Dec 16, 2019
Homa Hoodfar, a professor of anthropology at Concordia University, spent many months in prison in her home country, Iran, for promoting democracy and gender equality. She and Metta talk with Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, another Iranian-Canadian professor (History, U of Toronto) about the brutal crackdown on the current resistance and their political suggestions for the future of the Middle East.
https://youtu.be/ecIwhQBQ1k8 Dec. 16, 2019
This series of weekly discussions is produced by Peace Magazine (see http://peacemagazine.org) and Project Save the World (see http://tosavetheworld.ca). On the latter website, you are invited to comment on this podcast episode and endorse the Platform for Survival, a list of 25 public policy proposals that, if enacted, will markedly reduce the risk of the six most urgent threats to humankind.