 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 administration while reflecting on the decades of inaction. 

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Veterans for Peace Hear Voice from the People VS Fossil Fuels rally in DC.

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 containment, of the possible violations of Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, of the impact on the ASEAN countries, of the impact globally.

Veterans for Peace Discuss AUKUS (or should we say U SUKA) with Dr. Alison Broinowski and David Swanson

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 of Color.

Veterans for Peace discuss Afghan Refugees,with Sabina Mohyuddin of the American Muslim Advisory Council

Today we highlight and discuss a lecture given by James Carroll (at UMass) titled Who loaded Trump's Gun, A Brief History of America's Nuclear Sin. We reflect on his discussion of our nuclear as it differs from the rest of the world and then tries to update it with Biden's continuing escalation of tensions with China.

Veterans for Peace and A Brief History of the US Nuclear Sin with the words of James Carroll

Harvey Bennett discusses the hashtag #neverforget and points out that it goes both ways. We can never forget what they did to us but we also can never forget what we did to them. Using clips from Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill he points out while we remember the tragedy of the 911 attacks on US soil, we are culpable of crimes against other nations, other communities, and other peoples at least as tragic.

Veterans for Peace remembering that #NeverForget goes both ways

The 911 attacks are twenty years gone but the impact remains. Two post 911 Vets join us to discuss the impact of 911 on their lives. They discuss the questions about what they were asked to do, the motives of the US government, the damage to the peoples we occupied, and more. We also hear a clip from Daniel Berrigan from 19 years ago realizing that our war crimes of the past had finally caught up with us. We finish with Twisted Sister.

Veterans for Peace with two Post 911 Veterans and their thoughts on 911 20 years on

ALERT, ALERT, ALERT:  WAR WITH CHINA?   We just got out of Afghanistan, thank you Biden, but thanks to KJ Noh we see that we are only pivoting to a new and far more dangerous theatre of confrontation. KJ lays out not only what we are doing now to antagonize, demonize and marginalize China but that this has been in the planning for decades. KJ points that we have already initiated hybrid warfare against China, while China is actually no threat to the US and is only upgrading its military in response to our saber rattling. PLEASE TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND LISTEN. WE NEED TO GET THIS STOPPED. if you can please share

Veterans for Peace with KJ NOH on our CURRENT and PENDING WAR WITH CHINA

Labor Day is coming, So WHAT, just the holiday to end summer right. Not so fast on this show, we will remember the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain where miners were assaulted by corporate and government thugs on the ground and from the air. Then we will have special guest Vonda McDaniel, President of the Central Labor Council, who will discuss the current situation with Labor across the country and the importance of current legislation of not only workers but voters, democracy, and the country itself. We finish up with a Joe Hill song sung by friends of the show Michael August and Nell Levin.

Veterans for Peace Remember the Battle of Blair Mountain and then host Vonda McDaniel President of the Central Labor Council and her views on Labor and Legislation

Mark Reese was an interpreter in Afghanistan and was actually in touch with the culture of not only Afghanistan but the other countries of the region including Uzbekistan. He weighs in on what is going on right now including what we might expect from the Taliban, our efforts to get our allies out, and the regional players as the US withdraws. Afghanistan is not a vacuum, what happens there affects the region, what happens in the region will affect Afghanistan. https://soundcloud.com/user-55976759/82621-veterans-for-peace-go-deeper-into-afghanistan-the-region-with-interpreter-mark-reese

Veterans for Peace go deeper into Afghanistan and the Central Asian Region with former interpreter Mark Reese

We know we can not trust the pundits on the mainstream media when it comes to what is going on in Afghanistan, so listen to this.   While Kabul and the Afghan government were collapsing, Veterans for Peace was holding its annual conference where Ann Wright moderated a discussion about US involvement and the situation in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa. We have portions of their discussion from Arash Azizzada from Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh ex-Marine and State Department, Danny Sjursen Afghan vet, author, and West Point instructor. Their discussion is not only timely but enlightening about the miscalculations of the US and the troublesome future for the reason if the US does not change our approach.

Veterans for Peace Reflect on Afghanistan with Ann Wright, Matthew Hoh, Danny Sjursen and Arash Azizzada

Friend of the show Jason Moon has a new CD, just released August 8, which remembers Vietnam Veterans but after you listen you realize Vietnam Vets, Post 911 Vets, and Vets in general still are in the same boat with the same issues, longings, and challenges. The only difference is the generation and burn pits vs. agent orange. After listening to Jason's heartfelt story to take on his PTSD, we hear clips from about seven of the songs from the new CD which is called: "The Last Thing We Ever Do." If you are a Vietnam Veteran and have read this far you are smiling.

Veterans for Peace: Jason Moon and Warrior Songs have a new CD, to help Veterans Heal and to Help their families Deal

Today we again remember that the US is the only country to drop an atomic bomb on cities with civilians, men, women, and children. We will hear from Tsukuru Fors describe pictures of people who survived the blast and what they drew. We will ask the question why drop the bombs? We will hear from Harvey who visited Nagasaki and the haunted story of the man sent by the US Army to take pictures. We will finish with a plea for peace from survivors.

Veterans for Peace Again remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the fact that the US is the ONLY country to ever drop an atomic bomb (let alone 2)

Dr. Linda Richards is our special guest talking about the effects of nuclear weapons on so many different victims including Atomic Veterans, down winders, indigenous communities, uranium miners, and others.  She also talks about the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons, its benefits, and limitations (based on the effects of the NPT).  Finally, she provides us with a plethora of resources to study and help us take action on the streets and with our congressional representatives.  We need to take action, Dr. Richards is giving us the way to take that action.

Veterans for Peace with Dr. Linda Richards on the nuclear weapons industry, its history with the UN, and the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons

If you are a Millennial then this show is about you and YOU do need to hear. Does history repeat? Kind of, according to Bill Strauss and Neil Howe in their best-selling book The Fourth Turning (Published in the mid '90s). They have correctly predicted the onset of this crisis we are in right now and based on historical research, they predict that it is the millennial generation that will get us through this crisis and then rebuild the nation and the world in their own image, So if you are a millennial you need to take a listen and then get out your superhero cape.

Veterans for Peace Looking to get out of this time of crisis. Be patient the millennials have it well in hand.

From humorous to serious. In this show, we remember Mike Gravel, Senator, Presidential Candidate, hero. We remember his in your face honesty and the legacy he left through the voices of other truth-tellers as part of the Gravel Institute. This show is funny and serious, enlightening and honest. That was Mike Gravel. https://soundcloud.com/user-55976759/71521-veterans-for-peace-remembering-senator-and-hero-mike-gravel,

Veterans for Peace remember Senator and hero Mike Gravel

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