Other Voices, Other Choices

The Peace Congress, held in in Washington, DC on Nov 10, 2018 in place of the Trump Military Parade, brought together more than 100 people seeking to build a more effective peace and justice movement to end the wars at home and abroad. The Peace Congress celebrated their success in helping to stop the Trump military parade and used the opportunity to hold a general assembly to develop a strategy, goals and next steps for action to strengthen the peace and anti-imperialist movement.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges spoke at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in NYC on December 9, 2018. He spoke of the decay and degeneration of the American economy, culture, and government, of criminal wars such as those in Afghanistan and Iraq, and of the looming economic catastrophe.

Audio from the Saturday Plenary of the 2018 Left Forum, featuring talks by Paul Jay, Dr. Gerald Horne, and Juan D. Gonzalez.

A Vision Moving Forward Featured Speakers: Ajamu Baraka, who was the Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2016. Ajamu Baraka is National Organizer and National Spokesperson for The Black Alliance for Peace, and a Black Agenda Report editor. Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, an organization whose website states they are “building a solidarity economy anchored by a network of cooperatives and other types of worker owned and democratically self-managed...

A panel from Left Forum 2018, featuring Paul Street, Glen Ford, and Chris Hedges. Is there a significant and real "Left" in the U.S today? What would qualify as an authentic and serious Left appropriate for the 21st century United States? How might such a Left be created and/or expanded? What will the task of creating an authentic,relevant,and powerful 21st Century U.S. Left require of activists and intellectuals going forward?

Episode 8 features talks by retired United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official Ann Wright, and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

Drone resister Ed Kinane had just been found not guilty of all charges related to his participation in the "Big Books" action at Hancock Air Base in Syracuse, NY. Also includes a short talk by former drone operator Christopher Aaron.

David Swanson spoke at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, NY on April 24, 2016 as part of a tour for his book War Is a Lie. David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is 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 Nation Radio. He is a 2015 and 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. From the Organizers: Swanson will speak...

On the strained relations between the US and Russia, and the underlying causes.

On the strained relations between the US and Russia, and the underlying causes.

A panel from the 2016 Left Forum, held May 20 -22 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The conference theme was "Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power."

Washington, D.C.; January 21, 2017 Panelists: Chris Hedges, Kshama Sawant, Chase Iron Eyes, Bryan Koulouris From the Organizers: Trump's pro-billionaire agenda and plans to wage war on the environment, deport three million immigrants, undermine public sector unions, and nominate a reactionary Supreme Court justice are not just idle threats. Yet the neoliberal leaders of the Democratic Party cannot stop Trump now, anymore than during the election. How can we build powerful mass movements...

Binghamton University; September 9, 2016 Today the U.S. and its allies are entangled in wars both known and unknown throughout much of the world, including Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Pakistan. What have we learned in the years and wars since 9/11, and where do we go from here?