Author: Tom Walker

The focus of this week’s show will be on Rev. Don Thompson. Don was a co-host of the Peace & Justice Report for more than ten years, and he passed away recently. We’ll talk to two social justice activists who were very familiar with Don’s passion for equality, peace, social and economic justice. Our first […]

This Wednesday we’ll talk with two important political candidates. David Shapiro and Margaret Good. David Shapiro  is running for U.S. Congress against Vern  Buchannan in Congressional district 16. He first faces two Democratic primary opponents on August 28  – Jan Schneider and Calen Cristiani. Margaret Good won the  December 5 primary against Ruta Jouniari, and […]

This Wednesday Bob and I will talk to Reza Jalali and Andrea Blanch, President of the Center for Religious Tolerance. Reza is a Kurd from Iran, a human rights and refugee activist who has lived in Maine since 1985.  He’s also speaking at Fogartyville Tuesday evening, December 19, at 6:30 about the refugee experience in […]

As our first guest this week, we’ve invited  George McDermott, writer, poet, editor and teacher. He’ll talk about his career as an educator and author and about his book What Went Right: Lessons from Both Sides of the Teacher’s Desk which answers such questions as What makes a teacher or a class memorable? How can […]

The Wednesday December 6 show will cover three topics. Sean Sellers, Chair of the Sarasota Climate Justice Coalition talking about the city’s Ready for 100 campaign and the plans for the  Bayfront. To keep up on this topic, go to sbpo.org. Then we’ll air a short YouTube piece on Net Neutrality.Trump’s FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, […]

On Wednesday, November 29th, we’ll talk to Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK. She’ll talk about Saudi Arabia, the war in Yemen, the health crisis there, and the U.S. involvement in that war. We’ll also talk about how to  divest from the war economy and her new book about Iran. Later in the program we’ll hear […]

This Wednesday, November 15, we’ll talk to Victoria Kasdan, Executive Director of We Care Manatee about the free healthcare they offer Manatee County residents. Then we’ll talk to Ruta Jouniari about her health clinic and her organic farming. She’s also a candidate for the Florida State House of Representatives, District 72. (The primary is December […]

This Wednesday, November 8, we’ll talk with Sean Sellers of the Sarasota Climate Justice Coalition about Ready for 100 and other efforts. Then Jenni Casale of Action Together Suncoast will talk about their upcoming fundraiser November 20 featuring Harpeth Rising. Finally, we’ll talk to Roy Bourgois about School of the Americas Watch.

On November 1 we’ll have Roland Levy on the show talking about four of his favorite charities: SOS International, Friends of Gulf Gate Library, Mental Health Community Centers, and WSLR. He’s an endurance cyclist and is donating dollars for each mile he cycles in the first days of November. In a trial run last week […]