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Talk World Radio

Talk World Radio

By: David Swanson
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Episodes
  • Talk World Radio: John Reuwer on Being Kidnapped at Sea by Israel

    Talk World Radio: John Reuwer on Being Kidnapped at Sea by Israel
    May 3 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we speak with John Reuwer, just freed after having been kidnapped at sea by the Israeli military. John Reuwer is Treasurer and a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. He is a retired emergency physician whose practice convinced him of a crying need for alternatives to violence for resolving tough conflicts. This led him to the informal study and teaching of nonviolence for the last 35 years, with peace team field experience in Haiti, Colombia, Central America, Palestine/Israel, and several US inner cities. He worked in South Sudan with the Nonviolent Peaceforce, one of the few organizations practicing professional unarmed civilian peacekeeping. He also serves on the Committee to Abolish Nuclear Weapons with Physicians for Social Responsibility educating the public and politicians about the threat from nuclear weapons, which he sees as the ultimate expression of the insanity of modern warfare, so blatantly displayed in the current war in Ukraine. John has been a facilitator for World BEYOND War’s online courses “War Abolition 201” and “Leaving World War II Behind.”
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: John Sayles on Crucible

    Talk World Radio: John Sayles on Crucible
    Apr 28 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we have the great privilege of speaking with John Sayles. John Sayles is an independent filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and once for the National Book Award. He has written eight novels, including, most recently, Jamie MacGillivray and To Save the Man, and his latest which we will be discussing: Crucible.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Keith Kelleher on Organizing Workers

    Talk World Radio: Keith Kelleher on Organizing Workers
    Apr 21 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about community and workplace organizing. Our guest Keith Kelleher was the founder of United Labor Unions (ULU) Local 880 (1983-5), then Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 (1985-2008) and then president (2008-2017) of SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas (HCIIMK). Once the smallest local union, it is now the largest local union in Chicago, Cook County, the state of Illinois, and the Midwest, as well as the 7th largest local of the 2 million member Service Employees International Union. Keith has also served as an International Vice President of SEIU. How Black and Brown Women in Chicago Helped Build Jesse Jackson’s Campaigns https://convergencemag.com/articles/how-black-and-brown-women-in-chicago-helped-build-jesse-jacksons-campaigns How Mass-Based Community Unions Could Transform the Country https://forgeorganizing.org/article/how-mass-based-community-unions-could-transform-the-country The Coming Storm In New York https://forgeorganizing.org/article/the-coming-storm-in-new-york
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    29 mins
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