Episode 40: Interview with Jim Forest

04/17/20 • 53 min

In his recently published memoir "Writing Straight With Crooked Lines" (2020), Jim Forest writes about growing up during the Cold War the child of two Communists, his struggles with marriage, and his spiritual quest, which led him to working with Dorothy Day at the Catholic Worker in the early sixties and to befriending some of the twentieth century's most famous spiritual leaders, including Thomas Merton, Phil and Daniel Berrigan, and Thich Nhat Hanh. Jim spent over a year in jail for protesting the Vietnam War, and he co-founded the Catholic Peace Fellowship with Tom Cornell (still in operation today), which helped thousands of Catholics to register their dissent as conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War. But that's just the beginning. This interview wasn't nearly long enough, but Nancy had made dinner, and well, it was growing cold, so we covered what we could! He joins us from his home in Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
Find Jim Forest and his wife Nancy here:
https://jimandnancyforest.com
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Also mentioned on this podcast:
"Writing Straight with Crooked Lines" by Jim Forest (2020)
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Straig...
"The Ladder of the Beatitudes" by Jim Forest
https://www.amazon.com/Ladder-Beatitu...
"Catholics and Conscientious Objection" (1966) by Jim Forest
https://jimandnancyforest.com/2015/08...
"The Root of War is Fear," by Jim Forest
https://www.amazon.com/Root-War-Fear-...
"The Root of War is Fear," article by Thomas Merton can be found in "The New Seeds of Contemplation"

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Episode 39: "Out of Shadows" commentary

Some thoughts on the documentary "Out of Shadows" and why it should be watched.
"Out of Shadows" (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY8Nfzcn1qQ&t=1108s

0:00 The documentary
7:04 Anderson Cooper
10:20 Whitney Houston and other Christian singers
16:58 Jessica Lynch
26:51 The Franklin Cover-up
36:02 PizzaGate and "fake news"
45:12 Normalization of pedophilia
56:01 Disney
58:56 The good news
Also mentioned in this episode:
America's Celebrity Killers
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/11/ellen-finnigan/americas-celebrity-killers/
Vigilanti Cura (1936) Pope Pius XI
http://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_29061936_vigilanti-cura.html
Whitney Houston and the 2012 Grammy Awards Mega-Ritual
https://vigilantcitizen.com/musicbusiness/whitney-houston-and-the-2012-grammy-awards-mega-ritual/
Ben Swann does a "Reality Check" on Pizzagate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZFHLAcG8A
Mom Blog: "Disney is Ruining My Kid"
https://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/mom-blog-disney-ruining-kid/
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Episode 41: Women and the Draft

The United States has reached an impasse: Either end the draft entirely, and abolish the Selective Service system, or expand the draft to include women. Edward Hasbrouck joins us today to explain the outcome of last year's National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) and to inform us about the bill to abolish the draft (H.R.5492), as well as the possibility of a medical draft in the near future if the draft is not abolished.
Go here to send a letter to your representatives in favor of H.R. 5492:
https://worldbeyondwar.org/repeal/
Go here to send a letter to your representatives in favor of H.R. 5492:
https://worldbeyondwar.org/repeal/
0:00 The "stalemate" on the draft since the early 80s
10:33 The 2019 NCMNPS
--where things stand now
--the bill that has been introduced in Congress
17:04 The many objections to the draft
20:30 H.R.5492 to abolish the draft
22:32 a Medical Draft
26:25 Conscientious objection
28:24 The fantasy of limitless power
32:05 The "sexist, pro-war perspective"
34:50 Feminists in favor of requiring women to register
36:46 The "poverty draft" (and the pandemic)
37:42 How the existence of the draft shapes military planning
38:48 What you can do
40:42 Edward has faith in the young!
Find Edward Hasbrouck here:
https://www.resisters.info
https://www.hasbrouck.org

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Also mentioned in this podcast:
H.R. 6415 - "Inspire to Serve Act of 2020"
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6415