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Protesters near MacDill AFB bash military for spending to much money on Iraq War and lying listen
03/19/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Iraq, war, war on terror, Veterans for Peace, St. Pete for Peace
Ten years ago, the United States invaded Iraq under the pretense that the nation was harboring Al-Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction. Tuesday, fifteen peace activists including Veterans for Peace organizer Jay D. Alexander protested the invasion and occupation just a mile and a half from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
“We staged an immoral and illegal invasion of that country ten years ago.”
He wasn’t the only who felt deceived by the actions of the U.S. military. Walt Seely, a ...
1 commentsA local peace activist looks back at ten years of war on Iraq listen
03/18/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Iraq War, Iraq, War, St. Pete for Peace
Ten years ago this week, the U.S.-led coalition began the bombing campaign on Iraq, branded Shock and Awe.
Early in the morning of March 20, 2003, hundreds of missiles began raining down on Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. It was the evening of March 19 in the United States, so Tuesday is commonly recognized as the anniversary.
We look back at the peace movement in 2003 and in the decade since in this conversation with anti-war activist Chris Ernesto from St. Pete for Peace.
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03/08/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Pete for Peace, peace, St. Petersburg, war, Iraq War
One of the most active anti-war groups in the Tampa Bay area is celebrating ten years of resistance Saturday.
We spoke with Chris Ernesto, a co-founder of St. Pete for Peace, about what they've done since 2003 and what's to come for the anti-war and social justice group.
At the anniversary celebration hey will debut a film about their ten years of activism.
It's at 7 p.m. Saturday March 9 at L-Train, 900 Central Ave. in St. Pete.
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Helen Benedict talks about the Pentagon lifting the ban on women serving in combat
01/31/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: military, women, combat, Pentagon, war
Helen Benedict is a professor of journalism at Columbia University who won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice in 2008. Professor Benedict is a novelist and journalist specializing in issues of social justice. Her most recent non-fiction book THE LONELY SOLDIER: THE PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ (2009 and 2010, Beacon Press) won the EMMA (Exceptional Merit in Media Award) from the National Women's Political Caucus and was the inspiration for the award winning and Oscar nominate...
Be the first to commentMemorial Day thoughts from NATO to drones with Medea Benjamin
05/24/12 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Medea Benjamin, drones, NATO, war
Medea Benjamin who co-founded both Code Pink and Global Exchange discussed the recent protest she attended in Chicago with the NATO meetings. She gave a synopsis of what happened in both the inside of the conference and the outside.With her long time involvement in activist causes and peace demonstrations, she gave a very insightful analysis. We then discussed her latest book DRONE WARFARE with a forward by Barbara Erenhreich. Medea believes that that we were all aware that we had turned a v...
Be the first to commentUSF ponders the politics of the Armenian Genocide listen
11/07/11 Atecia RobinsonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: genocide, Armenian Genocide, Taner Akcam, Turkey, Clark University, Ottoman Empire, transitional justice, reparations, War, University of South Florida, USF Library, USF
When a country deals with a dark chapter in its past, like genocide, there are questions about reparations for people directly and indirectly affected. At the USF Library, Taner Akcam gave the keynote speech in a symposium hosted by USF libraries Holocaust and Genocide center on the denial of the Armenian Genocide and the Turkish national security policy of Turkey.
Akcam is a professor of Armenian g...
Be the first to comment"Stop the Machine" protest merges with Occupy Tampa for rally against wars listen
10/07/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Tampa, Afghanistan War, war in Afghanistan, Afghanistan war spending, Afghanistan, War, war on terrorism, peace, peace activist, peace movemnt, peace activism, anonymous, October 2011 Movement
Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the War in Afghanistan. Thursday protesters marched on Washington D.C. in protest of American militarism. Several local peace groups marched on Tampa’s federal courthouse in solidarity with the D.C. rally.
After the 2001 attacks on the twin towers, the US invaded Afghanistan, ostensibly retaliating against som...
2 commentsU.S. House passes Boehner's Libya resolution, but not Kucinich's listen
06/03/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, War, Dennis Kucinich, John Boehner, Constitution
The U.S. Constitution requires that only Congress may declare war. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 gives the President permission to defend the country without pre-approval from Congress if the country or its allies are in danger. But it still requires action from Congress within 60 days. But President Barack Obama has done none of those things regarding the U.S. involvement in NATO bombing of Libya. Today the U.S. House debated what to do about it and considered two competing resolutions. ...
1 commentsFood Not Bombs movement grows in Tampa Bay listen
05/13/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, feeding, parks, homelessness, peace, war, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Tampa, Keith McHenry, Alex Nadeau
Across Florida the Food Not Bombs movement is going through a revival. It may be due to unemployment, foreclosures, and restrictions on homeless feedings in Orlando. In Tampa Bay new Food Not Bombs chapters are formed and volunteers share food and literature in support of the Orlando volunteers who got arrested for handing out poor to the homeless and needy. The St. Petersburg chapter is growing fast, says volunteer Alex Nadeau. He quit his corporate job and now works for free: he feeds the h...
Be the first to commentFood Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry takes calls on attempts to criminalize public feedings
05/11/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, feeding, parks, homelessness, Peace, War, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Tampa, Keith McHenry
Welcome to the WMNF afternoon call-in show the Last Call. I’m Seán Kinane. This afternoon we’ll talk about efforts by cities across Florida that are making it more difficult – and in some cases illegal – to feed people in public parks.
Joining us in this conversation is the co-founder of Food Not Bombs, Keith McHenry. He’s in St. Petersburg right now helping to cook a meal for people in downtown’s Mirror Lake Park. Thank you for Joining us Keith.
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