Kathy Kelly reveals the human costs of the US's elective wars. She tells stories of people caught on the ground in a war zone ... and of US-government-sponsored lies, crimes, and fraud in conducting these wars.
She tells stories of the courage of ordinary people living in the war zones--and of war crimes committed by the US and its allies. And she connects our military violence abroad and social problems here at home--such as police violence and our "broken" prison system.
Kelly spoke in Syracuse, New York, on October 6, 2015. Original recording courtesy of Wilton Vought (othervoicesotherchoices.blogspot.com). Many thanks. I have condensed the talk slightly for radio broadcast. The complete audio track is available on radio4all.net.
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "aegis") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Of note this week in Part 2: Kelly gives fascinating and outrageous details about the US bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on October 3. Plus a humorous account of Kelly's recent arrest, trial, and imprisonment.
Kelly--and other members of the organization Voices for Creative Nonviolence--has spent long periods living among the people caught in war zones in Gaza, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
You can download this installment of New World Notes--in MP3 and other formats--also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). Program information and download links on that site can be found here: https://archive.org/details/NewWorldNotes399-UnshacklingOurselvesFromWarPart2_131
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