Following the most recent nuclear weapon test by North Korea, US media has mainly focused on giving the impression that North Korea is a nuclear threat. In this show, we place the events in North Korea in context of the long history of US interference there, the ongoing Korean War and the current US objective to circle China with military bases. We are joined by Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space and Elliott Adams of Veterans for Peace. Both are veterans who are dedicating their lives to organize and take action for peace. We also discuss the new US Naval Base on Jeju Island in South Korea which is being protested by the inhabitants of the island and the Obama Administration’s investment in nuclear weapons. We scratched the surface of these important topics and will provide resources so that our audience can get more information that is not being presented.
Listen to the show:
Veterans Bruce Gagnon and Elliott Adams on North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and US Expansion into Asia by Clearingthefog on Mixcloud
Articles:
North Korea or the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Down? by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Washington’s Asia-Pacific Pivot and Common Security Alternatives by Joseph Gerson
American Exceptionalism to the Rescue by Bruce Gagnon
China: Rise, Fall and Re-emergence as a Global Power by James Petras
Putting the Squeeze on North Korea by Gregory Elich
Korea and the “Axis of Evil” by S. Brian Willson
More on Korea by S. Brian Willson (scroll down to the section on Korea)
Veterans Among Those Arrested Thursday Protesting Drones at Hancock Air Field
Guests:
Bruce Gagnon serves as Secretary/Coordinator of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space (GN). He has been working on space issues for the past 25 years and helped create the GN in 1992. His book, called “Come Together Right Now: Organizing Stories from a Fading Empire”, was republished in 2008. For 15 years he coordinated the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice. He was trained as an organizer by the United Farmworkers Union and is also a member of Veterans for Peace. In 2003 Bruce co-produced a popular documentary video entitled Arsenal of Hypocrisy that spelled out U.S. plans for space domination. Another of his videos, shot in 2009, was entitled Review of Obama’s Foreign Policy. Both videos have been widely shown on Free Speech TV. In 2010 Bruce was extensively featured in the award-winning documentary called Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space. Full bio here. And visit SaveJejuNow.org.
Elliott Adams is past national President of Veterans for Peace and was a paratrooper in the infantry serving in Viet Nam, Japan, Korea, and Alaska. He has served his local community in a variety of capacities such as: President of the School Board, Mayor, Committee Chair of BSA Explorer Post 17, President of Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, and Master of the Masonic Lodge. He left politics to become an activist which included organizing work for United For Peace and Justice, War Resisters League, School Of Americas Watch, Peace Has No Borders, Veterans For Peace and many other organizations, at events across the country. He has also done nonviolence and social movement trainings for Fellowship Of Reconciliation, School Of Americas Watch, Peacemakers of Schoharie, Student Environmental Action Coalition, War Resistors League, Veterans for Peace and, other groups. He is currently Nonviolent Training Coordinator of Veterans for Peace. Full bio here.