Veterans for Peace Radio Hour

K.J. Noh returns to the show on the heels of having an interview and other works banned from YouTube. He talks about the war in Ukraine and the Russian motives, but more importantly the influence of China, the influence of western imperialism, the situation in Taiwan, and the views of the global south. He also talks of censorship and the importance of continuing the share the hard truths that may...

Award-winning producer Phil Grabsky joins the show to discuss his new film My Childhood, My Country: Twenty Years in Afghanistan. Phil talks about the continuing story of Mir the young man who he has tacked since he was a little boy growing up in Afghanistan. Phil's film, which just won best international film at the DC International Film Festival, traces Mir growing up under occupation and the st...

Ted Postol joined the VFP Nuclear Abolition Working Group meeting to discuss the possibility of accidental nuclear war, especially considering the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the increasing support for Ukraine by the US and Nato. In this extended show, Ted, who has been working on these issues at the highest levels on US government with interactions with colleagues in Russia, explains the US n...

Brian Becker peace activist, author, podcaster, National Coordinator of the Answer Coalition, co-founder of the Party for Socialism and Liberation joins the show to continue our discussion of US/Nato, Ukraine, and Russia. Brian digs deep into the information we must not ignore with regard to this complex and deadly situation in Ukraine. He tries to see where Putin is going and then digs into where...

John Walsh peace activist, author, historian comes on the show and discusses and helps us remember US and Nato history which has contributed to the dilemma we are in. Everything has a back story and anyone who does not realize that story puts all of us in jeopardy.

What is Critical  Race Theory and why all the uproar?  Today's show answers those questions, breaks down the anti CRT legislation in tennessee, determines what teachers have to do to comply, and discusses the dangers of not teaching the truth.  With two guests, Timothy Hughes and an anonymous voice from the tennessee classroom, we discuss truth, teaching, students, parents, and poli...

On this show Canain Townsend Associate Director & Director of Education & Outreach at the Moton Museum in Farmville Va. And Bob Hamlin, former board member, Docent, retired Master Sergeant, and a witness to history, tell this remarkable story of how the African American people of Prince Edward County Virginia endured the relentless efforts of a white supremacist school board in Prince Edwa...

In this extended show, as we continue to Honor Black History Month, activists Timothy Hughes and Elijah Whitesides look at Civil Rights activism today in light of the activism during the early '60s using Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. They discuss what has changed and what has not changed. Unfortunately, it looks like not much has changed almost 60 years on from Dr. King and the letter...

Bruce Gagnon Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space joins us today to break down the insane and aggressive approach that the US and NATO are taking with regard to Russia and Ukraine. We also talk about the US mainstream media drumbeat for war.  We go through scenarios if we provoke an attack by Russia and we go through scenarios that could work toward pea...

Today we link two events, the birthday of Dr. King and the anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We hear Dr. King in his own words as he decries militarism in general and specifically nuclear weapons during his Nobel Peace Prize-winning lecture. We read an Op-Ed from the Oak Ridge Environment and Peace Alliance that links Dr. King with the TPNW and then we hear the words...

We continue to discuss the importance of the effort of Veterans for Peace to develop a legitimate Nuclear Posture Review with a distinguished panel including David Swanson, Executive Director of World Beyond War, Alice Slater of World Beyond War and the VFP Nuclear Abolition Working Group and Rachel Clark of VFP and the Nuclear Abolition Working Group. While the Biden Administration and the Defens...

The Biden administration is working on a nuclear posture review that will determine our "needs" and ways to "use" our nuclear stockpile. Based on the Biden administration's support of militarism, saber-rattling and a bloated military budget, we can only assume that his nuclear posture review will be more of the same. SO WHY BOTHER. Thus Veterans for Peace and the Working Group to Abolish Nuclear W...

After a quick reflection on the year 2021 by Harvey, we replay one of the many great shows we had this last year. In this show, we once again hear from Adrienne Kinne, President of Veterans for Peace, and Garett Reppenhagen, Executive Director on how they both felt after the 911 attacks and how those feeling led them to join Veterans for Peace.

