Two peace activist talk to Peter B. Collins

Super peace activist and author David Swanson talks about his latest book, War Is a Lie. They talk about bi-partisan war crimes.

After that Rev. Susan B. Thistlethwaite on her new book, "Dreaming of Eden: American Religion and Politics in a Wired World." She is ordained minister of the United Church of Christ since 1974 and a deep thinker. They discuss the morals of war and torture. This is from December 10, 2010.
Source: Two Powerful Anti-War Voices; Swanson and Thistlethwaite by Peter B. Collins on December 10, 2010




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Bernie Sanders talks with Bob McChesney

Bernie Sanders was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history.
Source: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders talks with Bob McChesney of Media Matters from September 26, 2010








Finally, An Apology from an economist for the financial crisis

For two years, the world has waited for someone from the financial world to apologize for their role the financial crisis. Jacob Kosoff used to work as an economist for Freddie Mac, and his job was to promote home ownership. He managed an online calculator designed to help people determine whether to rent or buy a house. But Kosoff says there's a big problem with the calculator -- and he's sorry he didn't work harder to fix it.
Source: NPR: Planet Money, The Friday Podcast: Finally, An Apology from Nov. 5, 2010

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Dark Conspiracies of the Gulf

Radio Ecoshock rates popular conspiracies. Also a rare radio interview with Dr. Jack Alpert. He is Research Director of the Stanford Knowledge Integration Laboratory, where he investigates blind spots in the human mind.

Jack supports population reduction. He explains why consumption could lead to more terrorism, and wonders if we are heading into a more violent age, as resources run out.
Source: Dark Conspiracies of the Gulf from Radio Ecoshock Show on June 16, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews John Feffer

John Feffer is co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He explains the original Islamic caliphate that peaked around 1000 years ago, and how periodic US alliances with radical Islam shows that realpolitik transcends religious concerns.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews John Feffer on November 09, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Nick Turse

Nick Turse, author of The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives and editor of The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan, talks about US contingency plans to maintain a large Persian Gulf regional force and the current estimate that the U.S. military now has over 1000 bases worldwide.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Nick Turse on November 17, 2010

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Why Washington works to dominate the world?

Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War By Andrew J. Bacevich

It is the time to question the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change, says Professor Bacevich and to accept that fixing Afghanistan should not take precedence over fixing Detroit. Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of international relations and history at Boston University. He has also taught at West Point and at Johns Hopkins University.
Source: Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War from September 24, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Tom Engelhardt

Tom Engelhardt, author of The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s, discusses American ignorance of the unprecedented U.S. empire of bases and forgotten lessons from George Orwell’s 1984.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Tom Engelhardt on June 22, 2010

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