Talk World Radio

This week on Talk World Radio we are talking with the great journalist, activist, and now candidate for the U.S. Congress, my friend Sam Husseini. Sam has been tossed out of more fancy events than most of us have ever attended, including I believe a Trump Putin meeting at a palace in Finland, a U.S. State Department briefing, and recently a Chuck Schumer speech at the National Press Club. We'll talk about getting kicked out of things, getting into things, and what the name of this country should be. You can find Sam Husseini at

https://husseini.substack.com

https://bethatempty.org

https://samhusseini.com

This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about the DNC, the Democratic National Committee, which is meeting in Austin, Texas, August 12-15, and will be voting on some interesting resolutions, and refusing to vote on at least one other. Key resolutions were drafted by our guest, Michele Johnson, who is a project manager by trade. She is an elected member of her local parish Democratic party council as well as on the executive board of the Louisiana Democratic Party where she serves as the DNC Committeewoman. Outside of work she organizes around food access, clean air and environmental justice issues and consults on field strategy for political campaigns.

This week on Talk World Radio, my recent thoughts on Robert Kagan, Christopher Nolan, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and Donald Trump.

This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing wars, migrations, and borders with Josephine Solanki who is a project coordinator at the Transnational Institute where she works on the militarisation of the European Union, EU migration and border policy, and related topics. She is also a member of the international Abolish Frontex network. She will also be a speaker at the online annual conference of World BEYOND War coming up in November which is on the topic of borders.

LINKS:

World BEYOND War's upcoming annual conference

https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2026

Recent articles by Josephine Solanki:

https://www.tni.org/en/publication/military-and-related-spending-in-the-mff-2028-34-proposal

https://www.tni.org/en/publication/eu-military-spending-until-2027

https://www.tni.org/en/war-and-pacification/border-wars

https://abolishfrontex.org/

https://www.tni.org/en/publication/natos-35-spending-goal

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about a new documentary called An Ordinary Insanity (which you can see at https://www.anordinaryinsanity.com ) which focuses on Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg’s calls to action about the global threat posed by nuclear weapons. Our guest, the maker of this and a number of other wornderful films is Judith Ehrich, film director, writer, and producer. Her 2009 film The Most Dangerous Man in America, also about Daniel Ellsberg, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won a Peabody Award.

This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about nuclear insanity with Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (see https://wagingpeace.org ) and a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry at Columbia University. You can find her at https://nuclearinsanity.substack.com

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Venezuela after the earthquakes. Our guest Gabriel Aguirre is Latin America Organizer for World BEYOND War, is from Venezuela, and is currently based in Caracas. He has been an activist and advocate for peace, social justice, international solidarity and human rights, and has more than 13 years of experience in social and community work. He has participated in multiple international events and activities on five continents, always in defense of a stable and lasting peace. He has been a representative to the United Nations to defend the foundations of a more just world without wars or sanctions. His work experience includes participation in several international missions of solidarity to countries that have had military, economic, political, and social conflicts. He has also been an organizer of various campaigns for the closure of military bases, and the lifting of sanctions on countries that suffer their consequences. He holds a degree in Political Science, with a specialization in International Relations, and a master’s degree in Public Policy. He can be contacted through his email: gabriel @ worldbeyondwar.org

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about whether opposing genocide in the UK is now a serious criminal offense and perhaps terrorism. Our guest, Tony Greenstein, is a leading Jewish anti-Zionist in Britain and founding member of Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods. His books include Zionism During the Holocaust and A History of Fighting Fascism in Brighton and the South Coast. He has written for numerous outlets, including a recent article in Al Jazeera called "The anti-Semitism smear that ruined Corbyn’s Labour now targets the Greens".

This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about U.S. military spending. Greg Williams is the director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project On Government Oversight. The Project on Government Oversight has worked with a number of friends of this program to put out a report called The True Total U.S. Military Budget. See:

https://www.pogo.org/reports/the-true-total-u-s-military-budget

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about what the U.S. military does to Hawaii and what Hawaii could be without a massive military occupation. Our guest, Christine Ahn, is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the Founder and former Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the Korean War and ensure women’s leadership in peace building. In 2015, she led 30 international women peacemakers across the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) from North Korea, which was the subject of the award-winning 2023 PBS documentary, Crossings. IPS and a number of partners have released a new report called "The True Cost Of The U.S. Military In Hawaiʻi: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Economic, Environmental, Strategic, and Social Impacts of the U.S. Military Presence in Hawai'i." See: https://www.ips-dc.org/report-true-cost-of-u-s-military-bases-in-hawaii