Episodes

  • Talk World Radio: The Illegality of Military Bases

    Talk World Radio: The Illegality of Military Bases
    Oct 22 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about military bases and the law with Martha Schmidt who is a co-chair of the Human Rights Framework Project and member of the Anti-Militarism Working Group of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). Martha Schmidt holds law degrees from the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin. She wrote a thesis was on the illegality of nuclear weapons in the oceans. Before “retirement”, she practiced labor rights, equal employment and juvenile law in Washington and Illinois. She chaired the World Peace Through Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association several times and led a successful effort for a Bar resolution supporting US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. She also co-chaired NLG subcommittees on Peace and Disarmament, the Hawaiian Kingdom (illegally occupied by the US), and the Task Force on the Americas. She is also part of the Task Force of the People’s Academy of International Law, which was created by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, which is the NLG’s affiliate organization. They have been providing free courses on various topics of international peace and humanitarian and human rights law. She also serves as a board member of the Center for World Indigenous Studies.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: What's the Matter with Authorizations to Use Military Force?

    Talk World Radio: What's the Matter with Authorizations to Use Military Force?
    Oct 13 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about so-called authorizations to use force. Brett Heinz is a policy researcher and freelance writer based in Washington, DC, where his work focuses on economic justice, political inequality, corruption, and U.S. foreign policy. He is currently the Global Policy Coordinator for Economic and Climate Justice at the American Friends Service Committee. You can find his writings at brettheinz.com.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: The Case for Open Borders

    Talk World Radio: The Case for Open Borders
    Oct 8 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about opening borders with John Washington, author of a terrific book called The Case for Open Borders. John Washington is a staff writer at Arizona Luminaria, a community-focused media outlet where he writes about the border, climate change, democracy, and more. He has written for The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Nation, and The Intercept.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Abby Martin on Earth's Greatest Enemy

    Talk World Radio: Abby Martin on Earth's Greatest Enemy
    Sep 28 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with Abby Martin about her new film, Earth's Greatest Enemy. Earth’s Greatest Enemy, the second feature film project by Abby Martin, is a groundbreaking anti-imperialist environmental documentary. Exempt from international climate agreements and rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting, the Pentagon is the world’s single largest institutional polluter—spewing carbon, contaminating water, and scarring landscapes across the globe. Combining investigative journalism, striking visuals, and stories from impacted communities, this film challenges audiences to rethink the hidden costs of a global military empire and its planetary consequences. Provocative, urgent, and eye-opening, this is a documentary that will change how you see both the military and environmentalism. See: https://earthsgreatestenemy.com
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Send Armed Troops to Gaza? Alfred de Zayas and David Swanson Disagree

    Talk World Radio: Send Armed Troops to Gaza? Alfred de Zayas and David Swanson Disagree
    Sep 23 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we are welcoming back Alfred de Zayas, who is a law professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and served as a United Nations Independent Expert on International Order from 2012 to 2018. He is the author of twelve books including “Building a Just World Order”, “Countering Mainstream Narratives”, and “The Human Rights Industry”. You can find his columns at CounterPunch.org. See also: https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/09/action-by-the-80th-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-to-stop-the-genocide-of-palestinians https://worldbeyondwar.org/one-year-after-icj-ruling-un-experts-urge-states-to-confront-inaction-over-israels-unlawful-occupation https://worldbeyondwar.org/14-badly-needed-and-1-catastrophically-dumb-things-your-country-can-do-for-gaza https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-case-against-a-military-intervention-to-stop-the-gaza-genocide
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    29 mins
  • Kathy Kelly on Frontline Voices on WBAI Pacifica Radio

    Kathy Kelly on Frontline Voices on WBAI Pacifica Radio
    Sep 19 2025
    Kathy Kelly on Frontline Voices on WBAI Pacifica Radio by David Swanson
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    14 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Sam Rosenthal on the Occupation of DC and What's the Matter with Democrats

    Talk World Radio: Sam Rosenthal on the Occupation of DC and What's the Matter with Democrats
    Sep 16 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about war, peace, and politics with RootsAction's Political Director Sam Rosenthal. Sam is an organizer and researcher based in Washington, DC. He recently served three years on the steering committee of the Democratic Socialists of America's National Electoral Commission.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Ray Acheson on Abolition

    Talk World Radio: Ray Acheson on Abolition
    Sep 8 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about abolition -- of all things in need of it. Our guest, Ray Acheson is an organizer, activist, and writer. They are Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). They served from 2008–2024 on the steering group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Ray Acheson is the author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy and of Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages. Ray Acheson will be speaking at the online annual conference of World BEYOND War on October 24-26 which will explore various abolition movements. See: https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2025
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    29 mins