Author: Tom Walker

This Wednesday, July 14 at 9am, we’ll talk to Johannes Werner about the newly formed Suncoast Clean Jobs Alliance and to Mehak Sandhu of Sarasota Students for Climate. Read their new white paper The Green Transition HERE. Johannes may also talk about recent events in Cuba since he’s the Managing Editor of Cuba Standard.  The Suncoast […]

This Wednesday, July 7 at 9am, we’ll interview Tom Areton of the San Rafael Museum of International Propaganda. Tom and his wife have been collecting examples of propaganda for many years. Bob visited his museum in San Rafael, CA on Monday and Tom agreed to be a guest on our show. The mission of the […]

This Wednesday, June 30 at 9am, the Peace & Justice Report will host two longtime Newtown activists, Valerie Buchand and Barbara Nell Langston. Ms. Buchand is the founder and Board Chair of Newtown Nation. She’s also on the board of the Sarasota Housing Authority Agency-wide Resident Council. Ms. Langston is President of the Amaryllis Park Neighborhood […]

This Wednesday, June 23 at 9am, our first guest will be Olivia Babis of Disability Rights Florida. We’ll talk about the goals of the organization and how Olivia herself, born with no arms, has fought to help people of all types of disabilities achieve independence and eliminate barriers to inclusion.

First we’ll hear the latest state news from Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. Then our first guests will be Amy Weintraub of Progress Florida and Stephanie Fraim, Amy is the Program Director for the Progress Florida Reproductive Rights Program. Stephanie is President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida.  We’ll talk […]

This Wednesday, June 9 at 9am, after our state news from Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida, our guest will be Dr. Harriet Moore. Dr. Moore in February was named the first Director of Innovation and Equity for the Sarasota County School District. In her new role, she is facilitating the implementation of […]

This Wednesday, June 2 at 9am, our first guest will be Justin Bloom, founder and board member of Suncoast Waterkeeper. We’ll talk about the recent Piney Point spill and about their upcoming lawsuit to sue the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, HRK Holdings and the Manatee County Port Authority for releasing hundreds of tons of toxic pollutants […]

This Wednesday, May 26 at 9am our first guest will be David Swanson. David is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of World BEYOND War and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie and When the World Outlawed War. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts […]

This Wednesday, May 19 at 9am, our first guest will be Allan Mestel, a photographer who recently spent time with the refugees stranded in Cuidad Juárez across the border from El Paso. He photographed them and listened to their stories. We’ll also talk about the work of Haznos Valer and the San Juan Apostol Shelter for […]