Bradley Onishi: White Christian Nationalism and the War on American Democracy Ed Mays 2023-01-26 | Bradley Onishi reads from and talks about in his latest book, "Preparing for War: the Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next", in which he takes a deep dive into the subject of White Christian Nationalism. There's no better person to hear it from than someone who is a former cult victim himself. Converted to Megachurch Evangelicalism at the age of 14, by the age of 20 he was married and in charge of a 200 student youth group. He now teachers and researches Christian nationalism, the history of Evangelicalism, race and racism in American religion, gender, sex, masculinity, and secularism and secularity at the University of San Francisco and co-hosts the "Straight White American Jesus" podcast which gets 4 million downloads a month.Onishi takes a look at the violence and extremism that propelled the insurrection at the US capital on January 6th as echoed in the recent siege in Brasilia from the inside out. Using his own experience as an evangelical insider and as a scholar of religion he traces it back to the rise of the religious right in the 50s and 60s and offers some historical analysis and insight into this violet movement that plagues our country and the world. Thanks to Elliot Bay Booksrecorded 1/19/23************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
John Mark Dougan and Maria Lelyanova: Cognitive Dissonance Ed Mays 2023-01-12 | John Mark Dugan is an expatriate American investigative video-journalist/podcaster based in Russia reporting on the Civil War in Ukraine from the front lines of the Donbass. This is his powerful interview with Maria Lelyanova, who had been a fierce Russian, anti-war protester. The iron-curtain (if it ever really existed) dissolved long ago. Russians, contrary to what many Americans believe, are not isolated and are well aware of the western media propaganda narrative and what people who believe that narrative think about their country, especially those Russians that speak English. Maria, who has close ties with Ukraine (like most Russians) had been listening to mostly what she called "pro Ukraine" sources and had strong beliefs. Dugan convinced her to go to the Donbass as his translator and see things for herself. The result is one of the most remarkable examples of cognitive dissonance I have ever seen. What does it take to confront the fact that everything you believe is 180% the opposite of reality?The civil war in the Donbass that has been going since 2014 (when the war actually began) is the key to understanding the conflict in Ukraine. That's why you never hear a thing about it in the western press and no mainstream reporters report from there. To do that, you must rely on a handfull of intrepid American and western journalists who live there like John Dugan, Eva Bartlett, George Eliason, Regis Tremblay, and Patrick Lancaster who show you what's actually happening on the ground- the only way you will ever know.See also the interview with Vlad Deinego: youtu.be/QDQgNikJI8sLinks for John Dougan:Youtube: youtube.com/@JohnMarkDougan-BadVolfrumble.com/user/BadVolfTelegram: https://t.me/BadVolfNewsWhatsApp: +7 903 220 0175Recorded 8/16/22 and 1/7/23Thanks to BadVolfNews************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Ben Norton: The CIA, The Coup in Peru, and the Growing Rebellion Ed Mays 2023-01-05 | In this episode of Pirate TV, we are going to take an in-depth look at the latest United States sponsored regime change operation in Latin America. That is the recent overthrow of the leftist government of President Pedro Castillo in Peru that happened December 7th, 2022. We are going to share a presentation by Ben Norton, an investigative journalist based in Latin America who has previously written and worked for Salon, AlterNet, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), The Real News network and The Intercept. He has appeared on Sky News, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now and many others. He is the editor of the independent news website Multipolarista. And I must say, if you’re not familiar with Multipolarista, then you need to be checking that out. It’s one of the best sources of investigative journalism regarding US foreign policy out there. This video features Ben talking about his recent exposé in Multipolarista titled “Peru coup: CIA agent turned US ambassador met with defense minister day before president overthrown”.The goal of Pirate TV has always been to “put back what corporate media filters out”. In this endeavor we want to feature courageous independent investigative journalists like Ben Norton who not only are systematically “disappeared” by the mainstream corporate and social media but shadow-banned and targeted to be cut off from funding. Please check out Multipolarista.com. If you like what you see, subscribe and kick in some support if you can afford it. Support independent media!Thanks to Ben Norton************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine part 3 Ed Mays 2022-12-29 | NEGOTIATIONS- YES! ESCALATION- NO! This is the third part of the historic assembly that happened November 19th 2022 at the People’s Forum in New York City, edited for TV, calling for a people’s movement to rise up for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine. The event was hosted by Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum and featured many extraordinary speakers such as Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky, Jill Stein, Brian Becker, Vijay Prashad, & Eugene Puryear. We are broadcasting excerpts of the event in multiple parts.“The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to advocate for the end to the current war in Ukraine. The stakes are too real and the dangers too great for the peoples of the word to remain on the sidelines. Anti-war forces in the United States and across the world may have different analyses of Russia, Ukraine, and this tragic war, but we can unite around one thing: there is no road to peace if US government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone. We, people of conscience, are coming together to demand that there be a radical shift in the direction of US military and foreign policy. NATO expansion must end. Money must be spent on education, healthcare, and housing, not the war machine. We demand peace, not war. Join us!”Speakers in this episode include: Eugene Puryear, Breakthrough NewsVijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social ResearchThanks to the Co-Hosts: THE PEOPLE’S FORUM: peoplesforum.org and The ANSWER Coalition: www.answercoalition.orgYou can watch the entire event at youtube.com/watch?v=asndac1ETFk************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine part 2 Ed Mays 2022-12-22 | NEGOTIATIONS- YES! ESCALATION- NO! This is the second part of the historic assembly that happened November 19th 2022 at the People’s Forum in New York City, edited for TV, calling for a people’s movement to rise up for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine. The event was hosted by Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum and featured many extraordinary speakers such as Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky, Jill Stein, Brian Becker, Vijay Prashad, & Eugene Puryear. We are broadcasting excerpts of the event in multiple parts.“The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to advocate for the end to the current war in Ukraine. The stakes are too real and the dangers too great for the peoples of the word to remain on the sidelines. Anti-war forces in the United States and across the world may have different analyses of Russia, Ukraine, and this tragic war, but we can unite around one thing: there is no road to peace if US government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone. We, people of conscience, are coming together to demand that there be a radical shift in the direction of US military and foreign policy. NATO expansion must end. Money must be spent on education, healthcare, and housing, not the war machine. We demand peace, not war. Join us!”Speakers in this episode include: Claudia De La Cruz, The People's ForumBrian Becker, ANSWER CoalitionThanks to the Co-Hosts: THE PEOPLE’S FORUM: peoplesforum.org and The ANSWER Coalition: www.answercoalition.orgYou can watch the entire event at youtube.com/watch?v=asndac1ETFk************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine part 1 Ed Mays 2022-12-15 | NEGOTIATIONS- YES! ESCALATION- NO! This is an edited for TV version of a historic assembly that happened November 19th 2022 at the People’s Forum in New York City calling for a people’s movement to rise up for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine. The event was hosted by Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum and featured many extraordinary speakers such as Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky, Jill Stein, Brian Becker, Vijay Prashad, & Eugene Puryear. We will be broadcasting excerpts of the event in multiple parts.“The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to advocate for the end to the current war in Ukraine. The stakes are too real and the dangers too great for the peoples of the word to remain on the sidelines. Anti-war forces in the United States and across the world may have different analyses of Russia, Ukraine, and this tragic war, but we can unite around one thing: there is no road to peace if US government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone. We, people of conscience, are coming together to demand that there be a radical shift in the direction of US military and foreign policy. NATO expansion must end. Money must be spent on education, healthcare, and housing, not the war machine. We demand peace, not war. Join us!”Speakers in this episode include: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK author of "War in Ukraine : Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict"Noam Chomsky, Theoretical Linguist, author of "Manufacturing Consent" and more than 150 other books.Jill Stein, Former Green Party Presidential NomineeThanks to the Co-Hosts: THE PEOPLE’S FORUM: peoplesforum.org and The ANSWER Coalition: www.answercoalition.orgYou can watch the entire event at youtube.com/watch?v=asndac1ETFk************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Cold War Truth Commission part 8: Cold War or Barbaric Imperialism? Ed Mays 2022-11-24 | The Cold War Truth Commission exposes U.S. illegal and immoral actions in the name of Anti-communism at home and abroad. And shows how today's pervasive violence and injustice-both at home and abroad-is intimately tied up to the perpetration of the Cold War. Without truth about the U.S. Cold War, there can be no true Reconciliation for our times. This week, the eighth installment- Cold War or Barbaric Imperialism? features: * Ann Wright -Inside and Outside the Military Industrial Complex* Jodie Evans -Historical and Current US Cold War Against China* John Parker -The Cold War and Continued Conflict with Syria* Miguel Angel -The Ongoing US Cold War Against HondurasThe program hosts are Rachel Bruhnke of Witness For Peace Southwest and Frank Dorrel of ADDICTED To WAR. Endorsers: CODEPINK, WORLD BEYOND WAR, ROOTSACTION, KPFK 90.7 FM Radio, Veterans For Peace, CovertAction Magazine, Media Freedom Foundation, Project Censored, PeaceWorkers, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space, School of The Americas Watch, Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice, Anti-Racist Action, COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition, Women Against Military Madness & ADDICTED To WAR Thanks to Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War. Recorded March 21st 2021************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
