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The Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportPeace & Justice Report Interview with Daron AcemogluFrom the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, a crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others–and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats. In Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argued that countries rise and fall based not on culture, geography, or chance, but on the power of their institutions. In their new book, they build a new theory about liberty and how to achieve it, drawing a wealth of evidence from both current affairs an...2019-10-0321 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportLarry Wilkerson speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportLarry Wilkerson is the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary. He previously taught for six years in the University Honors Program at the George Washington University in Washington. Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army and is a Vietnam Veteran. Some career highlights are service as the Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia and special assistant to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell. Upon confirmation as Secretary of State, Secretary Powell placed Wilkerson on his Policy Planning Staff. His last positions in...2018-01-3123 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportDr Carlos Santo speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportToday we speak with Dr Carlos Santo(Arizona) about his experience working with his patients and how they have benefited from Medical Marijuana. We discuss the differences between CBD Oil and Medical Marijuana.2017-07-1926 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportA. Roger Ekirch speaks with Peace & Justice ReportWe speak with Roger Ekirch about his new book, American Sanctuary,the book focuses on a mutiny that has been largely forgotten, but that had major implications for American politics, the Presidential election of 1800, and sanctuary of fugatives in the United States, is well written, and opens a window into a poorly understood era of American history. The book reads well and explains a part of the complex relationship between the United States and the British Empire in the first 50 years after the Declaration of Independence2017-04-1909 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportLarry Cohen speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportThis week we speak with Larry Cohen,the Chair of Our Revolution.He was a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders and past president of Communications Workers of America. Cohen was also the first superdelegate for Bernie Sanders.2017-03-2423 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportJohn Else speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportJohn Else speaks with the Peace & Justice Report about his new book,True South, John was the series producer for Eyes on the Prize and his compelling book captures the tumultuous creation process behind what became one of the most important TV shows in history.2017-02-0117 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportJohn Nichols speaks at Peace CenterJohn Nichols came to Sarasota last week to speak at Fogartyville about the election and what we can do in response to it.2016-12-1410 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportLarry Heimy speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportThis morning we speak with Larry Heimy of United For Health, we'll talk about the Florida State Ballot question No. 2 Constitutional Amendment Article X Section 29 (initiative) Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions.2016-11-0316 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportKeith McHenry speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportThis morning we speak with Keith McHenry, Keith is the co-founder of Food Not Bombs. FNB is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, serving free vegan and vegetarian food to others.Its ideology is that myriad corporate and government priorities are skewed to allow hunger to persist in the midst of abundance. To demonstrate this (and to reduce costs), a large amount of the food served by the group is surplus food from grocery stores, bakeries and markets that would otherwise go to waste. This group exhibits a form of franchise activism.2016-08-3023 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportNancy Isenberg Speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportToday we talk with Nancy about her new book, White Trash, In her groundbreaking history of the class system in America, extending from colonial times to the present, Nancy Isenberg takes on our comforting myths about equality, uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing––if occasionally entertaining––poor white trash The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and2016-07-1208 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportBenjamin Day speaks with Peace & Justice ReportWe speak with Benjamin Day about Single Payer Healthcare, Ben is the Executive Director of Healthcare-NOW , prior to which he served as the Executive Director of Mass-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, from 2006 to 2013. Ben has published a range of peer-reviewed articles and reports on healthcare reform, including “State Health Reform Flatlines” (2008), “Why Has the Press Failed Us in Reporting on Health Care Reform?” (2009), The Massachusetts Model of Health Reform in Practice (2011), “The Affordable Care Act and Medical Loss Ratios” (2015), and others.2016-04-1932 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportTom Hastings speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportThis week we speak with Tom Hastings,Tom is co-coordinator of the undergraduate program in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. He is a former member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), former co-chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association, and is on the boards of both the IPRA Foundation and the Oregon Peace Institute, as well as the Academic Advisory Council of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. He is Founding Director of PeaceVoice, a program of the Oregon Peace Institute, and has written several books and many articles about nonviolence and other...2016-04-0530 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportDahr Jamail speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportWe speak with Dar about his latest dispatch on Truthout.org, Climate Disruption in Overdrive: Submerged Cities and Melting that "feeds on itself." Dahr Jamail, a Truthout staff reporter, is the author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, (Haymarket Books, 2009), and Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, (Haymarket Books, 2007). Jamail reported from Iraq for more than a year, as well as from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey over the last ten years, and has won the Martha Gellhorn Award for Investigative Journalism, among other awards.2016-03-2929 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportChristina Bellamy speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportToday we speak with Christina Bellamy, Christina will be talking with us about her volunteer work with the Alternatives To Violence Project. AVP/USA is an association of community based groups and prison based groups offering experiential workshops in personal growth and creative conflict management. The national organization provides support for the work of these local groups AVP is a nationwide and worldwide association of volunteer groups offering experiential workshops in conflict resolution, responses to violence, and personal growth.2016-02-1632 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportCeleste Helm speaks with the Peace & Justice ReportThis week we talk with Celeste Helm about her 2014 and 2015 experiences working with World Teach in the township of Masiphumelele (Masi) in the Cape Peninsula, south of Cape Town, South Africa. She discusses with us her experiences as the manager of the community center known as the "Pink House."2016-01-0338 minThe Peace & Justice ReportThe Peace & Justice ReportPeace & Justice Report speaks with Stephanie McMillanToday we speak with Stephanie McMillan ( Political Cartoonist)about her " Daily Affirmations for Revolutionary Militants calendar. If you think radical, militant protest and action is necessary to keep this world from imploding at the hands of industrial capitalism, this calendar is for you. We also speak with Stephanie about her book, Capitalism Must Die.2015-12-2925 min