2007 November | The People Speak Radio

Aidan Delgado

Author/Conscientious Objector

Previously Aired On: November 27, 2007 - Listen to the Show!

Aidan Delgado is a former soldier in the 320th Military Police Company of the United States Army, best known for having become a conscientious objector in April 2003 during his deployment to Iraq and for disclosing information about Abu Ghraib.

Delgado states that he joined the Army Reserve while he was also investigating Buddhism. He signed his enlistment contract on Sept. 11, 2001. He began a year-long tour in Iraq in April 2003, he was openly questioning whether he could participate in the war in Iraq good conscience, due to his newfound dedication to the principles of pacifism espoused in his faith. He filed for conscientious objector status and continued to serve in Iraq while it was processed.

Eve Tetaz and Mark Goldstone

Eve Tetaz - Peace Activist
Mark Goldstone - Eve’s Lawyer

Previously Aired On: November 20, 2007 - Listen to the Show!

Mark Goldstone, criminal defense and constitutional lawyer with National Lawyers Guild in Washington, D.C. He has represented thousands of political protesters representing a myriad of progressive issues since 1985. He chairs the Demonstration Support Committee of the DC Chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild. Mark is right in the middle of all the DC protests having advised activists on what to do when arrested and facing the legal system, including the recent case with Eve Tetaz - the 76 year old former public high school teacher sentenced to 7 days in jail for charges brought against her while protesting the Iraq war.

Eve Tetaz, 76, is a retired Washington, D.C. public schoolteacher and a peace and justice activist. Tetaz was arrested half a dozen times during the first half of 2007 for nonviolent civil resistance during protests against the war and occupation of Iraq.

Tetaz was one of 16 anti-torture protesters who were arrested for a protest on October 17, 2006 in front of the White House. The arrests occurred the same day President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act.

“The right to peacefully and non-violently petition the government is the cornerstone of democracy,” Tetaz said. “I was obeying a higher law, which decries the crimes against humanity committed in Iraq.”

In 2007, here are a number of times Eve has been arrested:

Jan. 11 — Eve and 88 others were arrested inside the D.C. Federal Court while demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay and demanding detainees be tried in court. This date marked 5 years that Guantanamo has been open.

Feb. 5 — Senator McCain’s office, along with people from Code Pink and Kathy Kelly (Nobel Peace Prize nominee) with VCNV, and a few others.

March — Christian Peace Witness in front of the White House (with 221 other Christians advocating for peace)

March — Outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with Code Pink.

April — A few hours after her trial was dismissed stemming from the Oct. 2006 action, Eve and 13 others chained themselves to the White House Fence.

May — Eve was arrested with Cindy Sheehan and 31 others while blocking a street on Capitol Hill. This was the day after Mother’s Day.

In May and June she was arrested twice for violating a stay away order from Capitol Hill. The second of these she was arrested the same day in a separate action in front of the White House.

Tetaz is also the founder of Life Pathways, a non-profit organization helping single parents become financially independent and trained in the field of health care. She is a member of the Church of the Savior, and has been an advocate for the poor on issues of economics and social justice.

Many activists, including Cindy, Ann Wright, Rev. Yearwood, have came out in support of Eve before her hearing and sentencing in early November when she was sentenced to 7 days in jail for violations incurred while protesting in DC against the war in Iraq.

Danielle Schenandoah - Oneida Nation

Speaker/Activist

Previously Aired On : Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - Listen to the Show!

Danielle Schenandoah was the first Native Woman, along with her then 10 year old daughter Jolene, to speak at the United Nations, addressing violations of Indigenous Peoples Rights, including Crimes Against Humanity. She is world-renown and highly respected.

Danielle is active with the following organizations: Founder of Kahnahiyo Seed Preservation, Oneidas For Democracy.org, Tribal Corruption.com

Collaberative work with: Sacred Lands.org Syracuse Peace Council

Presentations given at: United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples 2004 & 2005 5th Annual Algonquin Peoples Conference Al-Awada Palestine International Coalition Conference New York University Columbia University Yale University Hamilton College University of Massachusetts Trent University - Ontario Colgate University Tufts University - Boston Syracuse University Smithsonian Institute in NYC and Washington DC New York Foundation for the Arts - panelist Pacifica Radio Blue Stocking Cafe NYC

Medea Benjamin on The O’Reilly Factor!

Medea Benjamin was a previous guest on September 5, 2006.

She was recently on the O’Reily Factor talking about her recent arrest while protesting Condoleezza Rice.
I haven’t been able to find video of the show, but you can read the transcript here.

Below is the video of her arrest that she speaks about with Bill O’Reilly:

November 6th, 2007 Medea Benjamin | no comments

Peace Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning - David Swanson

David Swanson was a previous guest of our show in April 2006, January 2007, and May 2007.

Here’s an opt-ed piece David recently wrote for opednews.com:

If you haven’t already, you really should read Chris Hedges’ book “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.” The portrait of war and wartime propaganda and emotion is brilliant and deadly accurate. But the headline is misleading. War does not give us lasting solid self-assured meaning. War gives us a temporary high that is rooted in desperate self-deception. Hedges’ book carries on the cover a photo of people with candles and U.S. flags, holding hands, eyes closed, mouths open. These people are smoking crack, they’re taking a two-week cruise of the Caribbean, they’re on stage at American Idol, they’re kneeling in church, they’re tapping shoes in airport men’s rooms. These people are escaping from their lives, not building lives that mean something to them.

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