A Century of Repression with Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman Ed Mays 2022-11-17 | Journalism professor Ralph Engelman joins civil rights and constitutional law litigator Carey Shenkman to talk about their new book A Century of Repression at this book launch event. This book offers an unprecedented and panoramic history of the use of the Espionage Act of 1917, pointing to it as the most important yet least understood law in modern American history that threatens freedom of the press. From the two World Wars, to the Cold War, to the War on Terror, the Act serves to control information about U.S. military and foreign policy, providing cover for the settling of political scores, illegal break-ins, and prosecutorial misconduct. The cases of Eugene Debs, John S. Service, Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and Julian Assange, among others, reveal the threat posed to whistleblowers, government critics, and journalists alike. As the authors meticulously illustrate, the Espionage Act was always about quashing political dissent, and persecuting whistleblowers and journalists and never about catching spies. The treatment of the Act’s trajectory also offers new perspectives on American liberalism as well as the evolution of the FBI and the civil liberties movement in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.This is an edited for TV version of an event recorded at The People’s Forum in NY on Oct 26, 2022.Thanks to The People’s Forum [peoplesforum.org]Support independent bookstores [1804books.com]************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Tom Rogers: Nuclear Weapons from Opposition to Abolition Ed Mays 2022-11-10 | Tom Rogers was a career Submarine officer who rose to be captain of a nuclear sub. He later began to raise his voice against what he saw as a national security strategy flawed by its reliance on weapons that would cause a global holocaust. After he retired, he became an advocate for nuclear weapons abolition, and has been arrested at least 10 times blocking the gates at the Trident submarine base in Bangor, Washington, site of the largest concentration of deployed U.S. nuclear weapons.In this presentation Tom lays out how a procedure for elimination of nuclear weapons to comply with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (now international law), could be implemented.Recorded 10/22/22 at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, WA************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Dennis Kucinich: What Happened to the Party of Peace? Ed Mays 2022-11-03 | Dennis Kucinich, is incensed over the Congressional Progressive Caucus being forced to retract a letter calling for peace negotiations with Russia. The letter signed by 30 members of the Progressive Caucus and submitted by caucus chair Pramila Jayapal was withdrawn the next day following an uproar from other Democrats. Dennis Kucinich is a former Congressmember (D-Ohio) and former Mayor of Cleveland. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008. He advocated for a Department of Peace when he was in Congress and led the opposition to US wars of choice in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. We talk to Dennis about the implications of the withdrawal and his book which came out last year, "The Division of Light and Power".Recorded 10/31/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Jeffery Sachs and Scott Ritter: The Pathway to Peace Ed Mays 2022-10-20 | This program features a talk by Jeffrey Sachs presented by Brooklyn for Peace titled The Pathway to a Negotiated Peace in Ukraine given October 6, 2022. The talk lasts about 35 minutes. After that we broadcast the remainder of Joe Lombardo’s interview with Scott Ritter presented by UNAC- The United National Antiwar Coalition recorded September 30, 2022.Sachs talks about why he thinks the crisis in Ukraine is really a reckless US proxy war on Russia perpetrated by a small handful of people at the top of the US power structure (neocons) and why he believes it has little chance of success and a big chance of triggering nuclear war. This is why he believes it necessary for active intervention by organized popular resistance to demand Congress stop the war. See also: other-news.info/ukraine-is-the-latest-neocon-disaster/?fbclid=IwAR3oNGoLNlEixPyvnyn-TRSRcTkSimdZ30zjMz6qI1sYahXVeppe7RAYr7oThen, in the remaining portion of the interview with Scott Ritter, the discussion turns to the information war. Lombardo asks about Ritter being labeled an “information terrorist” and targeted for assassination along with a number of other journalists and whistleblowers on the Ukrainian hit list- Mirotvorets. Ritter commented that this wasn't his "first rodeo" and hearkened back to when he was exposing that the United Nations weapons inspection team he ran found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He was targeted by the US government. Ritter said that he fully knew what it's like when "truth has been deemed to be the enemy". Professor Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.He is widely recognized for bold and effective strategies to address complex challenges including the escape from extreme poverty, the global battle against human-induced climate change, international debt and financial crises, national economic reforms, and the control of pandemic and epidemic diseases.Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor. Sachs held the position of Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Chair of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission, Co-Chair of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development at Sunway University, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, and an SDG Advocate for UN Secretary-General António Guterres. From 2001-18, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001-7), Ban Ki-moon (2008-16), and António Guterres (2017-18). Sachs has authored and edited numerous books, including three New York Times bestsellers: The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008), and The Price of Civilization (2011). Sachs was the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. Read his full bio. jeffsachs.orgScott Ritter is an author and pundit and a former United States Marine Corps intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector. He served as a junior military analyst during Operation Desert Storm and then as a member of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) overseeing the disarmament of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, from which he resigned in protest and became a critic of United States foreign policy in the Middle East. Prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Ritter stated that Iraq possessed no significant weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities. He became a popular anti-war figure and talk show commentator as a result of his stance.Thanks to Brooklyn for Peace (brooklynpeace.org) and The United National Antiwar Coalition (unacpeace.org)************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
G.I. Resistance Pacific NW - Bringing the War Home Ed Mays 2022-10-09 | GI resistance didn’t end in Viet Nam. Returning veterans played a pivotal role in turning public opinion against the war, as they brought back their truth which clashed directly with what Americans had been led to believe. From the days when returning veterans were throwing their medals at the Capitol Building in protest right up to today, veterans have played a unique role within the peace and anti-war movement. Even in today’s “All-Volunteer” Military, many soldiers have resisted the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. How can you support a contemporary war resister in the US military? Or in the current war between the Ukraine and Russia?Stephanie Atkinson is an organizer of the GI Resistance Working Group of Veterans For Peace and Courage to Resist. She enlisted in the Army reserve at age 17 through the delayed entry program and served for 6 years. She was “stop-lossed” by the Army in 1990 after the invasion of Iraq into Kuwait. When activated to service in preparation for Operation Desert Storm, she refused orders to deploy and went AWOL. Briefly incarcerated, she was happily discharged with an “Other than Honorable” in lieu of courts martial administrative separation.Joy Damiani is an Army veteran who was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division as a public affairs specialist from 2002-2008, deployed to Iraq twice, and has been learning, educating, and speaking out about the military-industrial complex (MIC) ever since. An author, songwriter, musician, podcaster, poet, and visual artist in many media, Damiani’s latest project is a memoir entitled "If You Ain't Cheatin', You Ain't Tryin'" and Other Lessons I Learned In the Army, to be published in November 2022.Mike Dedrick is a cofounder of the Seattle VFP chapter established in 2003 and served as its first president. He was drafted into the Army 1966. Trained as an Intelligence Analyst and Interrogator Linguist, he worked out of the Combined Military Interrogation Center, in Cholon, Saigon. In the middle of 1968, the Tet and May offensives occurred, bringing massive damage and death to predominantly refugee civilians in Cholon. After his experience and seeing the futile and unnecessary escalation of the war with the invasion of Cambodia, Mike was led to anti-war work with Vietnam Veterans Against the War, serving as a Washington State regional Coordinator in 1970. VVAW Seattle assisted COs in getting discharges, running AWOLs across the Canadian border and working with local GI resister groups like the Shelter Half in Tacoma. He currently serves as Vice President of the Seattle VFP chapter.Dan Gilman is retired union organizer. He was drafted into the Army in 1967 and spent 1969 in Viet Nam, working as a medic in a Battalion medical clinic. He is a former President of Seattle Chapter of Veterans For Peace and serves on the organizing committee of the Seattle Anti-War Coalition.Moderator: Michael McPhearson is a former Army Captain and combat veteran from Operation Desert Storm. A human rights and anti-war activist, including the movement for Black Lives, Michael is the Executive Director of the South Seattle Emerald. Michael McPhearson is also the 2022 Veterans ForPeace Member of the Year! (Ovation!)Presented by Seattle Veterans For Peace Chapter 92 and the University of Washington’s Southeast Asia Center at the Jackson School of International Studies.Recorded 10/5/22 at the University of Washington.************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