We are continuing but updating our show on the Christmas Truce. We found an interesting discussion and several songs on Sound Cloud that we thought we would share with you. However, this year something interesting happened. We realized that year after year those soldiers and civilians who demanded peace were telling us that we can do it too. With a unified effort, we can also demand peace like the...

Nick Mottern, author, activist, co-coordinator of BanKillerDrones.org, weighs in on the recently passed War Budget. I know the media refers to it as the defense budget but there is NOTHING defensive about it. Nick comes at this from a different perspective going far beyond the numbers to discuss this budget in terms of legality, morality, spirituality, and even down to of all things public opinion...

Ralph Hutchison of the Oak Ridge Environmental and Peace Alliance (OREPA) talks about the actions being planned to celebrate the first anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Ralph talks about the treat, the impact, the further meetings, and most importantly the actions we need to take to call attention to the need for the US to sign this treaty. Then Ralph and his...

The US media is wrong about Nicaragua, but you knew that. The recent coverage by the media of the election of Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega has vilified the Sandinistas, the election, the President, his wife the Vice President and painted a desperate picture of the people of Nicaragua. Our panel today debunks all of it. With two observers of the election and a long-term resident, we hear from pe...

In this two-pronged show, we first start with the devolution of Armistice DAY into today's Salute to "Service" which actually means salute to militarism. Louis Raprager of Veterans for Peace and NNOMY discusses the true purpose of this week, the NFL, the Pentagon, and the US. Then Harvey and Jim review the white reasonableness (privilege) that got Kyle Rittenhouse off base on an article by Michael...

So was COP 26 worth it or was it just another cop-out? Chris Velasquez and Katie Consodine are back on the show to assess COP 26 and they do not hold back on their assessment. Then Adrienne Kinne, President of Veterans for Peace leads a distinguished panel that specifically points out the devastation to the climate and the environment of the military. With the bad news, they also provide us with a...

Four post 911 Veterans discuss the under reported issue: the impact of US militarism and imperialism on the climate. The US Military is the number one polluter in the world and war is the biggest event that contributes to the climate crisis. These post 911 vets weigh in the fact that they will live and experience the next 50 years of the climate crisis and along with the Zoomers will have to clean...

Until 1954 November 11th was set aside to celebrate and strive for peace as a holiday called Armistice Day, remembering the end of WWI. After that, November 11th became Veterans Day and quickly devolved into a day to celebrate militarism, war, and American "exceptionalism." Veterans for Peace is working hard to reverse that and return to Armistice, a day to celebrate the end of war and the commitm...

The war industry is coming to the mountains of Asheville, NC and a group of activists are trying to stop it. Despite the powers of the Chamber of Commerce, the Military-Industrial Complex, local and state government, and the one percent in Asheville, a group of activists calling themselves Reject Raytheon ( rejectraytheonavl.com/ ) are doing what they can to try to educate the community and resist...

Hear the voices of protest from across the country at the People Vs Fossil Fuels week-long rally in DC. Harvey Bennett was on site at the rally all week long. From Indigenous Peoples Day to Youth Day, from Indigenous Elders to scientists, to anti-fracking activists, to a Vet for Peace, to a 14-year-old girl from Sunrise, Harvey shares the essence of the protest that made demands of the Biden admin...

The agreement called AUKUS links the US, and the UK, to build nuclear-powered submarines for Australia, but the impact goes way beyond. Today's guests Dr. Alison Broinowski, a former member of the Australian Foreign Service, and David Swanson of World Beyond War join us to discuss the impact of AUKUS as a method of containing China, of US and UK putting Australia on the front line of that containm...

Today's show features Sabina Mohyuddin, Executive Director of the American Muslim Advisory Council and friend of the show. We talk about the efforts and challenges of resettling Afghan refugees. We consider what they have lived through and are leaving from Afghanistan. We also consider the challenges they face in moving to the United States as not only an Afghan refugee but also Muslims and People...