Only the US and Israel have left UNESCO, having judged themselves as unwilling to end their endless wars and gross violations of human rights.

Activist Radio

Activist Radio Nov. 4

Yes, the US attacks on Nicaragua are war crimes, as defined by the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Tribunal. As citizens of the world, it is our duty to resist.

Activist Radio Oct. 28

At the Pentagon in 1967, some young protesters put flowers in the rifles of soldiers. Others just talked to them far into the night. Someday we will end the empire and take our place with the peace loving nations of the world.

Activist Radio Oct. 21

We live with the sorrows of empire, with more than half of our national treasure going to weaponry and military invasions of foreign countries. We have been in constant war for over 20 years.

Activist Radio Oct. 14

The end of World War II gave the United States the military dominance to plunder the rest of the world. But our history shows that we have always been warlike, as we marched across the continent taking first the Native American lands and then half of the country of Mexico.

Activist Radio Oct. 7

Civil rights in the 1960s took individuals like Meredith, along with groups like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and SNCC, as well as motivated white allies and the full force of the US government to bring justice to Blacks in America. And the fight isn't over.

Activist Radio Sep. 30

Henry Wallace certainly speaks to us today, about the defeat of the left since the Second World War, and the ascendancy of corporate power. Harsh words for us to hear, as we see the Republican Party addicted to fascism, while the Democratic Party tries to win compromises that satisfy Big Oil, Big Pharma, the insurance companies, the health industry, and the ever present war machine.

Activist Radio Sep. 23

Aril Sharon is not an aberration. In fact he personifies the genocide that Israel has been carrying out against the Palestinians since 1948. For all the pro Israel propaganda in the US, Israel has been and will continue be the last and most bloody of the colonies set up in the Middle East by the Western imperialist nations.

Activist Radio Sep. 16

Prisons took a turn for the worst after Attica. Nixon implemented his Law and Order, putting generations of Blacks behind bars. And politicians like Reagan and Bush Senior would go on to use thinly veiled racism in their presidential campaigns.

Activist Radio Sep. 9

Activist Radio is a weekly program broadcast on WVKR, 91.3 in Poughkeepsie, NY. We play music and interview those interested in peace and justice issues.

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