G.I. Resistance Pacific NW - Civilian Support of Military Resistance Ed Mays 2022-10-09 | After the “GI and Veteran March for Peace” in San Francisco on October 12, 1968, the civilian anti-war movement realized that active-duty GIs and recently discharged veterans were natural allies in an effort to stop the war. Reaching out to dissident soldiers began with the establishment of anti-war coffeehouses near military bases, including the Shelter Half Coffeehouse in Tacoma. Other organizations, like the Pacific Counseling Service, were set up to provide legal counseling and encouragement for military personnel. The National Lawyers Guild created the Military Law Task Force to defend dissident soldiers, sailors, and marines. Entertainers, musicians, actors, and other performers created an alternative to the pro-war USO shows that toured US bases throughout the Pacific. The combined efforts influenced, encouraged, and protected dissent within the US military, exposing the lie that soldiers and veterans were at odds with civilian peace activists.Megan Cornish grew up in a military family. She joined the anti-war movement in college at the height of the war in VietNam, later moving to Washington State to continue her resistance. Megan has a rich history of support working with Shelter Half, an anti-war GI coffee house near Ft Lewis in Tacoma. Barbara Dudley was a new attorney defending GIs in courts-martial in Southeast Asia during the war, assigned to outposts in the Philippines and Viet Nam working with the National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force. Later, her career in public service included terms as Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild and GreenPeace USA.Raleigh McLemore shares his experience assigned to the Pacific Counseling Service (PCS). Created by anti-war activists during the war in Viet Nam, PCS provided free services to military personnel who opposed the war. Legal assistance included application for conscientious objector status, assistance with disciplinary issues, and general dissemination of other information about the war.Moderator: Kem Hunter was raised in a military family. He trained to be a career military officer but became strongly opposed to war while serving two tours in Vietnam. Instead, he became a career firefighter in the Seattle Fire Department. Later, he attended the UW School of Law and practiced law until his second retirement. He currently serves as a board member of Veterans for Peace, Seattle Chapter.Presented by Seattle Veterans For Peace Chapter 92 and the University of Washington’s Southeast Asia Center at the Jackson School of International StudiesRecorded 10/5/22 at the University of Washington************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
G.I. Resistance Pacific NW - Meet Four GI Resisters Ed Mays 2022-10-08 | It’s rare in human history for soldiers to choose humanity over uniform and through their resistance, to change the course of a war. That’s what American soldiers during the US war in Viet Nam did--in staggering numbers. Meet four GI Resisters from Ft. Lewis-McChord (now JBLM) who were part of the GI movement opposing the war.Panel: Dave Henry became active in the antiwar movement as a student in the late 1960s. He became editor-in-chief of his campus’ newspaper and immediately turned it into an antiwar newspaper. After being drafted by the Army in 1970 he freaked out and joined the Air Force. While looking for a way out of the Air Force, he connected with the GI Alliance whose members challenged him to remain in service andhelp organize among active-duty Airmen and GIs. He later joined the staff of the Lewis McChord Free Press.Terry Irvin was drafted into the Army. He helped write, produce, and distribute the underground GI newspaper, Lewis McChord Free Press. In a challenge to military censorship rules, he was busted for distribution of the Declaration of Independence at Ft. Lewis on July 4th, 1971. Terry’s portrait, of him holding an issue of the Lewis McChord Free Press, appears in the Waging Peace exhibit.Jim Klimaski is a former Army lieutenant and member of the Concerned Officers Movement who worked on multiple GI newspapers. Jim was already publicly against the war when he was ordered to report to infantry officers’ school at Ft Benning, Georgia. Stationed Ft Bragg in Fayetteville, NC, he began working with a group of soldiers at the nearby Quaker House, an anti-war center that published a newspaper called Bragg Briefs. He was soon reassigned to Ft Lewis in an effort by the military to break up the movement. There, he started the Lewis McChord Free Press to spread the word that soldiers were opposed to the war too.Mike Royce went to Mississippi to register voters with SNCC, and then was a member of SDS in college.was already against the war in Viet Nam when he received his draft notice. Active in the GI Alliance, Mike organized from within and served on staff of Lewis McChord Free Press. He ran into trouble passing out copies of the Declaration of Independence at Ft. Lewis along with Terry Irvin.Moderator: Randy RowlandPresented by Seattle Veterans For Peace Chapter 92 and the University of Washington’s Southeast Asia Center at the Jackson School of International Studies.Recorded 10/5/22 at the University of Washington.************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
G.I. Resistance Pacific NW - Opening Remarks Ed Mays 2022-10-08 | During the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of GIs stepped out of formation. Some refused orders to Vietnam. Some joined anti-war organizations. Some demonstrated against the war. Some deserted to Canada and elsewhere. Some organized within the military. Some started underground newspapers. Some scribbled graffiti. Some worked in anti-war coffee houses. Some held teach-ins. Some sang anti-war songs. Some wrote powerful poetry or books. Some counseled other GIs about their rights. Some mutinied. Some monkey-wrenched the Green Machine. Some wrote their congresspeople. Some did prison time for their opposition to that murderous war. They all found profound and creative ways to help stop the war. When they got out, many joined VVAW and other antiwar organizations, and continued to oppose the war in other ways.But this important slice of Vietnam War history is not widely known. As a corrective, Ron Carver, Barbara Doherty, and David Cortright, have assembled a powerful exhibit introducing some of the men and women who opposed the war from within. Please take the time to visit the exhibit—there are always new things to learn from history.This testimony is a part of that exhibit.Opening Remarks:Christoph Giebel is Associate Professor of International Studies and History, Jackson School of International Studies, UW. His research and teaching interests concern 20th c. Viet Nam; Comparative Colonialisms and (French and US) imperialism in (Southeast) Asia; history, historiography, and memory; and the spatial representations of the wars in Viet Nam.Randy Rowland is a member and a cofounder of the Seattle VFP Chapter 92 in Seattle established in 2003. He was an Army medic, taking care of the wounded when he turned against the war. In 1968 he refused to train with the M-16 weapon at Ft. Lewis and was later convicted of mutiny as part of the Presidio 27.Presented by Seattle Veterans For Peace Chapter 92 and the University of Washington’s Southeast Asia Center at the Jackson School of International Studies.Recorded 10/5/22 at the University of Washington.************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant by a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
G.I. Resistance Pacific NW - Tacoma Panel Ed Mays 2022-10-08 | During the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of GIs stepped out of formation. Some refused orders to Vietnam. Some joined anti-war organizations. Some demonstrated against the war. Some deserted to Canada and elsewhere. Some organized within the military. Some started underground newspapers. Some scribbled graffiti. Some worked in anti-war coffee houses. Some held teach-ins. Some sang anti-war songs. Some wrote powerful poetry or books. Some counseled other GIs about their rights. Some mutinied. Some monkey-wrenched the Green Machine. Some wrote their congresspeople. Some did prison time for their opposition to that murderous war. They all found profound and creative ways to help stop the war. When they got out, many joined VVAW and other antiwar organizations, and continued to oppose the war in other ways.But this important slice of Vietnam War history is not widely known. As a corrective, Ron Carver, Barbara Doherty, and David Cortright, have assembled a powerful exhibit introducing some of the men and women who opposed the war from within. Please take the time to visit the exhibit—there are always new things to learn from history.This testimony is a part of that exhibit.Panelists:Randy Rowland Now a member of VFP Chapter 92 in Seattle, Rowland was an Army medic, taking care of the wounded when he turned against the war. In 1968 he refused to train with the M-16 at Ft. Lewis, and later was convicted of mutiny as part of the Presidio 27.Lyle Quasim. Air Force medic & resister. Joined US Air Force to avoid the draft. Sent to Viet Nam against his will, he worked in triage & med evac. Kicked out of Viet Nam for