To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       5/13/2007    "Give Peace a Chance"
*When asked what he thought about Western civilization, Gandhi once
famously said: I think it's a good idea.  Gandhi's form of extreme
nonviolence led to the civilized retreat of the British from the Indian
sub-continent. But does non-violence still have the right stuff to
effect social change in today's world? In this hour of To the Best of
Our Knowledge, some new ideas about a very old subject - non-
violence.  And, could nonviolence have prevented World War II? 

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Give Peace A Chance"

0:00 - 26:46        SEGMENT 1: (26:47)  
            Satish Kumar is a peace activist who lives in Devon,
            England, and he's the author of "The Buddha and the
            Terrorist." A former Jain monk, he still follows Gandhi's
            principles of non-violence.  Kumar tells Jim Fleming
            about some of the people he met on his 8,000 mile walk
            for peace, and why he thinks violence is an obsolete
            weapon. Also, Reihan Salam critiqued the movie "Gandhi"
            for Slate Magazine in an article called "Meet the
            Hindustani Malcolm X."  Salam tells Steve Paulson that
            David Attenborough's bio-pic may have been about an
            Indian man, but it was a thoroughly Western movie.  
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

26:47 - 27:16  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

27:17 - 38:06       SEGMENT 2: (10:50)
            Mark Kurlansky is the author of "Nonviolence: Twenty-Five
            Lessons in the History of a Dangerous Idea."  In
            constructing his history of non-violence, Kurlansky looks
            at history with a revisionist's eye and tells Steve
            Paulson that WWII might not have been necessary and that
            Black people were no better off after the Civil War than
            before it. 
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

38:07 - 38:36       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

38:37 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (14:24)
            Andrew Carroll is the Founder of the Legacy Project whose
            latest book is "Grace under Fire: Letters of Faith in
            Times of War."  The Legacy Project collects and publishes
            letters from combatants and their families and friends,
            and others who have been touched by the experience of
            war.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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