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US to lead attacks on Libya until at least Saturday listen
03/23/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace, Robert Gates
President Barack Obama is ruling out a land invasion of Libya to force Moammar Gadhafi out. Obama told the television network Univision that an invasion is absolutely out of the question.
1 comments"What this is is a very specific military action that's time limited, that is in support of an international effort to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Libya. And to establish a no-fly zone so that Gadhafi cannot use his forces against his own people. We've been successful in pushing his forces back so t...
Both crew from US fighter jet that crashed over Libya have been rescued but civilians may have been killed listen
03/22/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace, Tunisia, NATO, Dennis Kucinich, Colin Powell, Spain, China, France, UN
Heavy anti-aircraft fire is lighting up the skies over Tripoli and the sound of loud explosions is echoing through the Libyan capital after nightfall.
A U.S. official says both the crew of an F-15 fighter jet that crashed yesterday in Libya are safe and back in American hands.
The official said a Marine Corps Osprey search and rescue aircraft retrieved the pilot. He says the second crew member, a weapon's officer, was recovered by Libyan rebel forces and is now in U.S hands.
The cras...
1 commentsUS led coalition bombs targets inside Libya for a third straight day listen
03/21/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace
The U.S. commander in Africa says coalition jets fired 12 more cruise missiles at Libyan missile, command and air defense sites as they continued to press a no-fly zone over the North African nation.
The attacks today followed a weekend of punishing air strikes aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's forces from killing civilians seeking his ouster.
General Carter Ham said not much was known about Gadhafi’s whereabouts. Speaking by video conference from his headquarters in Germany, Ham to...
2 commentsPresident Barack Obama says the U.S. will help its allies enforce a no-fly zone over parts of Libya listen
03/18/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace
President Barack Obama says the U.S. will help its allies enforce a no-fly zone over parts of Libya if Moammar Gadhafi does not immediately cease military actions against rebels.
Obama told reporters at the White House that thousands of Libyans could die if Gadhafi is not forced to pull his troops back from rebel strongholds. He said humanitarian aid must reach those in need.
Last night the U.N. Security Council approved possible military action against Gadhafi.
Earlier today, Libya’...
2 commentsTens of thousands rally in Gaza and West Bank for a united Palestine listen
03/15/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Gaza, Israel, peace, Fatah, Hamas, Egypt, Tunisia, West Bank
Tunisia-inspired youth-led uprisings spiked today in Palestine. National Public Radio reports that 4,000 people demonstrated in the West Bank, and tens of thousands gathered in the Gaza Strip. WMNF’s reporter in Gaza, Pam Bailey, tells us, the protesters want a unified Palestinian government and an end to quarrels between Fatah and Hamas. We spoke with her several hours ago – she was on a mobile phone at one of the demonstrations.
8 comments"They are rallying because they want unity. They want the ...
On Dale Mabry, peaceful protesters ask for an end to the Wars listen
01/17/11 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Iraq War, Afghanistan War, peace, war, militarism, taxes
The signs read everything from Bring them home to, how is the war economy working for you. Two kilometers away from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, the current wars’ central command, Peaceful protesters held a vigil to bring home the troops fighting overseas.
“This is somebody else’s war, its sure not ours anymore.”
Bud Holly is an 82-year-old veteran who has been protesting Iraq’s occupation from the beginning.
“When I started this I was going to DC on the weekends and stuff lik...
Be the first to commentInterviews with Two Veterans: Former Congressman Sam Gibbons and Veterans for Peace Activist Dwight Lawton
11/11/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Veterans for Peace, Sam Gibbons, Dwight Lawton, WWII, veterans, war, peace
Good afternoon. I'm Rob Lorei. It's Veteran's Day and today we have two interviews with former members of the US military.
First up retired Tampa Congressman Sam Gibbons who was a young paratrooper during D-Day in WWII.
Later we'll hear from Dwight Lawton of St. Petersburg. Lawton served on a US Navy destroyer in the early 1950's reaching the rank of lieutenant. For many years he's been active in peace and social justice causes- including as a leader with the group Veterans for Peace....
Be the first to commentPeace Walkers plan walk in Tampa listen
11/05/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
A group is in Tampa this week as part of their thirteen-month walk for peace across the country. They will be walking tomorrow in South Tampa beginning at Bayshore and South Howard at 1 p.m. Audri Scott Williams is one of the peace walkers.
Be the first to commentDay in Solidarity with African People in St. Petersburg listen
09/28/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Uhuru, Africa, Africans, empire, peace
Tomorrow the African People’s Solidarity Committee is holding a Day in Solidarity with African People in St. Petersburg. The theme of the meeting is “Beyond Obama: Seeking real solutions to the growing racial divide in the U.S.” One speaker is Glen Ford. He is executive editor of Black Agenda Report and a member of the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations.
The event is at the Studio@620 on First Avenue south, beginning at 6:30 tomorrow evening.
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Be the first to commentAt WMNF Peace Awards, Goodman critical of NYC Islamic Center controversy listen
08/30/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: peace, Islam, Park51, Amy Goodman, WMNF
Amy Goodman was keynote speaker at WMNF’s 2nd annual Peace Awards on Saturday. During her half-hour address she spoke about her arrest at the 2008 Republican National Convention, the death of her mother and the controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan. Goodman criticized opposition to what some media outlets, like MSNBC, still incorrectly call the “Ground Zero Mosque.”
We’ll make Goodman’s entire speech available as a thank-you gift during our fall f...
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