continued anti-war activities, returned to McChord AFB and worked with the American Servicemen’s Union, Shelter Half Coffeehouse, Fed UP newspaper.Henry Valenti An Army Infantry Lieutenant, he did a tour in Korea, then was stationed at Ft. Lewis. Active in the GI Alliance, worked on Lewis McChord FreePress, helped organize the local tour of the “FTA Show.”Glenn Robb A new left college student, he joined the Army to organize from within. Active in GI Alliance, he worked on the Lewis McChord Free Press, and was eventually convicted of distribution of literature on basePresented by Seattle Veterans For Peace Chapter 92Recorded 10/5/22 at the University of Puget Sound************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Scott Ritter: Ukraine - The Developing Situation Ed Mays 2022-10-06 | This is an edited for television version of an extraordinary interview with former Marine Corps Colonel turned whistleblower Scott Ritter. Pirate TV has been featuring Scott Ritter going back to the days when as the former officer in charge of intelligence operations for the United Nations from 1991 to 1998 for (UNSCOM) United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) he exposed that contrary to Bush Administration propaganda, the UN found no Weapons of Mass Destruction or WMD manufacturing facilities in Iraq- the Administration's chief pretext for war. A war that killed over a million people and destabilized the Middle East. The necessity of conscience has thrust Ritter back in the limelight once again exposing the lies being perpetrated to justify the current proxy war on Russia. With the help of Joe Lombardo - Coordinator of the United National Antiwar Coalition speaking from London, they give us an analysis of the developing events of recent weeks that you are not likely to hear anywhere else. They discuss the four territories in the Eastern and Southern part of the Ukraine where the people choose to become part of Russia, the partial mobilization of reserve forces in Russia, the Ukrainian offensive in Kherson and economic fallout from the US/EU imposed sanctions that seem to be sinking the economies, especially of NATO countries as well as the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. Join us for an analysis of what it all means, what we can expect in the coming days and how we get peace in the region.Watch the entire webinar here: unacpeace.orgRecorded 9/30/22Thanks to UNAC the United National Antiwar Coalition************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
David Swanson: A Call for the Universal Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Ed Mays 2022-09-29 | On Saturday, September 24, 2022 a rally was held to call for the universal abolition of nuclear weapons In Seattle WA. The event was organized by volunteers from the Citizens for the Universal Abolition of Nuclear Weapons with collaboration from Veterans for Peace, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, WorldBeyondWar.org and other activists working on nuclear disarmament. The event kicked off at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle and featured a march to and rally at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building where are David Swanson of World Beyond War gave his keynote speech. Pirate TV was there. In addition to David Swanson’s powerful talk, this video features several others:Kathy Railsback is a practicing immigration lawyer and activist in residence at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action located on the border of the Kitsap submarine base, the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the Western Hemisphere. She talks a little bit about Ground Zero and the campaign for nuclear disarmament.Tom Rogers has been a member of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo since 2004. A retired Navy Captain, he served in various capacities in the US Submarine Force from 1967 to 1998, including command of a nuclear fast attack submarine from 1988 to 1991. Since coming to Ground Zero he has provided a combination of operational experience with nuclear weapons and the willingness to use that expertise as a nuclear weapons abolitionist.Rachel Hoffman is the granddaughter of nuclear testing survivors from the Marshall Islands. Stories of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands have been blanketed in secrecy. Rachel wants to unveil the secrecy and plead for nuclear peace in our world. The entire livelihoods of Marshallese have shifted culturally and economically because of the nuclear testing and imperialism in their islands. Marshallese living in the United States do not have a complete set of rights like that of U.S. citizens. Advocacy for the people of the Marshall Islands is needed in all spheres of life. Rachel is providing this advocacy as an Elementary School teacher and spokesperson for Marshallese students and families in Snohomish County. She also serves as a Program Director with Marshallese Association of North Puget Sound which seeks to meet families’ basic needs, to revitalize the Marshallese culture, and to create a network of support so that the people of the Marshall Islands may thrive.David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk World Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and U.S. Peace Prize recipient.Thanks to Glen Milner for recording assistance.Recorded September 24th 2022See also: abolishnuclearweapons.org************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Roger Waters: War, Peace, Art and Activism Ed Mays 2022-08-18 | Pink Floyd cofounder Roger Waters joins David Swanson, Executive Director of World Beyond War and historian Todd Pierce in a rousing discussion of current events including the proxy war in Ukraine, the case of Julian Assange, Palestine, the media, and the role of art and music in activism. The 78 year old music icon, Waters is currently on a tour that he has dubbed the "This Is Not A Drill" tour which he says is intended to be part of a "global movement" driving home themes of war, poverty and injustice. The concerts are tantamount to a series of spectacular political rallies with tabling from Vets For Peace and other social justice groups. Originally scheduled just prior to the US presidential elections in 2020, the tour was postponed due to the pandemic. In a video announcing the tour, Waters said "This tour will be part of a global movement by people who are concerned by others to affect the change that is necessary. That’s why we’re going on the road." His passion comes through loud and clear in this discussion. Roger Waters co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd in 1965 which he played with until 1985 after which he embarked on a solo career releasing several more albums. Roger is one of the highest grossing performers of all time. David Swanson is an American anti-war activist, blogger and prolific author. He is the Executive Director of World Beyond War which he cofounded with long time anti war tax organizer, David Hartsough. Major Todd Pierce (Retired) was with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corp and his job was to defend three of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. He is a military historian and activist. Thanks to:Project for the Study of American Militarism,World BEYOND War,Women Against Military Madness,CODE PINK,Veterans For Peace,Andy Worthington,Mondoweiss,Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste,Antiwar.com,RootsAction.org,Canadian BDS Coalition,UNAC,Twin Cities Assange Defense,Canadian Foreign Policy Institute,DC Action for Assange.To see the entire unedited for a TV webinar go to:worldbeyondwar.org/roger-waters-on-war-peace-and-musicRecorded Aug 8, 2022************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Cold War Truth Commission part 7: War and the Global Power Elite Ed Mays 2022-06-23 | The Cold War Truth Commission exposes U.S. illegal and immoral actions in the name of Anti-communism at home and abroad. And shows how today's pervasive violence and injustice-both at home and abroad-is intimately tied up to the perpetration of the Cold War. Without truth about the U.S. Cold War, there can be no true Reconciliation for our times. This week, the seventh installment- War and the Global Power Elite, features: * Carl Boggs- The Environmental Catastrophe of Militarism and the US Cold War * Medea Benjamin- The US Cold War vs African Liberation Struggles * Father Roy Bourgeois- School of Assassins (Video) * Nuri Ronaghy- Origins of US Iranian Tension * Peter Phillips- The NSA and CIA Protects Concentrated Global Capitalism The program hosts are Rachel Bruhnke of Witness For Peace Southwest and Frank Dorrel of ADDICTED To WAR. Endorsers: CODEPINK, WORLD BEYOND WAR, ROOTSACTION, KPFK 90.7 FM Radio, Veterans For Peace, CovertAction Magazine, Media Freedom Foundation, Project Censored, PeaceWorkers, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space, School of The Americas Watch, Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice, Anti-Racist Action, COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition, Women Against Military Madness & ADDICTED To WAR Thanks to Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War. Recorded March 21st 2021************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Part one Where is the War in Ukraine Going and What Should be the Response of the Peace Movement? Ed Mays 2022-06-09 | This is Part one of an edited for television version of a discussion convened by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) on May 23rd 2022. Speakers include: Scott Ritter – Former UN Weapons Inspector, Ajamu Baraka – Black Alliance for Peace, Sara Flounders – International Action Center, Alan Freeman – International Manifesto Group,Moderator – Joe Lombardo, UNAC CoordinatorThere is much disagreement among peace activists and in general on the left concerning the role of the peace movement and whether they should be supporting US policy in Ukraine. This dispute has gotten increasingly heated. Our movement has been affected by the massive propaganda and censorship that we are experiencing in the US. Peace activist Bruce Gagnon, co-founder of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space said on a recent panel that he thought the dispute was between “Liberal Democrats” and “Anti-imperialists”. I certainly understand what he is getting at. This panel would definitely fit in to the “Anti-Imperialist” faction. Part One- This discussion of the present situation in Ukraine includes the opening statements of the panelists and opens with a skillful breakdown of the “dominant