Author: Tom Walker

Wow! What a show! If you missed it, I highly recommend playing it from our archives. Just go to archive.wslr.org and look for Peace & Justice for 4/29/20. John Nichols and Harvey Kaye praised independent media and WSLR and spoke about the state of our nation. This Wednesday we were honored to have John Nichols […]

Bob Connors and I were live again on April 22, calling in from home. Our first guest was Melanie Payne, a reporter with Ft. Myers News-Press, part of the USA Today Network. She talked about the Covid-19 deaths in elder-care facilities in Florida. Forty-two percent of the covid deaths in Manatee County and thirty-six percent […]

This Wednesday our guest, live via phone, will be Tom Barwin, Sarasota’s City Manager. Since this will be a live event, you can TEXT your questions from 9-10am Wednesday to (941) 954-8636. Be sure to include your name since you’re not in our phone directory. Remember you can listen not only on the radio at […]

This Wednesday morning, April 8 at 9am, we’ll talk to Erik Gustafson, the leader of EPIC – Enabling Peace in Iraq. This April marks the 17th anniversary of the fall of Baghdad in 2003. Erik was on our show last January and he’ll give us an update on the situation there. See the latest developments […]

This Wednesday, at 9:05 after a brief news update, our guest was Erin Minor, Executive Director of Harvest House. Read more about Harvest House below. On the second half of the show we were joined by Allan Mestel. He’s a Bradenton photographer and film maker who recently spent five days photographing a migrant camp in […]

This Wednesday, March 25, at 9am, our first guest will be Sandra Frank, CEO of All Faiths Food Bank. All Faiths Food Bank is the only food bank and largest hunger relief organization in Sarasota and DeSoto counties. A member of Feeding America and Feeding Florida, they provide millions of meals each year through programs […]

Cassandra Manz, our WSLR news intern, will have a special report on Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primary this Wednesday on Peace & Justice at 9am. Her regular Critical Times broadcasts are Fridays at 6pm for half an hour and are repeated Monday mornings at 9:30am. Host Bob Connors will have other reports of interest. I’ll stay […]

This Wednesday our guest in the studio will be Larry Cohen, Board Chair of Our Revolution. OR grew out of the Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign and continues that work. “We are organizing a political revolution to challenge the power of the plutocrats and prioritize the needs of people and our planet. With your support, we […]

This coming Wednesday, March 4 at 9am, the Peace & Justice Report will talk to Harvey J Kaye, Professor of Democracy & Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay about his book Take Hold of Our History – Make America Radical Again. The eighteen essays and speeches in Take Hold of Our History render […]

This Wednesday, February 26th at 9am, our first guests will be Andrea ‘Andy’ Blanch of the Center for Religious Tolerance and Father Paul Abernathy, CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project. Father Abernathy leads Trauma-Informed Community Development in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, PA. He is giving a talk “Building A Community of Hope and Healing” […]