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1) Melvin Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, is a former CIA analyst and author of many books including, “Containing the National Security State,” "Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA, and "A Whistleblower at the CIA," Goodman, the national security columnist for counterpunch.org examines the grim situation in Ukraine on the 2nd anniversary since Russia's 2/24/22 invasion... and also discusses the ongoing carnage in Israel's bloody war in Gaza, and the Biden administration's ineffective response.

2) Mike Ferner, National Director, Veterans for Peace and Matthew Hoh, Associate Director, Eisenhower Media Network, a former State Department official who resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan over US strategic policy and goals in Afghanistan in 2009 and served in Iraq as a Marine Corps company commander. Mike and Matthew will discuss Veterans for Peace's recent letter demanding the "State Department terminate weapons shipments to Israel, and for the Inspector General to investigate alleged criminal acts by senior Biden administration officials in violation of U.S. law."

3) Michael Albert, co-founder of South End Press, Z Magazine, the Z Media Institute, and ZNet, and is the author of 21 books, including: "No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better World," "Fanfare for the Future; Remembering Tomorrow," and "Parecon: Life After Capitalism." Michael, host of the podcast Revolution Z, will discuss his views on the 2024 presidential election, the issues, the candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump, media coverage and progressive priorities, as examined in his recent podcast, "Election 2024 Engage or Not, Vote or Not..."

4) Millie Grenough, a member of the City of New Haven Peace Commission, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, and youth activist Manuel Camacho, a freshman at Southern Connecticut State University, Vice President of Ice The Beef Anti-gun Violence Organization, and Democratic Co-Chair of Ward 15 in New Haven. They'll talk about their project, “Community Conversations” at the New Haven Public Library where organizers "provide a safe place where individuals can come together, share their feelings and offer their ideas for cultivating peace in our city and nation, and in the world." Topics range from the violence on our local city streets, to wars currently being waged in Gaza and Israel, Ukraine and elsewhere.

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