narrative” unanimously perpetrated by the western corporate press, followed by an excellent summary of the historical context and facts that the press and giant social media conglomerates [in war-drum mode] are filtering out or actively censoring. The Panelists then elaborate with their analysis of the historical, geopolitical and economic implications as well as positions the peace movement might take. -Since this war brings the US in direct confrontation with Russia, a major nuclear power.Part Two recaps some of the most important points and then launches into a discussion of how the media is suddenly soft pedaling and playing down the use of neo-fascist elements such as the Asov Battalion and the Right Sector in the government of Ukraine and as a major component of the war effort. The discussion goes on to further examine the position of the peace movement in regards to ending the war.Thanks to United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)Watch the unedited version on the UNAC website: unacpeace.org************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Part 2 Where is the War in Ukraine Going and What Should be the Response of the Peace Movement? Ed Mays 2022-06-09 | This is an edited for television version of a discussion convened by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) on May 23rd 2022 and will be broadcast in two parts. Speakers include: Scott Ritter – Former UN Weapons Inspector, Ajamu Baraka – Black Alliance for Peace, Sara Flounders – International Action Center, Alan Freeman – International Manifesto Group, Moderator – Joe Lombardo, UNAC Coordinator There is much disagreement among peace activists and in general on the left concerning the role of the peace movement and whether they should be supporting US policy in Ukraine. This dispute has gotten increasingly heated. Our movement has been affected by the massive propaganda and censorship that we are experiencing in the US. Peace activist Bruce Gagnon, co-founder of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space said on a recent panel that he thought the dispute was between “Liberal Democrats” and “Anti-imperialists”. I certainly understand what he is getting at. This panel would definitely fit in to the “Anti-Imperialist” faction. Part One- This discussion of the present situation in Ukraine includes the opening statements of the panelists and opens with a skillful breakdown of the “dominant narrative” unanimously perpetrated by the western corporate press, followed by an excellent summary of the historical context and facts that the press and giant social media conglomerates [in war-drum mode] are filtering out or actively censoring. The Panelists then elaborate with their analysis of the historical, geopolitical and economic implications as well as positions the peace movement might take. -Since this war brings the US in direct confrontation with Russia, a major nuclear power. Part Two recaps some of the most important points and then launches into a discussion of how the media is suddenly soft pedaling and playing down the use of neo-fascist elements such as the Asov Battalion and the Right Sector in the government of Ukraine and as a major component of the war effort. The discussion goes on to further examine the position of the peace movement in regards to ending the war. Thanks to United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)Watch the unedited version on the UNAC website: unacpeace.org************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Bruce Gagnon: Ukraine: Tracing the Roots of the Conflict Ed Mays 2022-05-26 | Joe Manchin, told the World Economic Forum on the day this was recorded [5/24/22] that he opposes any kind of peace agreement in Ukraine and only wants total victory with the ultimate goal of regime change in Russia. Mansion called the war an "opportunity." “I believe strongly that I have never seen, and the people I talk strategically have never seen, an opportunity more than this, to do what needs to be done." On March 26th Joe Biden admitted that the war was about regime change in Russia when he said, Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," and then walked it back a few days later. Then in late April, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin let loose that the U.S.'s 'goal' in Ukraine is to see Russia 'weakened'. The corporate media is spinning this as a "policy shift". Needless to say, ending the war and saving lives doesn't appear to be on the agenda.Well, if you haven't yet figured out that the current crisis in Ukraine is a proxy war on Russia engineered by the United States in order to bring about regime change, keep an ear, the neocons running the foreign policy are just arrogant and careless enough to tell you. One person who has been making the case for this analogy all along is Bruce Gagnon. He laid this all out for us a year ago. This week we bring him back to give us an update and a little bit of history of how the US and NATO have been deliberately stoking this war for decades. Bruce Gagnon is co-founder and coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, he fights the reach of corporate greed into space, which pits him against most Washington officials. See: space4peace.blogspot.comRecorded 5/24/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Ray McGovern: The Growing Possibility of Nuclear War over Ukraine Ed Mays 2022-05-19 | Ray McGovern says US officials are being illogical and nonchalant about the likelihood that Russia will use nuclear weapons to deter a military defeat in Ukraine. See: US Counting On Putin To Signal Before Using Nuclear Weapons original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2022/05/11/us-counting-on-putin-to-signal-before-using-nukes Former Central Intelligence Agency officer turned political activist, McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, and in the 1980s chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief. Ray McGovern is an activist who writes and lectures about, among other issues, war and the role of CIA. He holds an M.A. in Russian Studies from Fordham University, a certificate in Theological Studies from Georgetown University, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. Ray co-founded Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) in 2003. Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) is a group of former officers of the United States Intelligence Community which formed in January 2003. In February 2003, the group issued a statement accusing the Bush administration of misrepresenting U.S. national intelligence information in order to push the US and its allies toward that year's US-led invasion of Iraq. The group issued a letter stating that intelligence analysts were not being heeded by policy makers. The group initially numbered 25, mostly retired analysts. Thanks to : Nuclear Abolition Working Group, Veterans For Peace Recorded Friday, May 13, 2022 ************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Nancy MacLean: The Pre-History and Likely Sequels of the Insurrection at the US Capitol Ed Mays 2022-05-05 | The attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was the most violent assault on democracy in modern American history, with three rings of activity: a large outer circle of avid supporters who believed the Big Lie, a smaller number of resolute white-power radicals, and a suited inner circle that strategized to overthrow the election, exploiting federalism to achieve its ends. Nancy MacLean, author of "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America" explains how each of these three elements is the product of decades of intentional cultivation.Thanks to the National Humanities Center nationalhumanitiescenter.orgRecorded 3/2/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Cubas Life Task: Combatting Climate Change Ed Mays 2022-04-28 | We talk to Dr Helen Yaffe who shares her new documentary with us.Climate change is among the world’s greatest challenges. As a small Caribbean island, Cuba is disproportionately affected by climate change through extreme weather events. Up to 10% of Cuban territory could be submerged by the end of the century, wiping out coastal towns, polluting water supplies, destroying agricultural lands and forcing one million people to relocate. Finding solutions is now essential.In this documentary, Dr Helen Yaffe goes to Cuba to find out about ‘Tarea Vida’ (Life Task), a long-term state plan to protect the population, environment and the economy from climate change. The Cuban approach combines environmental science, natural solutions and community participation in strategies for adaptation and mitigation. Produced by DaniFilms with Dr Helen Yaffe from the University of Glasgow for the COP26 conference in Glasgow.Helen Yaffe is a Visiting Fellow at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre and a Lecturer in Economic and Social History in the University of Glasgow. Helen is an economic historian specializing in Cuba and Latin America, the history of economics, and the political economy of late development. She is the author of several books including: "We Are Cuba! How a revolutionary people survived in post-Soviet world."Thanks to DaniFilms************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Part 2 Scott Ritter: A Conversation About Ukraine Ed Mays 2022-04-14 | This is the second part of an interview of Scott Ritter hosted by Margaret Flowers and Joe Lombardo of the United National AntiWar Coalition. The interview was recorded on April 6th and will be broadcast in two parts. Scott Ritter was the UN weapons inspector who, during the Iraq War told the truth that we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He became outspoken about this, which undercut the main reason the US used to invade and occupy Iraq. As with the Iraq War, Scott Ritter is outspoken about the present war in Ukraine, in which we are again hearing US lies about the reasons for, and the events happening in the Ukraine War. His vast experience and knowledge working in the military and with various international agencies helps expose the truth about what is happening in Ukraine. Thanks to the United National AntiWar Coalition to see the original version of this talk or donate, go to: www.unacpeace.org************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Scott Ritter: A Conversation About Ukraine Part 1 Ed Mays 2022-04-14 | This is the first part of an interview of Scott Ritter hosted by Margaret Flowers and Joe Lombardo of the United National AntiWar Coalition. The interview was recorded on April 6th and will be