Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 29th, 2016
Peter and Mickey open the program with a wide-ranging conversation with
long-time social justice activist Medea Benjamin; the discussion covers
topics from trade deals to drone warfare, as well as her latest project
of trying to alert Americans about the human rights abuses committed by
US ally Saudi Arabia. In the second half of the show, Peter and Mickey
speak with nuclear-power whistleblower Arnie Gunderson, who recently
returned from a visit to Fukushima, Japan; he warns that radioactive
contamination is now pervasive in the Fukushima area, but the Japanese
government is trying to avoid addressing the health issues.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 22nd, 2016
Contrary to the stereotype of apolitical Millenials, students at Sonoma
State University in Northern California have organized a Social Justice
Week, addressing issues from US foreign policy to local police-brutality
cases. Today's guests are student organizers or guests taking part in
Social Justice Week. Also included is a preview of next week's program,
when the guest will be Medea Benjamin of Code Pink.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 15th, 2016
Cuban diplomat Miguel Farga discusses Cuban society and government, and
makes the case for Congress to end the US trade embargo against Cuba.
Miguel Farga is First Secretary of the Cuban embassy in Washington, DC.
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Posted in DefaultTag on Mar 8th, 2016
Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gunderson warn that, almost five years after the meltdown, Fukushima
still poses a danger to Japan and the Pacific region, and that the
Japanese government is trying to prevent journalists and physicians from disclosing the ongoing problems.
The
program closes with an excerpt from a 2015 speech by Arnie Gunderson
rebutting the idea of nuclear power as a solution to global warming.
Arnie and Maggie Gunderson both worked in the nuclear industry, then became whistleblowers about problems in the industry.
They now operate the Fairewinds Foundation (www.fairewinds.org).
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