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Veterans’ Voices for October 8th, 2008 – Keep Space for Peace Week

onair — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:11:04 +0000

This week on Veterans’ Voices we will play part two of our talk with Yana Pitner, UNCA Professor of European History and Russian-American, about the Georgia / Russia conflict and historical perspective. Additionally, we will talk to Bruce Gagnon. He serves as Secretary/Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. He has been working on space issues for the past 20 years and helped create the GN in 1992. He has been named to Helen Caldicott’s Nuclear Policy Research Institute Board of Advisors. For 15 years he coordinated the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice. He was trained as an organizer by the United Farmworkers Union.

If you missed last week’s interview, part 1 with Yana Pitner, get it before it’s gone.

Next week: The truth about Christopher Columbus.

Tune in to Veterans’ Voices at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.

Veterans’ Voices for October 1st, 2008 – Part One – Russia/Georgia Conflict

onair — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:36:20 +0000

This week on Veterans’ Voices we will play part one of our talk with Yana Pitner, UNCA Professor of European History and Russian-American, about the Georgia / Russia conflict and historical perspective.
In our art segment we play Russia by Russian artist, Bichevskaya Zhanna.
If you missed last week’s interview with Yvette Coil, wife of a Veteran and member of the Kent State Antiwar Committee, get it before it’s gone.

Next week: Our talk with Yana Pitner continues and it’s ‘Keep Space for Peace Week‘!!

Tune in to Veterans’ Voices at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.

Veterans’ Voices for September 3rd, 2008

onair — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:49:30 +0000

This week on Veterans’ Voices we talk with Jason Hurd and other IVAW members to see what’s up in Minneapolis for the RNC. When we spoke to him last week, they were at the DNC about to do Operation First Casualty. Independent news sources describe mass arrests in preemptive raids of activists in Minneapolis. Amy Goodman, among those arrested, states that almost 300 people have already been arrested by the end of the first day of the convention.
Jason Hurd and other IVAW members during Operation First Casualty in Denver during DNC.

If you missed last week’s interview with Dr. Russell McCrimmon and Ron Kennedy from the Veterans’ shelter, get it before it’s gone.
Tune in to Veterans’ Voices at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.

Veterans’ Voices for July 16th, 2008 – David Sirota

onair — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:21:44 +0000

This week on Veterans’ Voices we talk with freelance journalist and best selling author, David Sirota, about the current uprising from the left and the right. Also Ann Coulter, pure evil or purely insane? You decide.

The Uprising – An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Searing Wall Street and Washington by David Sirota. Currently on the NY Times best seller list.

Tune in to Veterans’ Voices at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.

Veterans’ Voices for April 23, 2008

onair — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:26:10 +0000

This week on Veterans’ Voices we discuss the differences and similarities between the Iraq war and Vietnam with Transylvania County’s busiest peace and social justice advocate, Connie Nash.

Join Jason Hurd, Ronald Harayda and Kindra Phillips as they discuss a couple of today’s top stories with Connie.

In the art segment, we play Battle Hymns by the Nighwatchman, from the Body of War soundtrack. Watch the trailer here.

Tune in at 5 pm every Wednesday or stream/podcast here.