Veteran's Voice Radio Show

Join Bill and Marvin as they discuss Marvins' vacation in Viet Nam. Marvin is in Hanoi now. He will talk about the 2 weeks he traveled with Steve Gitchell who served as an Marine Corp tank driver and infantryman during the Tet battle in Hue 1968. Read more

Join Bill and Marvin when they interview Gene Sharp. Dr. Sharp is the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution and the author of books on nonviolent action. His books include Waging Nonviolent Struggle, Power and Struggle, The Methods of Nonviolent Action and The Dynamics... Read more

Join Bill and Marvin as they dicuss military actions by the United States around the world. From Viet Nam to Africa and here at home. They will talk about Agent Orange and women servicemembers fight for justice after sexual assualt while serving on active duty. Read more

Bill and Marvin interview John Horgan author of the book "The End of War." Humans are not born with a war gene. Horgan argues that war is socially and politically conditioned and can be unlearned and avoided. Read more

Join Bill and me (Marvin Simmons) when we will interview Bud Brown and Robert Helmick of "The Bunker Project". Bud is a Viet Nam veteran and professor at Western Oregon University. Robert Helmick is a Gulf War veteran. They will explan what "The Bunker Project" is all about... Read more

Join Bill and me (Marvin Simmons) when we will interview Bud Brown and Robert Helmick of "The Bunker Project". Bud is a Viet Nam veteran and professor at Western Oregon University. Robert Helmick is a Gulf War veteran. They will explan what "The Bunker Project" is all ab... Read more

Hosts Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires speak with members of the Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance. The group is working to create a community of people who desire to find justice, answers and support for the generational victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. It was found... Read more

Today Veteran's Voice presents an archival program on the Bonus Soldiers March, which started here in Portland. The Bonus Army was an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., i... Read more

  Hosts Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires of Northwest Vets for Peace speak with writer, reporter and speaker David Swanson, about his new book The Military Industrial Complex at 50 . He is also the author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfe... Read more

Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace interview Time Magazine investigative reporter Mark Thompson about his recent article, "The Other 1 Percent," on the increasing disconnect and distance between the military and the rest of the U.S. population. Thompson has reported extensivel... Read more