broadcast in two parts. Scott Ritter was the UN weapons inspector who, during the Iraq War told the truth that we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He became outspoken about this, which undercut the main reason the US used to invade and occupy Iraq. As with the Iraq War, Scott Ritter is outspoken about the present war in Ukraine, in which we are again hearing US lies about the reasons for, and the events happening in the Ukraine War. His vast experience and knowledge working in the military and with various international agencies helps expose the truth about what is happening in Ukraine. Thanks to the United National AntiWar Coalition to see the original version of this talk or donate, go to: www.unacpeace.org ************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Harvey Wasserman: Stop Russian Roulette! Ed Mays 2022-04-07 | This week we talk with world renown nuke expert Harvey Wasserman. With 50 years of experience writing and researching nuclear power, author/expert/activist Harvey Wasserman warns that even a “conventional” war in Ukraine could lead to Apocalyptic radiation releases, killing millions and costing trillions. Wasserman warns that even minor disruptions, sabotage or explosions could lead to Chernobyl-sized disasters at any one of the 15 reactors now operating in Ukraine. Radiation releases from Chernobyl itself, he says, killed more than a million humans worldwide, irradiated thousands of square miles of land and water, and cost trillions in destroyed property. Wasserman began researching and writing on atomic power in 1973. Among very few journalists, he investigated the health impacts of Three Mile Island up close and personal. He co-authored KILLING OUR OWN: The Disaster of America’s Experience with Atomic Radiation, with ensuing media appearances on TODAY, NIGHTLINE, PHIL DONAHUE, DEMOCRACY NOW, THOM HARTMANN, CHARLIE ROSE and numerous other major outlets. He is the author of 21 books. He writes regularly for a wide internet readership through Ecowatch, solartopia.org, freepress.org and nukefree.org, which he edits. His article have also appeared at Commondreams, CounterPunch, HuffingtonPost, Buzzflash and others. He hosts the Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Show at greenpowerwellnessshow.podbean.com/. In 2004 Harvey and Bob Fitrakis broke many of the major stories on the theft of the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. Called “the Woodward and Bernstein” of election protection by Rev. Jackson Jackson, Bob and Harvey have published six books on the American art of vote counting and curtailment. We'll talk about his work with Freepress.org and the organization he co-founded the Grassroots Election Protection Coalition which has a Zoom conference every Monday 5 P.M. ET 2 P.M. See: grassrootsep.org/. Recorded 4/1/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Hedges, Martin, and Camp: Media Censorship of Voices for Peace Ed Mays 2022-03-30 | As U.S. media reports a narrow narrative on the war in Ukraine, social media platforms is increasingly censoring critical voices for peace. Join us for a discussion between Abby Martin, Lee Camp, Chris Hedges, and Jodie Evans on the impacts and implications of this censorship.Featured Guests:Lee Camp is an American writer and television host.Abby Martin is an American journalist, TV presenter, filmmaker, and activist. She founded Empire Files and co-found the citizen journalism website Media Roots and serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored.Chris Hedges is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and author. A former reporter for The New York Times, Hedges is a progressive commentator, activist, and critic of American liberalism.All these voices have been censored, as they are voices that speak for peace and don’t carry the imperialist narrative.This is an edited for TV version. See the original atcodepink.org/u_s_media_censorship_of_voices_for_peaceStatement from Chris Hedges: "I received no inquiry or notice from YouTube. I vanished. In totalitarian systems you exist, then you don’t. I suppose this was done in the name of censoring Russian propaganda, although I have a hard time seeing how a detailed discussion of “Ulysses” or the biographies of Susan Sontag and J. Robert Oppenheimer had any connection in the eyes of the most obtuse censors in Silicon Valley with Vladimir Putin. Indeed, there is not one show that dealt with Russia. I was on RT because, as a critic of US imperialism, militarism, the corporate control of the two ruling parties, and especially because I support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, I was blacklisted. I was on RT for the same reason the dissident Vaclav Havel, who I knew, was on Voice of America during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. It was that or not be heard. Havel had no more love for the policies of Washington than I have for those of Moscow.Are we a more informed and better society because of this censorship? Is this a world we want to inhabit where those who know everything about us and about whom we know nothing can instantly erase us? If this happens to me, it can happen to you, to any critic anywhere who challenges the dominant narrative. And that is where we are headed as the ruling elites refuse to respond to the disenfranchisement and suffering of the working class, opting not for social and political change or the curbing of the rapacious power and obscene wealth of our oligarchic rulers, but instead imposing iron control over information, as if that will solve the mounting social unrest and vast political and social divides. The most vocal cheerleaders for this censorship are the liberal class."Thanks to CODEPINK www.codepink.orgRecorded March 21, 2022************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Ted Postol: The Ukraine Conflict and the Danger of Accidental Nuclear War Ed Mays 2022-03-22 | Ted Postol joined the VFP Nuclear Abolition Working Group meeting to discuss the possibility of accidental nuclear war, especially considering the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the increasing support for Ukraine by the US and Nato. In this extended show, Ted, who has been working on these issues at the highest levels on US government with interactions with colleagues in Russia, explains the US nuclear potential, the devastation possible, and the corner that Putin finds himself in. So does Putin escalate to hopefully deescalate? What might give Putin an off-ramp to end this?Ted Postol is Professor Emeritus at MIT and former Senior Advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations on Nuclear Issues and Policy.Thanks to the VFP Nuclear Abolition Working GroupRecorded 3/12/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Ray McGovern Sheds Light on the Ukraine Showdown Ed Mays 2022-02-17 | On Friday, February 12, Ray McGovern spoke with the Veterans For Peace Nuclear Abolition Working Group about the showdown between the US/NATO and Russia over Ukraine.Ray McGovern is a former CIA analyst who was the branch chief for Soviet foreign policy in the 60s. In the 80s he chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief. He speaks fluent Russian. He is the co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and an Advisory Board member of Veterans For Peace.Thanks to Veterans For Peace2/12/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Jim Freeman: How the Filthy Rich Profit From Racism Ed Mays 2022-02-10 | Jim Freeman is a Civil Rights lawyer and organizer who served under President Obama as a Commissioner on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He is the director of the Social Movement Support Lab at the University of Denver. As he explains in this talk, after decades of hard struggle alongside communities of color throughout the US to change racist policies, it began to dawn on him that those communities were no better off because “for every injustice they thought they were solving, an equally nasty one would pop up to replace it.” He felt like they were playing “racism whack-a-mole”. It was then that he started to look into the dark forces behind what he calls ”strategic racism.”Through incisive studies of the education, criminal justice, and immigration systems, Freeman explains how policies that keep people of color less educated, policed at impossible rates, and in constant fear of deportation, have in large part been enacted and supported by America’s ultra-wealthy.On this episode of Pirate TV, Jim Freeman is here to talk about his new book, "RICH THANKS TO RACISM: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice" an in depth study of the financial data that tracks billions of dollars in donations from the Koch family, the Walton family, Bill Gates, and other billionaires that are at the root of the mass incarceration system, the vast immigrant detention system, and the dismantling of public schools within communities of color. It uncovers how Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric, Bank of America, and ExxonMobil use their economic and political clout to actively contribute to the perpetuation of racial inequities. Not only are American oligarchs promoting policies that damage Black and brown communities, but they are also increasing their fortunes while doing it. Freeman names the people, banks, corporations, and hedge funds profiting off of others’ pain and in the process answers what is stopping real progress toward social justice and equity in the United States. And at the end, he talks a little bit about what we can do about it.See Also: jimofreeman.comRecorded 1/28/22************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
