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Peace, War, & Indifference

From: Andrew Reissiger
Length: 00:59:02

One-hour, newscast compatible program that examines the possibilities of peace in our world today by looking at excerpts from important presidential speeches by Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan alongside the words of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Chilean poet Gonzalo Millan and musicians from around the globe. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Open up a newspaper, flip on the tv, turn your computer on ? and the heard of elephants in the room is aggression, violence, and war.? Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Liberia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, East Timor, Kosovo, Bali, Haiti, Colombia, Brazil, and the United States of America?to name just a few. Join me Andrew Reissiger on this edition of World Tour as we listen to the words of some of our past presidents. We?ll hear the speeches of Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ and Reagan alongside the words of Nelson Mandela and MLK, poets and musicians and perhaps we might learn something of the possibilities of peace. This was an excercise for me as a producer to create a narrative about peace, war, and indifference using only the words of others over the course of the past ~50 years...seeing as how violence appears to persist in this globalized and interdependent world.

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Very Nice!

A very nice piece for peace folks. Eye openers or as in this case ear openers are often sources for paradigm shift in the way we see the word. This however, a hart-opener changes the way we want to make the world. Thank you.

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Review of Peace, War, & Indifference

This was one of the very best pieces that I have ever heard on any radio. With our overly commercialized media, it is almost impossible to find something this deep and moving. Wonder why speaking out for peace is so out of the mainstream these days?

Excellent! keep up the good work.

Broadcast History

First aired on NPR affiliate WUGA on July 21, 2006. Will air again on Aug 18 due to overwhelming community response.

Transcript

(Host - Andrew Reissiger) Open up a newspaper, flip on the tv, turn your computer on ? and the heard of elephants in the room is aggression, violence, and war.? Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Liberia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, East Timor, Kosovo, Bali, Haiti, Colombia, Brazil, and the United States of America?to name just a few. Join me Andrew Reissiger on this edition of World Tour as we listen to the words of some of our past presidents. We?ll hear the speeches of Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ and Reagan alongside poets and musicians and perhaps we might learn something of the possibilities of peace ? today on World Tour.

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Musical Works

First Song - Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden
The Times They are a Changin' - Bob Dylan
War/No More Trouble (live) - Bob Marley
The Darling Son - Sthephan Smith
Kalakuta Show - Fela Kuti
La Ciudad - Gonzalo Millan - Rattapallax
The Bell - Stephan Smith
Get Up Stand Up (live) - Bob Marley
This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
My Warfare - Estil Ball
Sueno con Serpientes - Silvio Rodriguez
Industrial Park - The Mammals

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