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Just World PodcastsThe Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with William B. QuandtThis was the sixth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own.In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked to William B. Quandt, an American scholar, author and professor emeritus in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. Dr Quandt previously served as senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and as a member on the N...2022-06-241h 18Just World PodcastsHelena Cobban and Richard Falk talk nuclear realities at Mt. DiabloOn May 20, JWE President Helena Cobban spoke at an event on the Ukraine Crisis and the nuclear risks associated with it that was hosted by the Mount Diablo Center for Peace and Justice in Walnut Creek, California. JWE board member Richard Falk contributed a video message to this event, which took the form of a 20-minute dialogue that Ms. Cobban had conducted with him a couple of days before.This podcast episode takes the form of a slightly clunky mix of the live audio from the event, the audio from the Falk dialogue, and some w...2022-05-2532 min
Just World PodcastsRichard Falk & Helena Cobban, Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!This virtual conversation between Helena Cobban and Richard Falk was pre-recorded for the Friends of Mt Diablo Peace and Justice Center for screening on May 20th, 2022.For more information or to download Just World Educational’s report “Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!” please visit www.justworldeducational.org.Support the show2022-05-2022 min
Just World PodcastsReport Launch, Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!The launch of our report “Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!” in which Helena Cobban and Richard Falk were joined by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Medea Benjamin, Gar Smith, Ray McGovern, David Swanson, Cynthia Lazaroff, Rick Sterling, and David Barash to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and the policy recommendations included in the report.Support the show2022-04-201h 06
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Dr. David Barash & Cynthia LazaroffThe eighth and final session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Dr. David Barash and Cynthia Lazaroff. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-281h 21
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Phyllis Bennis and Indi SamarajivaThe seventh session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Phyllis Bennis and Indi Samarajiva. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-251h 17
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Anatol Lieven and Ray McGovernThe sixth session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Anatol Lieven and Ray McGovern. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-211h 17
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Bill Fletcher, Jr., Erik Sperling and Marcus StanleyThe fourth session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Bill Fletcher, Jr., Erik Sperling and Marcus Stanley. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-211h 18
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Dr. Radha Kumar and Dr. Mary KaldorThe fifth session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Dr. Radha Kumar and Dr. Mary Kaldor. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-211h 13
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Medea Benjamin and Marjorie CohnThe third session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Medea Benjamin and Marjorie Cohn. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-101h 05
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Amb. Chas Freeman, Jr. and Katrina vanden HeuvelThe first session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Amb. Chas Freeman, Jr. and Katrina vanden Heuvel. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-091h 13
Just World Podcasts"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Vijay Prashad & Lyle GoldsteinThe first session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Vijay Prashad and Lyle Goldstein. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-UpdatesSupport the show2022-03-071h 01Just World PodcastsRichard Falk on the lasting legacies of Operation Cast LeadThis episode of our podcast is the second in a special mini-series we’re releasing as part of our “Cast Lead Plus Ten” project. In this episode of our mini-series you can hear the second half of the conversation Helena Cobban had about Cast Lead, with the distinguished international jurist Richard Falk. In the previous episode, Cobban and Falk had discussed mainly what happened during the Cast Lead assault, ending with the ceasefire that Israel and Hamas reached on January 17, 2009. In this episode, they discuss the broader strategic impact and lasting legacy of “Operation Cast Lead”, including the whole saga of the...2018-12-3035 min