S Brian Willson: Election Meddling, Covert-Ops, and Propaganda Ed Mays 2022-01-20 | The US government and the lap dog corporate media squeal like stuck pigs about real or imagined foreign meddling in our elections. But a 2016 study by Dov H. Levin found that the U.S. intervened in 81 foreign elections between 1946 and 2000 [Source: Foreign electoral intervention – Wikipedia; See also: Noam Chomsky On The Long History Of US Meddling In Foreign Elections – Truthout 7/19/17]. As good an example as any are the most recent attempts by the US government to overthrow the popular elected government of Nicaragua and install a neoliberal puppet regime. First was the violent coup attempt in 2018 followed by another planned coup in June of 2021 leading up to outright election meddling in the national election of November 7th, all of this exposed in leaked State Department documents.This involved a brazen campaign of funding and creating right wing opposition parties and candidates, coup plotters, and foreign based NGOs, culminating in an elaborate multi-media propaganda operation including western corporate media, which painted the election as fraudulent. The Biden administration then used the canard that they manufactured to impose further crippling sanctions. -Another bald-faced intervention in Nicaraguan democracy and sovereignty.The media complicity goes far beyond normal garden variety propaganda, as the leaked State Dept. documents openly called for a campaign of “fake news” and social media psyops. As we will easily demonstrate, all the accusations made by the NY Times and echoed by western corporate media outlets concerning the Nicaraguan elections were patently false. It turns out, Nicaragua’s elections are far more open and democratic than US elections.I am constantly astonished at how US corporate media can get away with this. It seems in order to get a glimpse of the reality of US foreign policy, especially in Central and Latin America, you would have to go there. This is exactly what we do in this episode of Pirate TV. Renowned anti-war and social justice activist S. Brian Willson, a frequent guest over the past decades, joins us from his home in Nicaragua where he has been living for the past 5 years. Unbeknownst to people who get their information from corporate media in the US, there were 232 accredited foreign electoral observers or ‘accompaniers’, 67 as journalists on the ground to observe the election. They were from 27 countries. We are going to hear from several of them also.Thanks to Alliance For Global Justice for election observer testimonyand Paul Baker for footage of the 2018 coup attempt.Recorded 12/29/21************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
The Cold War Truth Commission part 6: The Cold War on the Mind Ed Mays 2022-01-06 | The Cold War Truth Commission exposes U.S. illegal and immoral actions in the name of Anti-communism at home and abroad. And shows how today's pervasive violence and injustice-both at home and abroad-is intimately tied up to the perpetration of the Cold War. Without truth about the U.S. Cold War, there can be no true Reconciliation for our times. This week, the sixth installment- The Cold War on the Mind, features: *Jeff Cohen- U.S. News Media: The Enduring Cold War Legacy *Peter McLaren- The US Cold War Against Liberation Theology *Gail Walker- Lucius Walker: The Legacy of a Visionary Pastor for Peace*Emily Dorrel- TikTok: A Warning on American Hypocrisy *Alma Bruhnke- The Pledge of Allegiance, “God” and the US Cold War *Marcy Winograd- The Cold War in the US Classroom *Eric Mann Combating Anti-Communism in the 1960s The program hosts are Rachel Bruhnke of Witness For Peace Southwest and Frank Dorrel of ADDICTED To WAR. Endorsers: CODEPINK, WORLD BEYOND WAR, ROOTSACTION, KPFK 90.7 FM Radio, Veterans For Peace, CovertAction Magazine, Media Freedom Foundation, Project Censored, PeaceWorkers, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space, School of The Americas Watch, Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice, Anti-Racist Action, COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition, Women Against Military Madness & ADDICTED To WAR Thanks to Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War. Recorded March 21st 2021 Check out Eric Mann on Pacifica KPFA Voices From the Frontline podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcmNoaXZlLmtwZmsub3JnL2dldHJzcy5waHA_aWQ9dm9pY2VzZnJvbWZyb250bGluZXM/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcmNoaXZlLmtwZmsub3JnL21wMy9rcGZrXzIyMDQwNV8xNTAwMDB2b2ljZXNmcm9tZnJvbnRsaW5lcy5tcDM?sa=X&ved=0CAQQ8qgGahcKEwigyYyBtI73AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA&fbclid=IwAR0VKvHQ6R_Ct8IGNlTHgEtf3jAZcVb7zAU641NHiDITduBxpOuoxL7IQaA************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
MacLean-Graves: How Right-wing Billionaires Fund Anti-Feminism... Ed Mays 2021-11-19 | Nancy MacLean and Lisa Graves: How Right-wing Billionaires Fund Anti-Feminism, Homophobia, and Other Attacks on DemocracyAccording to the New York Times: The Koch Brothers “…became two of the most prominent faces in a new era of megadonors in American politics, building a political apparatus that, at its peak, rivaled the Republican Party itself.” The Kochs and their network spent hundreds of millions of dollars in support of their particular brand of conservatism: One of limited government, more lenient immigration policy, free trade, free markets and limited corporate regulations — all while running Koch Industries, a conglomerate with annual revenues of $100 billion…” “Because so much of their network’s money was funneled through an array of nonprofits, where full disclosure of finances is not required, it is near impossible to assess the full scope of their operations, but the influence is vast.” Source: "How David Koch and His Brother Shaped American Politics" -Aug. 23, 2019 Even this is undoubtedly an understatement. The Koch brother’s secretive network, run by Charles Koch [David Koch died in 2019] and their coterie of billionaires and corporate mega-donors are arguably the most powerful (yet little known) political force in human history. Their Libertarian agenda is so radical that scarcely a small sliver of people, if they knew what it was would support it. They believe government has only three legitimate functions, to provide for the national defense to ensure the rule of law and to guarantee social order: armies, courts and police. This means, No Social Security, no regulation, no OSHA, no EPA, no public education, no Medicare or Medicaid, no licensing, no post office…etc. The Koch Brothers as Nancy MacLean illustrated in her ground breaking book, have tried time and again over the past half century to ram through their agenda but even with their vast dark money billions, failed every time because even the most extremist Republican politicians could never sell it to even their most extremist Republican constituents. So they have to pass it using indirect means. So what are they up to by supporting religious right anti-feminism and homophobia? We are going to take a detailed look with two top investigators of the Koch network. Lisa Graves is Executive Director of True North Research and President of the Board of the Center for Media and Democracy. CMD publishes PRWatch.org, SourceWatch.org, & ALECclimateChangeDenial.org. Nancy MacLean is Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and author of the best selling book “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America”. Booklist called it perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter American government. The Guardian said: Its the missing chapter: a key to understanding the politics of the past half century. The Nation magazine named it the Most Valuable Book of the year. Moderator: Anna Krylova is Associate Professor of History and teaches in the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University Thanks to: The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University. Recorded 11/5/21************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are could be longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. Up until this year Pirate TV was partially funded by a very small grant from a local activist trust fund. We have lost this funding. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
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Part 2 The War On Terror is Put on Trial, The Belmarsh Tribunal: Free Julian Assange Ed Mays 2021-11-11 | Part Two of the Belmarsh Tribunal FStv broadcast.On October 22nd, the Progressive International convened the first physical meeting of the Belmarsh Tribunal in London to put the US on trial for its war crimes — and to demand justice for Julian Assange.Julian Assange is once again on trial in British court where he is fighting efforts to extradite him to the United States. The hearing considers a U.S. appeal of a January decision by a British court not to extradite Mr. Assange.Successive US governments have shown that they will go to extraordinary lengths to punish Assange for revealing the crimes of US empire, going so far as to plot his assassination. The Tribunal, which took place in Westminster in a hall previously used for sittings of the United Kingdom Parliament and United Nations Security Council, heard powerful testimony from Ed Snowden, Stella Morris, Selay Ghaffar, Rafael Correa, Jeremy Corbyn and many others. Democracy Now broadcast 25 minutes of the Tribunal on Free speech TV last week. We are going to broadcast a more complete edited for TV version of this important testimony in two parts over the next two weeks.Watch the full unedited 2hr 23mn on line: youtu.be/E_xxGWAxlGc Part 2 Testifiers: Moderator: Srećko Horvat Selay Ghaffar : Spokesperson for the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan Deepa Govindarajan Driver: Legal observer at Julian Assange's extradition hearings, teaches governance, compliance, risk management and regulation at U of Reading, UK Renata Ávila: Guatemalan lawyer and activist, currently the director of the International Smart Citizen Foundation, mostly operating in Latin America Stefania Mauriz: Investigative journalist currently contributing to the major Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, worked with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks since 2009 Rafael Correa: Former President of Ecuador (2007-2017) Annie Machon: Intelligence officer for MI5, who resigned to blow the whistle on incompetence and crimes, author of Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5, MI6 and the Shayler Affair Daniel Ellsberg : Economist, political activist, and former US military analyst, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, latest book- Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers Ben Wizner: Director, American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, Lead attorney of Edward Snowden Edward Snowden : Leaked highly classified information revealing that the National Security Agency has numerous global surveillance programs that illegally spy on the public Ways you can help:RSF Reporters Without BordersFree Julian Assange Petition rsf.org/en/free-assangeFree Julian Assange Call Team facebook.com/FreeJulianAssangeCallTeamWays to pitch in:Julian Assange Legal Fund assangedefense.orgCrowd Justice crowdjustice.com/case/julianassangeJulian Assange & WikiLeaks Public Defense Fund – GoFundMeThanks to Progressive International, Recorded 10/22/21************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are usually longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
