In the wake of the invasion of the Capital, we host a panel discussion with three activists who have faced the hate from the same white insurrectionists that stormed the Capital. We have Beth Foster who was there at Charlottesville and Montgomery Bell Tennessee State Park protesting the American Renaissance Conference, Benny Overton who was also at Montgomery Bell and downtown Nashville, and Daryl Lamont Jenkins who has been tracking these white supremacists and goes where ever they go.

This is part two of our reflection of five years of radio shows. We do get this accomplished after a quick discussion on the insanity instigated by trump and performed by white supremacists at the capital on Wednesday. From remembering Hector Black, covering the struggle for civil rights, a flawed legal system, dealing with sexual trauma, realizing that climate change is here, and privatizing the VA to hearing songs about Labor Day, Veterans issues and remembering John Prine, we try to help you grasp where we have been starting 2016.

After five years of shows, 260 shows, over 15,000 minutes we decided we would try to remember where we have been in this part one of our milestone shows. We start out at the beginning and remember AVP with Trina Baum. We then reflect on Vietnam, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Dr. King, Militarism, and Nuclear Holocaust. We finish up with a very appropriate song by Mary Gautier.

This is the best Christmas show outside of the original story of Christmas. The Christmas truce demonstrated how the humanity of the Christmas Season (Peace on Earth Good Will to All)can actually happen when we collectively say no to the establishment, to the authorities, to the generals. Let's try to remember those brave young men who had the nerve for just one Christmas to say no to killing, no to war and yes to peace.,

We listen to and discuss a talk given by Jessica Katzenstein for a Twenty Years of War Project.  She discusses the costs of blood and treasure related to the entanglement of the military and policing and how this entanglement has led to military tactics used during war being implemented on our own citizenry.

On todays show we start by remembering the Four Church Women murdered in El Salvador in 1980 with US complicity. Then we reflect on the MORE ACT and marijuana decriminalization.  Then Rory Fanning's article on how white supremacy has infiltrated policing. Finally we have to discuss some of Biden's "picks" for his cabinet and staff. We finish up with a song by Jason Moon which pretty much sums up where we are.

Today on the Veterans for Peace Radio Hour, we talk about the great work of Government employees with the help of a clip from Krystal Ball, the dilemma of front line workers and the poor with the help of Reverend Barber, and the prospects of a positive foreign policy with the help of Lawrence Wilkerson. We finish with a great song from Stevie Nicks asking God to Show Them the Way.

Today's special guest is Dr. Steven Feldman who was a dentist for the VA and is very familiar with why privatization of the VA is a terrible idea not just for the veteran but for the public also. We are also playing a new song from Christine Moad (MissChristine) called Truth in Song. It is a wonderful song in search of truth.

Biden won, apparently, so what now. How do we try to talk to Trump supporters. How do we approach foreign policy, domestic challenges with health care, climate and justice? What can we expect from a Biden administration. David Swanson, Executive Director of World Without War weighed in while speaking to the Iowa Chapter of Veterans for Peace on Armistice Day.

After a quick update on the election process, we delve into reclaiming  the spirit of Armistice Day.  Armistice Day was established to honor and  encourage peace, but after WWII it was changed to Veterans day but it  has devolved into a day, a week a month to celebrate militarism.