OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #236, JULY 2, 2025.

 

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #236, JULY 2, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.

JOHN F. KENNEDY’S QUEST FOR PEACE

JFK’s JUNE 10 PEACE SPEECH AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

CHRIS HEDGES INTERVIEWS PROF. SACHS ON HIS BOOK JFK’S QUEST FOR PEACE

 

June 10th, Marks the Anniversary of the JFK Peace Speech at American University.  Jun 10, 2025 .
“Lets us re-examine our attitude toward the Cold War…”   Read in browser »
VIDEO Short: Peter Kuznick on the JFK Peace Speech.  Jun 10, 2025 .
What Kennedy said is still relevant today, says Professor Kuznick.   Read in browser »
A Simone Weil Center Symposium: John F. Kennedy’s Speech at American University.   Jun 10, 2025 .
THE SIMONE WEIL CENTER OFFERS IN WHAT FOLLOWS FOUR PERSPECTIVES ON JOHN F. KENNEDY’S FAMOUS JUNE 10, 1963, SPEECH AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.  THE AUTHORS – JAMES CARDEN, PETER KUZNICK, PAUL GRENIER AND MATTHEW DAL SANTO – EACH ADDRESS IN TURN ITS POLITICAL, INTERNATIONAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS.   Read in browser »

 

The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Professor Jeffrey Sachs on his book To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace and the disastrous consequences of the permanent war machine.   September 27, 2023.   Listen · 33M

 

John F. Kennedy’s last battle, cut short by his assassination, was the effort to build a sustainable peace with the Soviet Union. Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics at Columbia University, in his new book To Move the World  chronicles the campaign by Kennedy from October 1962 to September 1963 to curb the arms race and build ties with his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev. Sachs looks at the series of speeches Kennedy gave to end the Cold War and persuade the world to make peace with the Soviets. Kennedy implemented the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963.  But Kennedy’s vision was not shared by many Cold warriors in the establishment, including some within his administration. Joining me to discuss To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace is Professor Jeffrey Sachs.

[“We need the unceasing Red Scare to justify our obscene Defense expenditure and license for perpetual warfare.”  Gerry Sloan]