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The War On Terror is Put on Trial, The Belmarsh Tribunal: Free Julian Assange -Part One Ed Mays 2021-11-04 | On October 22nd, the Progressive International convened the first physical meeting of the Belmarsh Tribunal in London to put the US on trial for its war crimes — and to demand justice for Julian Assange. Julian Assange is once again on trial in British court where he is fighting efforts to extradite him to the United States. The hearing considers a U.S. appeal of a January decision by a British court not to extradite Mr. Assange. Successive US governments have shown that they will go to extraordinary lengths to punish Assange for revealing the crimes of US empire, going so far as to plot his assassination. The Tribunal, which took place in Westminster in a hall previously used for sittings of the United Kingdom Parliament and United Nations Security Council, heard powerful testimony from Ed Snowden, Stella Morris, Selay Ghaffar, Rafael Correa, Jeremy Corbyn and many others. Democracy Now broadcast 25 minutes of the Tribunal on Free speech TV last week. We are going to broadcast a more complete edited for TV version of this important testimony in two parts over the next two weeks.Watch the full unedited 2hr 23mn on line: youtu.be/E_xxGWAxlGc Part 1 Testifiers: Moderator: Srećko Horvat Croatian philosopher, author, and political activist, co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement [DiEM25] and Council member of the Progressive International Tariq Ali British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, original member of The Russell-Sartre International War Crimes Tribunal 1966 Yanis Varoufakis Former Greek Minister of Finance, prolific author, Member of Hellenic Parliament, Co-Founder of DiEM25 and The Progressive International with Bernie Sanders Eyal Weizman Director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths University, author of Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation Apsana Begum British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse since 2019 Özlem Demirel German politician who is currently a serving representative of the The Left party as a Member of the European Parliament John McDonnell Member of UK Parliament- Labour Party, served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020, led the development of Labour’s economic strategy Heike Hänsel Deputy Chairman of DIE LINKE [The Left party] in the German Parliament [Bundestag] Richard Burgon British Labour Party Member of Parliament, served as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2016 to 2020 Scott Ludlam Writer, member of the Australian Greens, served in the Australian Senate from July 2008 to July 2017 and was deputy leader of the Greens Ways you can help: RSF Reporters Without Borders Free Julian Assange Petition rsf.org/en/free-assange Free Julian Assange Call Team facebook.com/FreeJulianAssangeCallTeam Ways to pitch in: Julian Assange Legal Fund assangedefense.org Crowd Justice crowdjustice.com/case/julianassange Julian Assange & WikiLeaks Public Defense Fund – GoFundMe Thanks to Progressive International, Recorded 10/22/21************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are usually longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
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Ray McGinnis: 9/11 Unanswered Questions Ed Mays 2021-10-21 | Two decades after the attacks, 70% of the 9/11 families’ questions asked of their government remain unanswered. At first, the US government promised answers, then stonewalled. Frustrated to the extreme, 9/11 families question whether the Bush Administration deceived Americans and the whole world about Ground Zero. Ray McGinnis talks about his new bestselling book, “Unanswered Questions: What the September Eleventh Families Asked and the 9/11 Commission Ignored”.Unanswered Questions shows the official story to be incomplete and fallacious. Because the outline for the 9/11 Report was written before the commission began, the families want to confront the evidence and start a new and fair investigation.Just a few questions the 9/11 Commission ignored:1) Question to the FAA: Why were these four planes able to evade all radar? 2) Question to President George W. Bush: Who approved the flight of the bin Laden family out of the United States when all commercial flights were grounded… a privilege not available to American families whose loved ones were killed on 9/11?3) Question to Mayor Giuliani: Why was the World Trade. Center steel removed so quickly, without being .examined, from the scene of mass murder? 4) Question to Mayor Giuliani On 9/11, no aircraft hit WTC 7. Why did the building that is more than a block away fall at 5:20 PM that evening?Why were the families harassed and neutralized for simply wanting to get at the truth? Why were 9/11 Commissioners so obsequious and deferential toward the families, while ignoring their questions during the investigation? The 9/11 attacks were the “New Pearl Harbor” that was used to launch us into a pointless “forever war” in Afghanistan and an attack on Iraq -a country which had nothing to do with it, resulting in the decimation of both countries and the death of over a million people. And let us not forget the huge loss of civil liberties and treasure in the United States. As the US finally leaves Afghanistan with its tail between its legs, it’s timely to revisit the farce that was the 9/11 Commission "investigation". Recorded 10/8/21************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are usually longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
The Cold War Truth Commission part 5: The Toxic Legacy of the Cold War Ed Mays 2021-10-07 | The Cold War Truth Commission exposes U.S. illegal and immoral actions in the name of Anti-communism at home and abroad. And shows how today's pervasive violence and injustice-both at home and abroad-is intimately tied up to the perpetration of the Cold War. Without truth about the U.S. Cold War, there can be no true Reconciliation for our times.This week, the fifth installment- The Toxic Legacy of the Cold War, features:* The Cost of US Militarism in the US Cold War to Today - Carley Towne, National Co-Director of CodePink.* Weaponizing Space in the US Cold War to Today – Bruce Gagnon, Co-Founder and Chair of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.* There Was Nothing ‘COLD’ About the Cold War - David Vine, Author of “United States of War”.* War Resistance In the 1980’s As Foundation for 1991 Iraq War Resistance - Kathy Kelly, Peace activist founder of Voices in the Wilderness.* Combatting the Lies of the US Cold War Today - David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War.The program hosts are Rachel Bruhnke of Witness For Peace Southwest and Frank Dorrel of ADDICTED To WAR.Endorsers: CODEPINK, WORLD BEYOND WAR, ROOTSACTION, KPFK 90.7 FM Radio, Veterans For Peace, CovertAction Magazine, Media Freedom Foundation, Project Censored, PeaceWorkers, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space, School of The Americas Watch, Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice, Anti-Racist Action, COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition, Women Against Military Madness & ADDICTED To WARThanks to Witness For Peace Southwest, CODEPINK & Addicted To War. Recorded March 21st 2021************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are usually longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
Cuba & Covid-19: Public Health, Science and Solidarity Ed Mays 2021-10-05 | This is a made for Pirate TV version of Helen Yaffe’s documentary which premiered Dec 8, 2020. A lot has changed in the ensuing months. Although Cuba at first was able to keep virus infections and deaths to almost nil, infections began to creep up in February and developed into a significant outbreak, which peaked in late August. But compared to other countries Cuba’s all out effort to stem the virus is a grand success. As of Oct. 4, 2021 Cuba’s death per million stands at 669.76 as compared to the US’s 2,106.15. In addition, Cuba has now developed 3 vaccines and aims to immunize more than 90% of the population by November including toddlers and will be exporting it’s vaccines and formulas to other countries. The worst problem is a shortage of syringes due to the US embargo. Original text: “A global pandemic in a globalised world. Over one million people have died. What could we have done differently to save lives and livelihoods? In search of collective solutions and best practice, Dr Helen Yaffe and Dr Valia Rodriguez look to Cuba for valuable lessons. By reacting decisively, mobilizing their extensive public healthcare system and state-owned biotech sector, Cuba has kept contagion and fatalities down and begun over a dozen clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. They have also treated Covid-19 patients and saved lives overseas. Within seven months of the pandemic, Cuba had sent nearly 4,000 medical specialists to 39 countries. This has been achieved despite the Trump administration severely tightening sanctions against Cuba, blocking revenues and generating scarcities of oil, food and medical goods. Cuba & Covid-19: Public Health, Science and Solidarity is produced by DaniFilms in collaboration with Belly of the Beast Cuba.” If you would like to donate to buy material aid for Cuba’s healthcare system, please do so here: support-vaccination.org Helen Yaffe is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow in Economic and Social History. She previously taught Economic History at the London School of Economics. She is a sought after expert on Latin American and Cuban development. She has spent time living and researching in Cuba. Her doctoral thesis was adapted for publication as "Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution" by Palgrave Macmillan in 2009 goodreads.com/book/show/7000825-che-guevara. Her latest book is "We Are Cuba!: How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World" http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/169763/. She is co-author of "Youth Activism and Solidarity: The Non-stop Picket Against Apartheid " http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/169756/.Original Documentary: Cuba & COVID 19 Public Health, Science and Solidarity youtube.com/watch?v=lGYHwldJ_gY&t=6sThanks to DaniFilms and Belly of the Beast Cuba************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are usually longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com
