Tag: nuclear weapons

RadioActive 5/5/11

Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Audio provided by Unity College and Roger Fenn

Dr. Ira Helfand, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, with a look at the medical perspectives on the use of nuclear weapons. He spoke at Unity college on April 19th, as part of the College’s Lapping Lecture Series. He is Introduced by Roger Fenn of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maine Chapter.

(NOTE: Colonel Richard Klass (USAF, ret) of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation also spoke on this topic at Unity College that evening. We didn’t have time to bring you his comments today, but we’ll air that on “RadioActive” next week at this time.

Weekend Voices 4/10/10

Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Contributing Producers: Carolyn Coe, John Greenman

Segment 1: Lynne Williams on Citizens United v the Federal Election Commission, March 19, 2010 at the Blue Hill Public Library.  Sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy.   Attorney Lynne Williams presents the decision and outlines its implications along with possible local responses to the decision.   Also features Bonnie Preston.  FMI: www.corpperson.wav;

Segment 2: Earlier this week, U.S. President Obama and Russian President Russian President Dmitry Medvedev  signed the START follow-on Treaty for nuclear arms reduction, but if is uncertain whether Congress will give their approval.

Nuclear arms experts Col. Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) and Dr. Ira Helfand, MD were at the University of Maine on Tuesday, speaking about the risk of a nuclear weapons attack, current nuclear weapons policy debates and treaties, and the role Maine Senators Snowe and Collins will have in the implementation of a nuclear security agenda for the twenty-first century.  Dr. Helfand is a co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and currently serves on their board of directors.  He also represents PSR on the Board of PSR’s global federation, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
Colonel Richard L. Klass served in the U.S. Air Force for over 22 years, retiring in 1980, and he currently serves as Executive Director for the Veteran’s Alliance for Security and Democracy.   WERU’s John Greenman recorded the talk, and today we bring you excerpts.
FMI:  www.armscontrolcenter.org