May 27, 2020
The subtitle of Marc Pilisuk's book was "Who Benefits from Global Violence and War?" and Peter Phillips's book answsered it: “Giants: The Global Power Elite." These are about 200 people who control over 40 trillion dollars— a large fraction of the world's cash. So what are the alternatives and is it possible to...
May 26, 2020
Mubarak Awad was a Palestinian Christian psychotherapist who found that his clients did not need therapy; they needed freedom. So he founded a center for nonviolence, which the Israeli government did not appreciate -- since it created an effective nonviolent intifada. But the work continues, and Metta speaks with Awad...
May 17, 2020
Peace activists Saul Arbess, William Geimer, Magritte Gordaneer, and Tamara Lorincz have been working together to revitalize the Canadian peace movement. Metta Spencer finds that this initiative is one of several similar ongoing efforts (most of the others global instead of national) so the group discuss the prospects...
May 9, 2020
Peter Russell's forthcoming book gives a history of sovereignty, but the panelists are thinking about what comes after it — how to transition from a world of sovereign nation states to a global federation -- or some other alternative means of governance. Fergus Watt promotes World Federalism; Robert Schaeffer is...