End All Wars with Ariel & Ray

24/05/2018

Check out our latest podcast with the Louisiana Poor People's Campaign and their 40 Days of Action at our State Capitol. Give a listen.

Our guests on this podcast are Tilman Hardy and Peter Robins-Brown from the Louisiana Poor People's Campaign. We discuss the PPC's 40 Days of Action, some history of the Poor People's Campaign, and ho

21/02/2018

NEW PODCAST: Our first show back after a 4 month hiatus. We speak to Delaney Martin, co-director of New Orleans Airlift, and the mind behind the art and performances of Music Box Village and New Water Music. Delaney talks to us about her next big project centered around Military Veterans and their return home, and how the public can help shoulder the burdens of war.
Veterans interested in the project can collaborate and participate by contacting [email protected]

Our first show back after a 4 month hiatus. We speak to Delaney Martin, co-director of New Orleans Airlift, and the mind behind the art and performances of Music Box Village and New Water Music. Delan

24/01/2018

Hey folks. Apologies that you haven't heard from us in a while. We haven't been on the air for a few weeks and may not be for a few weeks more, for reasons concerning health and more. 102.3 WHIV FM New Orleans has been kind enough to run old episodes while things settle down with life, the universe and everything. But we will be back to bring you more voices from the veteran community; rants about paid-patriotism and what we can do about it; arts and events; and of course, the innermost thoughts of playwright and marine veteran Jeff Key. And other guests!

We appreciate your support and for being a part of the movement.

10/12/2017

Many of us have spent the past twelve months responding to this administration's onslaught of hate and violence on multiple fronts. As devastating as it s been, what is undeniable is the growing grassroots energy that has galvanized countless people to action. Will you help ...

26/11/2017

I have a love/hate relationship with the VA, but Goldsmith is right on the money. Our system of care needs the support of both the government and the public for reasons like the ones outlined in this article.

Veterans freely acknowledge VA has problems, but we overwhelmingly prefer to get our care at VA because it’s a system designed to serve us.

22/11/2017

Ariel often speaks about how awful it is being a woman veteran when visiting the VA. It's also hard in a lot of other ways. More women are serving in the military than any other time in history, but the hyper-masculine culture they serve in may never change. They will always stand out, both in service and later as a civilian.

When leaving the service, women are often faced with a slew of challenges as they try to assimilate into civilian life.

22/11/2017

This bill would sell vets to the Koch brothers and their business partners. The choice program at the VA covers those who face long waits and other problems at the VA. To expand the program is contentious enough. This would ensure the failure of the VA system, putting the wealthy first and the vets second.

A bill by a Colorado Republican would give much wider access to private-sector doctors than other proposals under debate on Capitol Hill.

24/10/2017

Today we’re running an episode last year when we spoke to Anita Sugimura, Director of the film “Battlefield:Home” about what the transition from war to home is like for a number of service members. The film recently showed at a film festival and will hopefully in theaters soon! Check it out:

"Battlefield: Home Breaking the Silence," takes an unflinching look at the aftermath of war and the systems that are failing our veterans and their families. It’s also a validation that healing can occur when “resources” have human eyes and hearts and traumatized people get to tell their stories. Fi...

10/10/2017

“The answer couldn’t be more straightforward: It goes directly to private corporations and much of it is then wasted on useless overhead, fat executive salaries, and startling (yet commonplace) cost overruns on weapons systems and other military hardware that, in the end, won’t even perform as promised. Too often the result is weapons that aren’t needed at prices we can’t afford. If anyone truly wanted to help the troops, loosening the corporate grip on the Pentagon budget would be an excellent place to start.”

The Pentagon’s spending is a scandal of epic proportions.

27/09/2017

“The willingness to treat veterans as a single constituency not only does a disservice to veterans as individuals, but it continues to isolate the military from the civilian population, even after they have finished serving. Veterans have over time become a much smaller subsection of the country, facing a “thank you for your service” culture that avoids grappling with the issue of how we as a nation use military force. The desire to disproportionately weight veterans’ opinions on this, or any, issue reflects a broader trend of ceding them moral authority, in exchange for ignorance and detachment from the wars they have been asked to fight.”

The isolation of the military to a few small communities has made it easier than ever to co-opt military service.

25/09/2017

There is a lot of talk about our national anthem and what patriotism means (if you haven’t noticed already). We have some opinions about it and so do our very special guests tomorrow, Tuesday 5-6pm Central Time. Listen on 102.3fm New Orleans or steam live online with the link below.

Public Health, Human Rights, and Social Justice Radio. End All Wars!

19/09/2017

Be sure to check out "The Way at Midnight" this week at the Community Arts Center!

The Way at Midnight explores confrontations with losing and being lost from the colonial period through the digital age and incorporates theatrical performance, visual installation and live and recorded music. Directed by Joanna Russo, Mondo’s latest work is inspired by contemporary questions of mig...

23/08/2017

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Saying he “never could have imagined” he would have the opportunity to follow directly in his father’s footsteps, 19-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. Tyler Corcoran was reportedly excited Tuesday to take over his dad’s old patrol route in Afghanistan.

18/08/2017

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veterans around the country are being forced to wait longer for care. Working people at the VA are stru...

09/08/2017

Ladies and Gentlemen, your United States government. This is not normal.

Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress, who made the comments, preached the morning of Trump's inauguration.

07/08/2017

The United States has spent $714 billion on a war it's losing. Can you think of something else that money could have been spent on here in the states?

The United States is spending billions on a war that Secretary of Defense James Mattis declared “we are not winning."

18/07/2017

Listen in at 5pm CST as Jeff Key joins Ariel on 102.3 WHIV FM!

17/06/2017

We are approaching year 16 in Afghanistan with no end in sight and no concrete explanation of what “victory” looks like.

16/06/2017

Ray, here. When I was a boy of 20, I was being stupid one day and got arrested for possession of ma*****na and ma*****na paraphernalia in the suburbs of NJ. I paid fines and did a year of probation to have it expunged. In 2003, I told this to my Army recruiter and wrote it on a standard form. A year or so later, I was a specialist in the Army Field Artillery, was given a secret security clearance, and served 5 more years. Went to war and came home with a bit of PTSD and a mTBI, promoted to Sergeant and back to war. I then got out, finished college and grad school on my GI Bill, and started working to help other Veterans as a social worker and researcher.

Give them their citizenship. They are better citizens than 92.7% of the rest of the US population who never served. They deserve they same opportunity I had.

There were folks I served with who joined for the path to citizenship, and they were good soldiers and good friends. If one of them were to be deported because of a drug charge, that is a slap in the face to the veteran community. These folks are no different than you or I. All that separates us is a crumbly old piece of paper with some numbers on it, that make us legally required to give a third of our money to a system that only works for those building more weapons and keeping us at war.

In recent years, a growing number of undocumented immigrants have joined the armed forces -- only to be deported later.

15/06/2017

Unemployability Insurance is safe (for now) thanks to the voices of Veterans and the service organizations that support them. We can make change when we shout together. Remember that!

David Shulkin told lawmakers he has concerns the move would harm veterans.

25/05/2017

Sweeping these benefits will endanger the lives and well being of thousands of Vietnam Veterans who cannot work because of disabilities they came home from war with. This is the White House and the VA saying it's cheaper to let them die. Furthermore, the cuts proposed would weaken the ability for the VA to provide services and funnel more into the private healthcare industry. This is completely unacceptable. Monday is Memorial Day, btw.

16/05/2017

About 60% of troops dismissed for bad behavior had brain injuries or mental health issues, a new GAO study shows. Those with negative discharges can lose access to veterans benefits to help them.

11/05/2017

Chelsea Manning: “Freedom used to be something that I dreamed of but never allowed myself to fully imagine.... I am forever grateful to the people who kept me alive, President Obama, my legal team and countless supporters."

08/05/2017

Something to pay attention to - the replacement of the M4 would be the perfect excuse to build millions of new weapons with your tax dollars. And what will become of the millions of M16s and M4s in surplus? They will be sold to other countries, some who may use those very weapons against us or to oppress their own citizens. The profits of those sales will return to the CEOs and high-level contractor employees. And you paid for it.

Soldiers could see a new rifle and larger round in a few years.

29/04/2017

"He's un-American..." Powerful commentary by Pam Campos-Palma. Transparency and accountability have been replaced by fear-mongering and irresponsibility. Congress continues to act like nothing is wrong, but the resistance continues to grow.

28/04/2017

Just in case you are thinking about that bonus money.

The CareerCast survey puts service members a step behind pest control workers.

25/04/2017

We had a lot of fun swapping stories barely appropriate for radio today with our special guests, Charley the dog and Caley the human!

04/04/2017

Listen in tonight as Ariel shares her thoughts about the connection between increased community surveillance and the military industrial complex, 5-6pm on WHIV-LP New Orleans 102.3 FM or stream at www.whivfm.org

A massive expansion of the New Orleans Police Department's surveillance capabilities, in both the French Quarter and 20 "hot spots" around the city, was unveiled Monday afternoon.

19/03/2017

The surge was incapable of addressing, and barely pretended to face, the true conundrum of the invasion and occupation.

15/03/2017

"Marines United is a clear illustration of how s*xual harassment is about power, not s*x. If the men involved in this group just wanted a trove of s*xually titillating photos, they could have shared p**n or naked images of any random women. Instead, they targeted their fellow Marines. By violating their co-workers’ privacy and reducing them to s*x objects, members of Marines United asserted power over the women in their ranks."
~Christina Cauterucci

Marine veteran shares her experiences with USMC's culture of toxic masculinity in light of 'Marines United' n**e photo scandal.

14/03/2017

No podcast this week since our recording equipment was down. Hope you enjoyed the broadcast today if y'all heard it! Tune in next week!

09/03/2017

OUR LATEST PODCAST: This week Ariel and Ray talk to Chris Kamenstein and Shannon Flahrety from Goat in the Road Productions about our UPCOMING EVENT at the Community Arts Center in New Orleans on March 25 called GET YOUR ART ON. We also discuss their new play, "Foriegn to Myself" about a veteran's journey from war to home.
In the second half of the show, we speak with Jeff Key, a well known veteran playwright who is beginning the production a new play, "Lilac and Liquor," here in New Orleans. Enjoy!

This week Ariel and Ray talk to Chris Kamenstein and Shannon Flahrety from Goat in the Road Productions about our UPCOMING EVENT at the Community Arts Center in New Orleans on March 25 called GET YOUR