskliga rättigheter och berättar i Sommar om hur hon kom att arbeta med ICAN, vars arbete har lett till att en majoritet av FN:s medlemsländer har antagit ett förbud mot kärnvapen. Det är svårt att få folk med makt att ändra på vanor, säger hon. Deras strategi blev därför att först prata med länder som inte hade kärnvapen för att få dem att skriva under ett förbud. Beatrice önskar att fler personer gör något litet för att få en bättre värld. Ensam orkar och kan man inte förändra allt, men alla kan bidra till att vi får en tryggare och mer jämlik värld.   Om Beatrice Fihn Mottagare av Nobels fredspris i fjol som chef för ICAN, en global kampanj som samlar organisationer mot kärnvapen. Som en följd av ICAN:s arbete förhandlade och antog en majoritet av FN:s medlemsländer ett förbud mot kärnvapen förra året. Redan under uppväxten intresserad av politik, miljö och mänskliga rättigheter. Tidigare arbetat på Internationella kvinnoförbundet för fred och frihet och dess avdelning Reaching Critical Will som arbetar för nedrustning. Har en magisterexamen i Public international law från University of London. Producent: Cecilia Khavar

Fully autonomous weapons, or killer robots, are currently under development, representing a new level of morally repugnant violence.Ray Acheson is the director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She tells us why these weapons are highly controversial, after outlining the current inspiring momentum for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons.Recent breakthroughs in disarmament diplomacy are likely to see negotiations begin in 2017 on a new legal instrument to finally outlaw the nuclear bomb.Image: finding a dumpster for the bomb in Melbourne, with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

We delve a little deeper into the world of disarmament diplomacy, examining landmark United Nations talks that began in Geneva, Switzerland, in February. The new working group is gathering for three sessions this year to discuss how to take forward disarmament negotiations, and a ban treaty is front and centre. This is Part 1 in a two-part report, featuring an interview with Ray Acheson from Reaching Critical Will. Produced by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.