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20/01/2017

Peace Buzz Episode 10: Chelsea Manning’s sentence commuted January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 - admin Host Serena Blaiz surveys reactions to the news that President Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence. Jeff Patterson, co-founder of the Chelsea Manning Support Network, talks about the 7 year supp...

15/12/2016

GI Rights Radio December 2016 14 December 2016 GI Rights Radio is a monthly program covering GI Rights/military law issues, organizations, news and people. The program is hosted by James M. Branum, attorney at law, and Serena Blaiz, for the Upwave Media Project of the Center for Conscience in Action...

07/12/2016

New Peace Buzz reviews latest news on death penalty abolition in the US from activists at the heart of the movement.

Episode 9 – Post-Election Assessment of the Death Penalty in the US December 7, 2016 - admin Host Serena Blaiz talks to two anti-death-penalty activists to get a sense of the state of the abolition movement after the elections. Guests: James Clark of Amnesty USA and Abraham Bonowitz. https://archive...

03/12/2016

Upwave is working with the Peace House to produce a new show by Nathaniel Batchelder of the The Peace House OK. Check out episode 1!

Introducing a new radio show and podcast from the Oklahoma City Peace House 3 December 2016 Peace House Radio We have an exciting new show to share with you, hosted by Nathanial Batchelder, director of the Peace House in Oklahoma City. The show is so new it doesn’t’ have a name yet – ideas are welco...

27/11/2016

Red Town Radio – Institutionalized Racism 27 November 2016 Rena Guay Leave a comment Red Town Radio is a podcast produced by Brenda Golden. Brenda’s been doing the podcast for 7 years, with some sanity breaks. Now she is joining the Upwave Media podcast network for tech support and extended distribu...

17/11/2016

Friend of the podcast Nyla Ali Khan shares with us an article she wrote a while back, that still remains pertinent to today's problems in Kashmir and Jammu, and reflects a fairly universal truth.

Nyla Ali Khan on militarism vs democracy November 16, 2016November 16, 2016 - admin Friend of the podcast, Nyla Ali Khan (Guest on Episodes 4 and 7) shares with us this article she wrote several years ago, but which unfortunately remains relevant in its observations about the destructive, decades-lo...

04/11/2016

Serena Blaiz examines Islamophobia in the American Heartland in episode 8 of Peace Buzz. peacebuzz.org

Episode 8: Islamophobia and American Politics November 3, 2016 - admin Serena Blaiz examines Islamophobia in the American Heartland, speaking to Adam Soltani of CAIR Oklahoma and Dr. Carl Rubenstein of the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma. They discuss a recent legislative study in Oklahoma called “R...

20/09/2016

Brenda S. Golden's podcast Red Town Radio looks at efforts to create Indigenous People's Day in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City deserves a holiday that we can all be proud of. Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrates the thriving cultures and values of the Native nations within our borders--38 tribes in Oklahoma, alone. Columbus is an unquestionably problematic historical figure. He never set foot within the borders ...

27/08/2016

In this excerpt from the August episode of Peace Buzz, Nyla Ali Khan, who is currently living in the United States, shares her experiences during a recent trip back to her native Kashmir. She speaks passionately about education, women and democracy in that area of the world and her perspectives on its difficulties and its future.

Peace Buzz is hosted by Serena Blaiz and produced by Upwave Media. For more episodes and features, visit PeaceBuzz.org.

In this excerpt from the August episode of Peace Buzz, Nyla Ali Khan, who is currently living in the United States, shares her experiences during a recent trip...

26/08/2016

In Ep. 7 Nyla Ali Khan discusses 's troubles. Nicole Sandler talks to Medea Benjamin about .

Episode 7: Tensions In and About Kashmir August 26, 2016August 26, 2016 - admin Serena Blaiz interviews Nyla Ali Khan about Kashmir’s ongoing troubles. Excerpts from Nicole Sandler’s interview with Medea Benjamin about her new book, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US – Saudi Connection. https://a...

25/08/2016

A short excerpt of the second interview with Nyla Ali Khan by Peace Buzz host Serena Blaiz. They discuss the situation in Kashmir, where the two powers of India and Pakistan have used Kashmir and nearby Jammu as a "bargaining chip" in their own disputes, while the denial of democracy and systems of justice inflame tensions in the disputed territories -- tensions that if not addressed can have dire international consequences. How can peace activists try to improve this volatile situation? Listen:
https://archive.org/download/nyla2excerpt/nyla2excerpt.mp3

02/07/2016

Episode 6: Voices Against the Death Penalty July 1, 2016 - admin Highlights from the 2016 23rd Annual Starvin’ for Justice Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty, which was organized by the Abolition Action Committee. Recorded by Abraham Bonowitz. https://archive.org/download/peacebuzz006/peace...