Category Archives: Veterans

Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson

Listen, 59 min We talk to S. Brian Willson who put his body in front of a train carrying illegal weapons to the Nicaraguan Contras — and the train ran over him.   It all went down in the California … Continue reading

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How Exceptional Was The Time and The Place?

By Eddie Ytuarte Kim Nielsen, who is interviewed in our special, shows us how race, gender, class, and even immigration status interweaves with disability.  She helps us realize that even some non-disabled groups of people were treated as having a … Continue reading

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Cuts: Subsidized Housing and A Plan for Social Security

Listen Major cuts to the HUD housing voucher program are leaving people on the streets and threatening the homes of the very poor.   Today, we give you the dirty details of how Federal sequestration is playing out in central and … Continue reading

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Veterans Facing PTSD Together – Part 1

Friday, December 21, 2:30 pm PST on KPFA They taught me that I could hurt somebody and I don’t want to hurt anybody. Veteran Jim Swasey. Four white Vietnam Vets, disabled by their military service, talk about PTSD.  They discuss … Continue reading

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